Comm. Glenn P. Oleon (Ret.)

• Ten years as a Superior Court Commissioner, primarily in a Family Law calendar and trial assignment.
• Decided dozens of contested discovery motions.
• Worked with counsel and parties to develop hundreds of case management and discovery plans.
• Over 26 years as an attorney in a general civil litigation practice emphasizing Family Law, Estates and Trusts, and other civil litigation including personal injury, collections and business disputes.

• Successfully represented major national charities at trial and on appeal in high profile will contest case alleging fraud and undue influence by attorney against her elderly client.
• Decided contested case in which primary issue was whether mandatory and discretionary distributions to trustee/beneficiary should be treated as income for purposes of calculating entitlement to receive spousal support.
• Assisted parties and counsel in reaching settlement of several contested guardianship actions between parents and grandparents and between maternal grandparents and paternal grandparents.
• Decided ongoing guardianship dispute between maternal grandmother and relatives of deceased father who was murdered by the children’s mother.
• Helped parties resolve termination of guardianship when parent with substance abuse problems regained competency to care for herself and her children.

• Achieved settlement of post-judgment child support modification dispute despite highly contested claim of extraordinary high earner status.
• Successful Family Law Mediation. Primary issues included property division focused on disputed separate property reimbursement claims; mutual waiver of spousal support in long term marriage; and child support where neither party has regular employment.
• International divorce following short term marriage with no children. Successfully mediated issues of property division and termination of spousal support.
• Mediated settlement of divorce action commenced in 1996. Primary disputed issue was determination of Husband's community property interest in home acquired by Wife by inheritance prior to parties' marriage.
• 18 year marriage with allegations of domestic abuse. Successfully mediated settlement of multiple issues including: separate property claims, spousal support, child support, and custody.

• Long term marriage with minor and adult children. Primary issue was division of property with significant disputed separate property claims. Successful mediation also resolved issues of custody, child support, spousal support and attorney fees.
• Successful mediation of dissolution of marriage of action. Primary issues were division of multi-million-dollar community property estate with significant separate property claims; spousal support issue involving high earning payor and payee with zero income and substantial property holdings; and child support.
• Served 8 years on the bench in a full-time Family Law calendar and trial assignment.
• General civil practice attorney for 26 years with an emphasis on Family Law.
• Conducted numerous trainings for attorneys on custody and visitation, spousal support, child support, property division, and other Family Law topics.
• Successfully assisted counsel and parties in settling of hundreds of contested Family Law cases.
• Presided over hundreds of trials in all areas of Family Law
  o Child custody and visitation, including high conflict cases involving move-aways, school choice, substance abuse and parental alienation
  o Temporary and permanent child support and spousal support, including guideline calculations, deviations from guideline, high earners, self-employed individuals and business owners, and imputation of income
  o Complex property divisions, including valuations of businesses and retirement plans
  o Attorney fees and sanctions
  o Domestic violence
• Worked with numerous experts in a variety of fields including forensic accountants, business and real estate appraisers, vocational consultants, and custody evaluators.

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• Decided hundreds of contested requests for attorney fees and costs in Family Law cases
  o Needs based fee requests under Family Code section 2030 et seq.
  o Requests for sanctions under the Family Code and Code of Civil Procedure.
  
• Arbitrated dozens of attorney/client fee disputes through Alameda County Bar Association Fee Arbitration program.
• Member of Alameda County Bar Association Fee Arbitration Committee for over ten years.