Margaret S. Tillinghast

Margaret S. Tillinghast is a family law attorney and mediator with her own practice in South San Francisco, California. Her practice addresses divorce, separation, child custody, child and spousal support, adoption, and related family issues. She also prepares estate planning documents, including wills, living trusts, and powers of attorney. Her work emphasizes mediation and negotiated solutions to disputes affecting families.

Tillinghast graduated summa cum laude from Eastern Montana College, now Montana State University Billings, in 1978, with an extended major in psychology. She earned her law degree from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law in 1990 and was admitted to the California bar the same year. She became a Certified Family Law Specialist through the California Board of Legal Specialization in 2003.

Tillinghast has practiced law since 1990, first in San Francisco, later in Daly City, and then in South San Francisco. Her work includes negotiated and mediated divorce, custody and visitation arrangements, support, property division, adoption, guardianships, and conservatorships. She has also participated in bar committee work addressing parent education and child custody issues, and her office has offered reduced-fee mediation services to returning service members and their families.

Margaret S. Tillinghast focuses on helping families resolve legal disagreements through mediation, collaboration, and careful planning. Her legal experience and psychology background inform discussions involving family relationships and financial responsibilities. As a Certified Family Law Specialist, she provides guidance on the legal dimensions of settlement while helping clients consider arrangements they can understand, implement, and manage after a family transition.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Law Offices Of Margaret S. Tillinghast
• Member, The State Bar of California

Licensed State

• California

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