Marissa E. Barela is an Associate Attorney at Guerrero & Chan, LLP, who has been a lawyer in good standing in the California State Bar since December 2010. Ms. Barela handles a wide variety of cases in the areas of Family Law, Criminal Law and General Civil. She has extensive Family Law experience in the particular areas of Property Division, Custody/Visitation, Child Support (including cases through the Department of Child Support Services), Spousal Support, Domestic Violence and jurisdictional issues under the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA). Ms. Barela was published in a California Court of Appeal domestic violence restraining order case taken up on procedural grounds, with citation 239 Cal. App. 4th 11. Ms. Barela prefers to focus on fairness and reasonableness under the law when litigating and has an eye for settlement whenever possible.
Ms. Barela received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Vassar College, in Poughkeepsie, NY, and a Juris Doctorate from Loyola Law School in Los Angeles. She is a member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association and the Pasadena Bar Association, Family Law division.
Ms. Barela received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Vassar College, in Poughkeepsie, NY, and a Juris Doctorate from Loyola Law School in Los Angeles. Ms. Barela is admitted to practice before the California Supreme Court, Central District of California and United States Tax Court. She is a member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association and the Pasadena Bar Association, Family Law division.