Peake Law Firm (Family Law) is an Albuquerque family law practice representing clients in divorce, child custody, domestic violence, and other family disputes. Led by attorney Vanessa I. Peake, the firm serves families throughout Bernalillo, Sandoval, Santa Fe, and Valencia counties. Vanessa brings more than a decade of experience handling legal matters involving parental rights, financial security, and family safety. The firm also provides bilingual representation in English and Spanish, making family law services accessible to Spanish-speaking clients across Central New Mexico.
Peake Law Firm (Family Law) combines mediation and negotiation with courtroom advocacy when disputes require litigation. Attorney Vanessa previously served as legal director of Enlace Comunitario, a domestic violence nonprofit in New Mexico, and worked as a prosecutor in the Second Judicial District Attorney's Office. Her background in psychology and experience supporting domestic violence survivors shape the firm's approach to sensitive family disputes. Her additional training includes complex asset division, parenting coordination, advanced mediation, and high-conflict dispute resolution.
Peake Law Firm (Family Law) handles contested, uncontested, and high-asset divorces involving business interests, retirement accounts, real estate, property division, and spousal support. Its child custody practice covers parenting arrangements, visitation, paternity, custody modifications, and international disputes involving cross-border parenting. The firm also represents clients in child support proceedings, domestic violence protection cases, and restraining order disputes. Additional services include kinship guardianship, Guardian ad Litem representation for children and vulnerable individuals, and mediation involving divorce, custody, property division, and co-parenting disagreements.
Peake Law Firm (Family Law) has achieved notable results in family law matters, including obtaining an emergency protective order in March 2025, resolving a complex divorce involving property division and a favorable custody arrangement in July 2025, and securing primary custody for a client through a custody modification in November 2025. Vanessa is a member of the State Bar of New Mexico and received the National Academy of Family Law Attorneys' 2024 Top 10 Under 40 Attorney Award. She has also appeared as a featured legal educator on Telemundo, sharing legal information with Spanish-speaking communities.
