An Interview With Attorney At Law Magazine

Shayan Family Law’s principal attorney, Nina Shayan Depatie, was recently featured in Attorney At Law Magazine’s special edition on Family Law. The publication spotlighted leading family attorneys across the country and Nina was chosen as the featured Los Angeles practitioner.

During the conversation, Nina touched on the importance in divorce proceedings of balancing the “parallel universes” of the courtroom and real life:

“When it comes to marriage dissolutions,” she explains, “there is a difference between the courtroom and real life. In the courtroom, there are a variety of strategies that can help clients gain leverage. However, I believe it’s my responsibility to help clients understand the benefits and risks that different strategies can have in their real, day-to-day lives. 

“For example, there are circumstances where a ‘no holds barred’ approach can break a stalemate with an uncompromising spouse, but if the client needs to co-parent children with that spouse for a decade to come, there may be other strategies capable of achieving similar results without having severe, detrimental impacts on the client’s ‘real life’ co-parenting relationship and, more importantly, on the children.” 

Nina also spoke about the importance of relationships, taking a holistic view in approaching negotiations, and placing clients’ best interest first:

“Litigation is a difficult thing emotionally and can last years. Some issues have to be litigated and I pride myself in my ability to advocate in front of a judge, but if you can resolve issues outside the courtroom, clients tend to come out ahead not just financially, but also emotionally.

This is why it is important to understand your clients’ priorities and also to nurture good working relationships with opposing counsel. It’s also why Shayan Family Law also offers divorce mediation services.” 

The complete interview is available at https://attorneyatlawmagazine.com/stories/attorney-feature/nina-shayan-depatie.