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Diana Richmond concentrates her practice on family law. A Certified Family Law Specialist for more than 28 years, Ms. Richmond has a breadth of experience in nearly every aspect of this area, including complex marital property issues, spousal and child support, child custody, parentage, premarital agreements, and family law appeals. She works as a mediator, settlement conference facilitator or private adjudicator for family law and related controversies, including domestic partnerships, and handles premarital and marital agreements and appeals for clients. Ms. Richmond finds that mediation enhances participants' autonomy in decision-making and promotes creative solutions to family law issues. Ms. Richmond has been recognized for more than 25 years as one of the Best Lawyers of America, and was named by that publication as the San Francisco Family Law Lawyer of the Year in 2009. In 2007, she received the Hall of Fame Award from the Association of Certified Family Law Specialists. In 2003 she was listed as one of the "Top 25 Attorneys in the Bay Area" by the San Francisco Chronicle, as well as one of the top two Bay Area family law attorneys by the San Francisco Recorder. Ms. Richmond joined Sideman & Bancroft LLP after heading her own family law office for more than 23 years.