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Hi everyone, welcome to another Family Law Matters. I’m Dr. Michael Mantell joining Bonnie Rabinovitch-Mantel, who is the owner and managing partner of the Primus Family Law Group right here in San Diego. Hi Bonnie.
Hi Michael, how are you doing today? Doing well, doing very well, enjoying how the new year is unfolding. So, speaking of unfolding, we’d like to think that a divorce process, family law, unfolds in a respectful, compassionate, caring way. We take care of everyone’s feelings, but sometimes it isn’t so sweet and nice.
Sometimes, frankly, it’s pretty gritty, and we want to be sure that we have attorneys who can go into court and litigate. I don’t like the word fight, but sometimes that’s what it is. It feels like a battle.
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Tell us about how Primus Family Law respects family feelings and yet goes in and can really ensure, whatever it takes legally, to protect the rights of your clients and litigate strongly. You know what, Michael? One of the things that we are known for is being what we like to call zealous advocates. We are passionate about protecting our clients’ rights and their interests.
Now, that doesn’t mean that you can’t settle cases, and we spent a lot of our time throughout these 200 plus episodes talking about mediation and getting people to compromise, but you are right. Sometimes you can’t compromise. Sometimes there is no middle ground.
For example, I need to move away to make ends meet. I don’t want you to take the children with you. There’s no middle ground really there, and you have to be able to go into court and know what the judge needs to see, know how to present the evidence, know how to firmly, properly, respectfully state your client’s position with authority, and that is what we do at Primus.
We can hold our client’s hand in the office, but when we get into the courtroom, it’s not about pussyfooting around. It’s about stating what’s necessary, showing the judge what he or she needs to see, and making the proper argument that supports your client’s position, and that is what we do every time we go into court, and that is why, Michael, Primus attorneys, all certified family law specialists have an amazing reputation with our judges. They know when we walk in, we’re not going to bullshit.
We are not going to make stuff up. We are not going to half-ass the job. We’re going to go in and do what our clients need us to do, and yet clients in the Primus Family Law Group office feel an atmosphere, a culture of collaboration, of caring, of compassion.
When you go into the courtroom, you go with respect, but you have a reputation being a zealous advocate, but of also being a bulldog fighter. Yes. Yes, I have been called that, and my associates as well, because it’s about showing and being present and being able to, I know we don’t like to use the word fight, but fight for our clients.
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And again, I want to just emphasize, in healthcare, patients want to be taken care of, but they want to be taken care of by physicians and healthcare professionals who do everything imaginable to help and improve the health and well-being of the patient. The way they treat the patient, the way they care for the patient is one thing, but they’re fighting for the health of the patient. That’s what you do.
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That is what we do. But yet you go into court and you do anything that you have to in a professional, ethical, legal way to ensure that your client is well protected. If people have questions and they want to be in touch with you about this, how can they reach you? Well, they can reach us directly at 619-574-8000 or online at www.PrimusFamilyLaw.com. And there are all different ways to make sure you guys get on our calendar for a free 30-minute phone or Zoom consultation as you prefer.
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And we’ll sit and we’ll figure out your case issues and how we can help you. Bonnie, thanks for another wonderful Family Law Matters. Thank you very much.
And we’ll see you next time. Have a great week, Michael. You too, dear.
Bye-bye.