Amy Laughlin

Amy Laughlin’s practice is devoted to expertly handling whatever crisis the day brings. Whether it’s responding as a child custody lawyer when a client calls with a mental health crisis on a Friday morning. Or being a heads-up domestic violence lawyer when a report of a violent outburst at a client’s home occurs on a Sunday night. Or investigating complex financial matters as a high-net-worth divorce lawyer every other day of the week, she embraces opportunities to step it up: to learn a new skill, explore a new technology, and be at least one step ahead of opposing counsel. 

Ms. Laughlin is uniquely skilled in navigating the convergence of mental health and family law. She has broad expertise in custody litigation involving neurodivergent children, including autism spectrum disorder.

Negotiation expertise is another of Ms. Laughlin’s distinctive advantages. Most recently, she completed Harvard Business School’s Online Negotiation Mastery course to brush up on the latest developments in the science of negotiation. 

As a result of years spent practicing securities litigation and representing the C-suite elite in Silicon Valley, Ms. Laughlin is an authority regarding high finance, specifically investigating and analyzing sophisticated and complex financial assets – including business valuations, venture capital, allocation of equity interests, tax and property characterization, etc. – and their impact on spousal and child support, move-away requests, Child Protective Services investigations and domestic violence. The experience trained her to take an exhaustive approach when dividing assets or determining custody and support in complex divorce cases, and as a result, Ms. Laughlin has delivered extraordinary outcomes in some of San Mateo’s most complex divorce & family law trials.

In addition to traditional divorce representation, Ms. Laughlin is certified to offer divorce mediation services and acts as consulting counsel to mediations. She also prepares and negotiates PreNuptial and PostNuptial agreements.

Ms. Laughlin is the divorced, pre-nupped, and remarried mother of two sons. Her policy of 24/7 responsiveness means she’s as likely to answer an evening call from a concert she’s attending with family as she is from the office or at home.