Robert Burch

Robert Burch is the founder and managing partner of the law firm. He has been certified by the Board of Legal Specialization as a specialist in family law since 2007. Attorney Burch has practiced exclusively in family law for his entire career and has handled all types of family law matters. Attorney Burch’s passion and career focus has been on the financial issues in divorce with a particular emphasis on representing business owners or their spouses and handling complex marital estates. He has worked on marital estates involving as much as five hundred million dollars and his clients have received child support and spousal support awards as high as $125,000 per month. Attorney Burch also focuses on child custody matters and has litigated several international custody cases. He was one of the primary attorneys in the well-publicized international custody case described by the media as the "Baby Santina” case. In the "Baby Santina" case, Burch and his co-counsel defeated a team of four attorneys led by Gloria Allred. Attorney Burch presently serves as the President of the Family Law Section for the Orange County Bar Association and has been elected by his family law colleagues to several positions on the Executive Committee for the Family Law Section. Attorney Burch has written numerous articles or essays for legal publications throughout the State of California. He also teaches Continuing Legal Education courses in family law, including courses to provide education credits to family law specialists. Attorney Burch works closely with family law bench officers as a member of the Executive Committee of the family law section for the pat seven years. Attorney Burch has received recognition from several independent rating services for his work in family law, including being selected by Super Lawyer magazine as a Super Lawyer in family law for Southern California every year since 2015; earning the highest rating (10.0) from the lawyer rating agency AVVO since 2010; and being recognized by OC Metro Magazine as one of the top family law attorneys in Orange County. B.A. cum laude | University St. Louis, MO 1992J.D. | Graduate School San Diego, CA 1996