Mane Hakobyan is a Certified Family Law Specialist and Partner at the firm. Mane handles a broad range of family law matters. Mane was born in Armenia and relocated to the United States at the age of 9. She attended Clark Magnet High School in La Crescenta before earning her bachelor’s degree from UCLA. Mane earned her law degree from USC Gould School of Law. Prior to becoming Partner, Mane was a Senior Associate Attorney and summer law clerk for the firm. She is fluent in Armenian.

Mane represents clients facing a variety of legal issues such as dissolution of marriage, legal separation, child custody, child support, spousal support, division of property, domestic violence, and civil harassment restraining orders. Mane handles matters from the trial level all the way up to the California Court of Appeals.

Accreditations

Mane serves as a Trustee of the Pasadena Bar Association as well as Co-Chair of the Family Law Section. She is a Member of the American Bar Association, the California State Bar, and a State Bar Certified Family Law Specialist.

Education

Mane earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and her J.D. from the University of Southern California, Gould School of Law.

Experience

Mane has dedicated her legal career to providing efficient representation on behalf of her broad range of clients. Prior to joining the firm, she served as a judicial extern for Administrative Judge Louis Garcia at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Mane also served as a Law Clerk for the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office, Victim Impact Program. In law school, Mane served as a Notes and Submissions Editor for the Southern California Interdisciplinary Law Journal and as a first-year peer mentor.

Awards/Recognition

• Mane graduated summa cum laude from UCLA, and received the American Jurisprudence Award during law school in California Civil Procedure and Federal Evidence.
• Mane has been selected to the Southern California Rising Stars List for 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026
• Mane has been selected to the Pasadena Lawyer Magazine’s Top Lawyers list for 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026
• Mane has received the Lawyer Monthly Magazine Legal Awards Honoree, 2023

Involvement/Outreach

Mane has served as a summer volunteer for a non-profit organization, Interfaith Refugee and Immigration Services (IRIS), providing refugee resettlement assistance, employment placement and immigration legal aid. During law school, she served as a teaching assistant for a L.L.M. Legal Writing class.

Publications

• Articles: Practice Tips-New Domestic Violence Restraining Order Precedent, L.A. LAW, 11, 13 (June 2022).