Shane R. Ford

Shane R. Ford is a Certified Family Law Specialist, certified by the State Bar of California. Mr. Ford has more than a decade of family law experience and has been recognized as a Northern California Super Lawyer in the August 2006 edition of San Francisco magazine and Northern California Super Lawyers magazine. Prior to opening the Ford Law Firm, he was the managing partner of Staley, Jobson & Ford, where he practiced family law for 11 years.

Mr. Ford graduated cum laude from Illinois State University in 1990. He earned his law degree from Golden Gate University in 1994.

Mr. Ford has been a family law speaker and lecturer and is the co-author of several published articles, including "Using Laches to Defend Against Child Support Collection" and "Domestic Partnership Laws and Gay Marriage: an Overview of Recent Events and Pending Legislative Changes."

Mr. Ford is a former associate member of the Earl Warren American Inn of Court; a former director of the Eastern Alameda County Bar Association; co-founder of the Family Lawyer Associate's Group, with members in several adjoining Bay Area counties; a board member of the Association of Certified Family Law Specialists; a board member of the Alameda County Bar Association's Family Law Division; and a member of the Alameda County Bar Association.

David Randall

David joined the Ford Law Firm as an associate attorney in August of 2007.

Before attending law school at Santa Clara University, he received a Master’s Degree at Central European University in Budapest, Hungary, and a Bachelor’s Degree in History at McGill University in Montreal. During law school, David completed a fellowship at the Panetta Institute for Public Policy where he worked on both legal and public policy issues for former White House chief of staff Leon Panetta.

Kelli Fernandez-Medina

Kelli Fernandez-Medina has been practicing family law exclusively since 2001. Prior to joining the Ford Law Firm, she was the senior associate attorney at Staley, Jobson & Ford for six years.

Ms. Fernandez-Medina graduated summa cum laude from Ohio Wesleyan University with a dual B.A. in Economics and Spanish. She was awarded the Outstanding Major in Economics and the Goethe Award for excellence in Spanish. Ms. Fernandez-Medina also studied at the Universidad de Salamanca in Spain and has served as a translator for various government departments for the State of Ohio.

Ms. Fernandez-Medina obtained her law degree from The Ohio State University in May 2001 and was admitted in California in December 2001. She was awarded a Foreign Language Area Studies Fellowship (FLAS) from the U.S. Departments of Education and Defense in Spanish and was an intern at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for Southern District of Ohio, in the chambers of the Honorable Barbara J. Sellers.

Ms. Fernandez-Medina has been a lecturer on family law matters and has co-authored an article with Shane R. Ford. She is a former associate member of the Earl Warren American Inn of Court, Oakland, CA, where her team was awarded Best Program for the 2004-2005 year as well as Best Original Script for their May 2005 presentation and Outstanding Program in the national American Inns of Court for the 2005-2006 year. She is also a member of QDRONES (national organization dedicated to retirement and ERISA law), former President of the Alameda County Family Law Association, Women Lawyers of Alameda County, a member of the Alameda County Bar Association Family Law Section, and the Eastern Alameda County Bar Association