Harding & Associates – Oakland, CA

John E. Harding is an experienced divorce trial lawyer and mediator. He is recognized throughout California and the United States as an expert in family law. He regularly writes articles for regional and national legal publications and he frequently presents seminars on complex issues in family law for local, regional, and national legal groups. He has maintained an active family law practice in Northern California since 1989. He is a Fellow in the prestigious American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, and he has been accorded Certified Family Law Specialist status by The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization.
John has been repeatedly named to the Northern California Super Lawyers list. This list presents Northern California's top lawyers as chosen by their peers and through the independent research of Law & Politics. The list of Northern California Super Lawyers is based on surveys of more than 56,000 lawyers across the northern part of the state. The Super Lawyers list reflects the top 5 percent of Northern California attorneys. The results are also published in San Francisco Magazine.

John's educational background includes a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications from St. Mary's College and a Juris Doctor from the Golden Gate University School of Law in 1989. In addition to an active family law litigation practice, he has also received extensive divorce mediation training, and holds a certificate in divorce mediation from the prestigious Northern California Mediation Center. John is a member of the Family Law Sections of the American Bar Association and the California State Bar. He is also a member in good standing of the Association of Certified Family Law Specialists. He sits as a judge pro tem with the Alameda County Superior Court.

Harding & Associates – Oakland, CA

Stephanie Hon, JD has been a member of the California Bar since 2007. She joined Harding & Associates in January 2008. She is admitted to practice in California, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.  Stephanie earned her Juris Doctor from Western State University College of Law.  She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Santa Cruz. While in law school Ms. Hon was a Certified Student Attorney with the Western State Legal Clinic practicing family law.

Stephanie's practice is dedicated exclusively to family law. She handles all aspects of California family law, and has successfully litigated or tried cases dealing with dissolution, paternity, custody, post-judgment enforcement and modification. Her first chair trial experience includes disposition of multi-million dollar estates, complicated asset tracing, and high conflict custody and visitation disputes.