JC
Biography
If you’re dealing with a family legal matter right now, whether that’s divorce, a custody fight, disagreements about support, or something involving protective orders, you may be going through a very difficult period. These aren’t the kind of legal issues you can keep at arm’s length and treat as abstract problems to be solved. They involve your children, your money, your home, the relationships that define your daily existence. The decisions that get made in the next few months will shape your family’s reality for years afterward, and the difference between getting good legal guidance and stumbling through on your own can be enormous.
A San Jose, CA family lawyer can help you understand what California law actually provides in your situation and fight for outcomes that protect the things you care about most. Schank Family Law has represented individuals in family law matters throughout California for more than twenty years now, handling everything from straightforward uncontested divorces where both sides agree on the major issues to complex litigation involving substantial assets, business valuations, high-conflict custody disputes, and domestic violence situations that require aggressive advocacy.
Family law cases touch on so many parts of life simultaneously, your finances, your children, your living situation, your plans for the future, that they require attorneys who can see the whole picture rather than just focusing on one piece. Christian Schank founded this firm over twenty years ago because he recognized that families going through these transitions needed representation from someone who understood how all the different elements connect and could develop strategies that accounted for that interconnection.
Christian earned his undergraduate degree from Brigham Young University and his law degree from the University of La Verne College of Law. The California State Bar has listed him as an active member since 2003, and he maintains an AV rating from Martindale along with Lead Counsel Verified status for family law matters. Throughout his career, he has handled family law cases across the full spectrum, divorces involving millions of dollars in assets, custody disputes where parents were fighting over every aspect of their children’s lives, support battles where the numbers would determine someone’s standard of living for years, and domestic violence situations where safety was the immediate concern.
What Christian has learned over two decades of doing this work is that family law requires a flexible approach. Some cases need aggressive litigation because the other side won’t negotiate reasonably. Others benefit from keeping conflict to a minimum because prolonged fighting just damages everyone involved, especially children. Knowing which approach fits which situation—and having the skills to execute either one effectively, comes from experience that can’t be rushed or replaced.