Goldie Schon, an attorney at Nachshin & Langlois LLP, who has been handling all aspects of family law since 1994, has been named a Superlawyer "Rising Star” as one of the fledgling outstanding southern California lawyers for 2008 by Law & Politics. This marks her third year on L.A. Magazine’s prestigious list; she also was named a Superlawyer "Rising Star" in 2006 and 2007.
An active member of the Los Angeles, Beverly Hills and San Fernando Valley Bar Associations Schon handles all facets of Family Law including litigation involving child custody, child and spousal support, paternity, property division and domestic violence restraining orders.
Schon’s client list includes many high-profile personalities in film, television, music and sports. She has worked on a variety of cases, such as those that include Spice Girls’ Melanie Brown, and Welterweight champion, Oscar de la Hoya. The Nachshin & Langlois firm is best known for its precedent-setting win in the Barry Bonds prenuptial case which wound its way to the California Supreme Court and in which the firm prevailed on Bonds’ behalf.
Other notable Nachshin and Langlois clients include: television producer Don Bellisario; Film director, John McTiernan (“Hunt for Red October” and “Die Hard”); novelist and screenwriter Terry McMillan ("Waiting to Exhale," "How Stella Got Her Groove Back," among others); San Diego Padres’ owner, John Moores; Miami Heat’s Brian Grant; Atlanta Braves’ Gary Sheffield; David Wesley of the Charlotte Hornets; Bret Saberhagen, former Major League Baseball pitcher for�Kansas City, Boston and the New York Mets; Walt Disney Corporation’s CEO,�Robert Iger; Rap artist, Snoop Dogg (Calvin Broadus); actor/singer David Cassidy; the late Buck Owens, country music legend and host of "Hee Haw" for 15 years; the ex-wives of Bill Walsh (The Eagles), Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam) and Rod Stewart; the ex-wives of Will Smith, John Ritter and also Brian de Palma’s ex-wife, for whom the firm was able to seek and obtain double the amount of her existing child support award.
In light of Schon’s varied expertise in family law, she is often sought out by media—both print and broadcast—to comment on a variety of family law disputes involving high profile individuals. As such, she has been featured on “Good Morning America,” “Entertainment Tonight,” “The Insider,” Fox’s “Decision House,” and Star Daily Canadian television. She also has been quoted in OK magazine, Fit Pregnancy Magazine, In Touch Weekly, InTouch.com, Divorce360.com, TMZ.com, E! Online, Asian News International, and on the “Entertainment Tonight” website.
Schon, a graduate of California State University at Northridge earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Speech Communication in 1994, and received her juris doctor in 1997 from the University of La Verne. Schon is licensed by the State Bar of California and was admitted to the United States District Court, Central District of California in June, 1999.
During law school, Schon was a dedicated volunteer at the Van Nuys Superior Court, Domestic Violence Clinic, where she drafted pleadings in request for Restraining Orders for self-represented litigants. Soon after Schon was admitted to the State Bar of California, she continued her pro bono work and was named supervising attorney at the Domestic Violence Clinic. In addition to her service at the Domestic Violence Clinic, Schon also offered her services as a volunteer at the Los Angeles Superior Court, Central District, as a family law mediator, working two courtrooms where she assisted the court by helping self-represented litigants resolve child custody, child and spousal support and property division issues. She also prepared legal documents for the self-represented litigants such as stipulations and judgments to help bring closure to their cases.