Neil E. Forester
Owner
As a recovering litigator with 20+ years of family court appearances, Neil Forester applies expertise and insider perspective to mediations, arbitrations, and private judging solutions. He provides consulting and second opinions as well as prenups, adoptions, cohabitation agreements, domestic partnerships, and pet parenting plans. When motives are aligned, Mr. Forester encourages collaboration, collective hard work, and co-created outcomes by families who relish control of their next normals. Mr. Forester received his J.D., with Distinction, from McGeorge School of Law in 2004. Immediately following law school, he joined Sacramento’s largest firm, Downey Brand LLP, as an associate attorney in the Family Law Practice Group. Mr. Forester held that position for nearly 8 years before joining Goyette & Associates in 2012 to launch its Family Law Division. From 2015 to mid 2020, he served as managing shareholder for a 6-attorney family law boutique before launching his solo practice in the wake of the pandemic. Mr. Forester received a Certificate in Dispute Resolution in January of 2023 from the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine's Caruso School of Law, and will be receiving his LL.M. in Dispute Resolution, with a concentration in mediation, in spring 2024. Mr. Forester is a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, and a Certified Family Law Specialist. Consistently over the last several years, he has ranked in notable professional publications like Sacramento Magazine's Top Lawyers, the Sacramento Business Journal's Best of the Bar, and Northern California Super Lawyers. In 2014, Mr. Forester received the Hero of Human Services Award from the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors.
