Laura E. Alterman

Laura Alterman is a partner at DeLacey, Riebel & Shindell LLP in San Francisco and a Certified Specialist in Family Law. Her practice focuses on high-asset and financially complex family law matters, including executive compensation, business interests, and alternative asset management. She handles divorce, property division, premarital and marital agreements, child custody and visitation, paternity, and support. Ms. Alterman tailors her approach to each family’s circumstances and advocates assertively as both a negotiator and a litigator.

Laura Alterman graduated from the University of San Francisco School of Law, where she earned awards for excellence in community property and served as a technical editor for the Journal of Law and Social Challenges. While in law school, she clerked for Bay Area Legal Aid in its family law and domestic violence division. Ms. Alterman has practiced exclusively family law in the San Francisco Bay Area since 2010, gaining extensive experience at premier family law firms in the San Francisco Bay Area before joining DeLacey, Riebel & Shindell LLP in 2022.

Ms. Alterman is a contributing editor and author for CEB, where she develops practice guides on crossover issues between estate planning and family law, and has recorded a CEB video program on those topics. She was named a 2026 Super Lawyers honoree. Ms. Alterman is active in the California Lawyers Association Family Law Section and volunteers as an attorney with the Shriver Custody Project through the Alameda County Bar Association. She has also contributed to legislative efforts in Sacramento.