Seasoned Family Law Attorney in Murrieta
Michael D. Iverson is a highly experienced litigator, representative, negotiator, mediator and trial attorney whose practice focuses primarily on Family Law and Civil Litigation. He has been assisting clients in Southern California and particularly in Southwest Riverside County with all family law legal matters for nearly 25 years. He assists clients with a broad range of matters, including Divorce; Paternity, Establishing and Modifications of Child Custody, Visitation, Child Support, Spousal Support and simple to complex marital property division disputes. In addition, he assists with Probate Law and Estate Planning, including setting up and/or amending living trusts, wills, powers of attorney, living wills, etc. This broad range of legal matters for which he assists clients extends to all areas of Real Estate Law, landlord/tenant, Breach of Contract, Business Law and Chapter 7 Bankruptcy. Michael has never strayed from his goal of creating a firm who adheres to providing legal services which combine aggressive representation with dependability and reliability while never turning a blind eye to the financial effect that legal matters have on his clients. He built his family law, estate planning, and civil law practices by providing professional, solid and creative representation with a personal touch while earning the trust and respect of his clients and peers. Michael represents his clients with uncompromising professionalism and dedication.
Whether in court, in settlement conferences, in negotiations, in mediation or in arbitration, Michael has successfully advanced his clients’ interests. He has appeared in State and Federal Courts located all across Southern California, including Riverside, San Diego, San Bernardino, Orange County, and Los Angeles Counties. Michael represents individuals in all family law matters ranging from collaboration, mediation, settlement agreements to request for order hearings, modification hearings, DCSS hearings, Domestic Violence Trials, complex family law litigation, evidentiary hearings, trials and all other family law related disputes and issues associated with divorce, dissolution of marriage, military divorce, spousal support, complex property and debt issues, separation of assets, retirement accounts, community property rights, child custody, child support, paternity, grandparent rights, domestic violence, restraining orders. Additionally, Michael represents individuals and corporate clients in disputes ranging from creating living trusts and wills to representation in probate matters to Real estate disputes to breach of contract, breach of privacy to negligence. He has on occasion, represented large national corporate clients, including the Tony Roma Corporation. Michael approaches each client’s case in the same professional, personal and caring manner. Michael has built a reputation for the ethical and financially respectful way in which he represents his clients. His reputation, along with his vast wealth of experience along with the premium that he places on client trust and satisfaction are the attributes which have led to the superior client satisfaction rating; A client satisfaction rating which has him ranked as one of the top ten attorneys in California for Family Law Client Satisfaction each of the past three years.
In 2017, Michael was named one of the top ten attorneys in California for Family Law based upon Client Satisfaction. This Client satisfaction continues as evidenced by his receipt of the same award for 2018 and 2019. Additionally, in 2019, Michael was named a top 100 attorney in California for Family Law by the Association of Trial Lawyers.
Michael is an active member of the California and American Bar Associations and has been associated with the Family Law and Litigation branches since he began practicing law.
In 2007, Michael founded the Law Offices of Michael D. Iverson, A Professional Corporation. Under his leadership, the firm has greatly expanded its capabilities and broadened the scope of the legal services it provides. For the 12 years prior to founding the firm, Michael founded, operated and successfully built Affordable Legal Assistance which provided paralegal and legal document assistance to thousands of clients all across Southern California. This Legal Services business enabled Michael to obtain priceless experience in all aspects and nuances of the Law which he now utilizes for the benefit of his clients. Michael is committed to consistently advancing his clients’ interests and delivering legal solutions. He prides himself on providing legal solutions for all who entrust him; even if that means providing references to other attorneys in his vast network of colleagues.
Education
- Paralegal certificate; Southern California College of Business and Law
- Bachelor’s degree; California State University, San Marcos
- Juris Doctor; California Southern Law School
