B. Robert Farzad
Managing Partner
B. Robert Farzad is the managing partner of Farzad & Ochoa Family Law Attorneys, LLP, which has offices in Costa Mesa, Los Angeles, and San Diego. He handles complex family law cases, including pre-judgment and post-judgment dissolution of marriage matters. Mr. Farzad obtained his J.D. from Western State University College of Law. He has been a licensed California attorney since 1996. Mr. Farzad has been a licensed California attorney since 1996 and graduated from Western State University, College of Law. He is a member of the Orange County, Los Angeles County, and San Diego County Family Law Bar Associations. Mr. Farzad served as the Chair (President) of the Orange County Bar Association (OCBA) Family Law Section in 2023 and later as the Co-Chair of the OCBA Pro Bono Committee in 2024 and 2025. He has taught Family Law at the University of California, Irvine Law School. His pro bono work focuses on representing domestic violence victims in restraining order cases, and he consults nearly weekly at a volunteer clinic and serves on the Orange County Family Violence Council. Mr. Farzad is a Board member of Human Options, a nonprofit dedicated to ending domestic violence and previously served on the board of Su Casa, a similar Los Angeles-based organization. He has volunteered at the Harriett Buhai Center for Family Law and continues to volunteer at Human Options. His work has been featured in the Los Angeles Times, Orange County Lawyer Magazine, CEB, The Huffington Post, and Yahoo Parenting. A frequent speaker and educator, Mr. Farzad has presented for the OCBA Family Law Section, CEB, and Strafford, including three years leading CEB's Key Developments in Family Law. In 2024, he was chosen as a co-author of CEB's first dedicated book to DVPA cases, which he helped complete.
