Orange County Family Law Attorney

Michelle Studer Sherwood is a Certified Family Law Specialist and Senior Partner at R & S Law Group, APC.

Mrs. Sherwood is focusing her efforts on estate planning and family law mediation and has represented clients in seven California counties and before the U.S. District Court.

Mrs. Sherwood’s prior legal experience includes three years with the Orange County Superior Court as an Assistant Family Law Facilitator/ Self Help Center Attorney. She also spent several years as a managing associate attorney at the Law Offices of Tuyet “Tina” D. Pham, and worked for a father’s rights firm in Orange, CA and in private practice in family law and estate planning before partnering with Mrs. Roudabush to open R & S Law Group. She has been involved in various pro-bono activities including preparing wills and trusts for HIV affected individuals in conjunction with the Public Law Center.

Mrs. Sherwood graduated from Western State University College of Law (J.D.) where she was admitted under a full academic scholarship, and headed up the community outreach portion of the Volunteer Income Tax Association project. While in law school, Mrs. Sherwood externed under Orange County’s Contract County Counsel for Minors, Harold La Flamme. She holds a B.A. in Political Science and Economics from University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Mrs. Sherwood is a member of the Orange County Bar Association (Family Law Section Member), and the California Bar Association and is admitted to practice in the Superior Courts of California as well as the United States District Court for the Central District.

When not engaged in the practice of law, Mrs. Sherwood enjoys camping with her family, hiking, reading, scrapbooking, and shooting pool.