Joanne Ratinoff

Joanne Ratinoff focuses exclusively on family law. Her practice includes divorce, legal separation, property division, spousal and child support, child custody, support modification, collaborative divorce, mediation, and prenuptial and post-nuptial agreements.

She is licensed by the State Bar of California and has been admitted to practice in California since 1978 (Bar No. 83124, active status). Her office is located in Los Angeles.

Joanne Ratinoff has practiced family law exclusively since her admission to the California Bar in 1978 — a career spanning nearly five decades.

Yes. She serves as a divorce mediator for self-represented parties and for parties working with their own attorneys, and she offers both in-person and online/virtual mediation sessions. She also works as a consulting attorney or coach for individuals in mediation.

She earned a B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1974 and a J.D. from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, in 1978.

Joanne Ratinoff is a Los Angeles family law attorney with nearly five decades of exclusive family-law experience, including complex and high-net-worth divorce, property division, and support matters, handled through mediation, collaborative divorce, or litigation as each case requires.

Joanne Ratinoff brings discretion and decades of experience to sensitive and high-conflict family law matters in Los Angeles, offering private mediation and consulting as well as litigation when needed.

Yes. Ms. Ratinoff is an experienced divorce mediator and also provides litigation and consulting services, helping clients choose the approach — mediation, collaborative divorce, or court — best suited to their situation.