Zonder Family Law Group, APC

ATTORNEY PROFILE

Zonder Family Law Group (ZFLG) is a boutique Family Law firm with offices in Westlake Village, Calabasas, and Ventura. ZFLG is dedicated to helping good people in bad marriages by protecting their wealth, privacy, and children– so that life can be good again after divorce.

Zonder Family Law Group and its experienced team members offers numerous options for clients to resolve divorce while keeping costs down and reducing frustration. Options include traditional (court) divorce, mediated divorce, Collaborative Divorce, and private dispute resolution. ZFLG prioritizes the creative solutions which keep your family law matter out of court, whether through mediation or Collaborative Divorce processes. If a settlement cannot be reached, our team will advocate your interests in court. We are “Settlement Minded. Ready for Trial!” — because settlement is never guaranteed.

ZFLG handles complex divorces involving business valuations and high-net worth cases. ZFLG also has experience handling divorces for C-Suite executives, athletes, celebrities, physicians, lawyers, biotech execs, teachers, firefighters, stay at home parents and other hard-working clients at local companies including Amgen.

The firm was founded by Lisa R. Zonder, a nearly 30-year veteran attorney and Certified Family Law Specialist (State Bar of California, Board of Legal Specialization) since 1999. Zonder is a member of the California State Bar and local Ventura County Bar Association.

Lisa Zonder believes ongoing legal education and mediation training is critical. Zonder has taken over 120 hours of advanced mediation and Collaborative Divorce training at pre-eminent institutions including Pepperdine Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution in Malibu and the American Institute of Mediation and CDDT/CDI Collaborative Team Trainings.

Zonder is dedicated to raising awareness of ways to solve divorce woes out of court. She is a member of the Coalition for Collaborative Divorce. Zonder worked hard on behalf of the CP Cal (Collaborative Practice California) statewide group on educational and fundraising initiatives. She is a prior member of the Board of Directors and served as President of CP Cal for the Board term beginning April 2016.

Zonder was the lead faculty member lecturing for Second Saturday Divorce Education Workshops in Calabasas and Westlake Village, and she previously hosted divorce talk radio show titled "Divorce: Lisa Zonder Style" on Ventura radio station KVTA 1590 AM. As a lecturer for Second Saturday Workshops, she provided an overview of the legal process and options for getting through divorce including mediation, Collaborative Divorce, lawyer-to-lawyer negotiation and court.

Zonder is the Founder and Director of the Westlake Village/Calabasas chapter of the National Association of Divorce Professionals (NADP).