Pasadena Family Law Attorney Mark Baer Receives 'Super Lawyer' Designation for 3rd Year

LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwired - Jan 22, 2014) - Pasadena Family Law Attorney Mark Baer today announced that for the third consecutive year, he was named a "Southern California Super Lawyer" in the 'Family Law' category. The organization Super Lawyers rates outstanding lawyers in Southern California who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Only 5% of all lawyers practicing in the California receive this honor.

The selection process to receive Super Lawyer status uses a vigorous, multi-phased process in which peer nominations and evaluations are combined with third party research. Each candidate is evaluated on 12 indicated areas of peer recognition and professional achievement. Those who qualify are named in the list published by Super Lawyers Magazine with an insert included in The New York Times, Los Angeles magazine and at www.superlawyers.com.

In the Southern California legal professional community, Mark B. Baer is one of the most highly-respected attorneys and is known, nationally, for his thought-provoking and often controversial articles, blogs, and TV and radio interviews focusing on Family Law issues. As a result of his willingness to take a stand on controversial subjects involving divorce, litigation, mediation, Collaborative Divorce, and Family Law in general, Attorney Mark Baer has gained a widespread audience in online forums and has been widely quoted by the press.

Attorney Baer has won widespread recognition in both the legal and psychological professions and is a sought-after speaker. In April 2013, he presented at the Spring 2013 convention in Anchorage, Alaska for the American Bar Association's Family Law Section on "Navigating the Emotional Currents of Collaborative Law." That same month, he served as a co-presenter for the California Psychological Association's annual convention in Newport Beach, California speaking about "The Cutting Edge of Psychological Practice: Mental Health Professionals and Dispute Resolution."

Since 2013, Mr. Baer has served as a contributing blogger for the Huffington Post on issues related to Family Law. Over the past few years, he has been interviewed by numerous legal and business publications including Forbes, the Wall Street Journal, L.A. Times, the L.A. Business Journal and San Gabriel Valley News.

Attorney Baer recently authored an article for the American Journal of Family Law that was published in its Winter 2014 edition entitled "The Perfect Storm: Lawyer Limitations and the Adversarial Model in Family Law." Last year, he was authored a chapter for Thomson Reuters/Aspitore's preeminent 2013 publication "Inside the Minds - Strategies for Family Law in California: Leading lawyers on Understanding Developments in California Family Law." Mr. Baer's chapter in that noted legal publication is entitled, "A Comparison of Dispute Resolution Methods Available in Family Law Matters."

Never one to rest on his laurels, Attorney Baer will soon be launching a new venture, the Family Dynamics Assistance Center, to assist families in crisis to resolve their problems in a constructive manner through the help of experienced, well-recognized professionals who understand the nature of human conflict.

Mark B. Baer is a family law attorney, mediator, and collaborative law practitioner, practicing law for nearly twenty-five years with an office in Pasadena, CA. Attorney Baer's firm works with individuals on issues regarding family law, divorce, parenting plans and timeshare arrangements, child support, spousal support, premarital agreements, restraining orders, paternity actions, and domestic partnerships. For more information about Attorney Mark Baer, please visit: www.markbaeresq.com or www.huffingtonpost.com/mark-baer .