Samantha F. Spector is an internationally recognized California family law attorney and the founder of Spector Law, A Professional Law Corporation, a boutique firm established in 2012. She represents high-net-worth and high-profile clients in complex parentage cases throughout California, including Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Silicon Valley, and San Francisco.​

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Practice Focus & Experience

Samantha concentrates her practice on high‑asset marital dissolutions, legal separations, domestic partnerships, domestic violence restraining orders, parentage actions, and complex child custody, visitation, and support matters. She also regularly advises clients on cohabitation, prenuptial, and postnuptial agreements involving substantial assets, business interests, and public reputations.

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Her approach is to achieve meaningful, durable resolutions that align with each client’s goals while protecting children, safeguarding significant assets, and preserving privacy. Samantha provides clear, candid advice from the outset and designs strategic, interest‑based case plans tailored to high‑net‑worth and high‑profile clients.

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Before founding Spector Law, Samantha was a partner at a Century City business law firm, where she handled family law, civil litigation, and labor and employment matters. That background gives her a sophisticated understanding of how complex financial, corporate, and employment issues intersect with divorce and custody disputes.

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Recognition, media, and thought leadership

​Samantha has been featured by The Hollywood Reporter in its esteemed list of “Hollywood’s Troubleshooters: Top 20 Lawyers for Divorces, Plea Deals and Death Plans.” She has been named one of the “Most Influential Women Attorneys” in Los Angeles by the Los Angeles Business Journal and was recently included in the 2025 and 2026 editions of The Best Lawyers in America®. Every year since 2013, Samantha has been recognized as one of the “Top Women Attorneys” in Southern California for family law. She has earned the distinction of Southern California “Super Lawyer” (2014–2026) and previously “Rising Star” (2009–2013). Samantha was also named to the Lawdragon 500 Leading Family Lawyers and nominated as a Consumer Attorney: Visionaries by the LA Times Business Studios.

 

Samantha has appeared on various media outlets worldwide expressing her expert opinions on family law matters.​ 

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Education and professional affiliations

Samantha earned her J.D. from Loyola Law School in 1999 and graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. in political science from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1996. She is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, the Golden Key National Honor Society, and the Family Law Section of the State Bar of California and the California Lawyers Association.

 

Samantha is active in various charities and organizations and serves on the UCLA Health System Board as well as being a member of UCLA’s Chancellor’s Society.