IRVINE, CALIFORNIA: Reel Fathers Rights, the fastest growing law firm on the 2025 Inc. 5000 List of America’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies and California’s most recognized fathers’ rights law firm, today announced the addition of Orange County family law attorney Victor Franco as a Senior Trial Attorney. Franco joins the firm’s Irvine office, where he will represent fathers in Divorce, Child Custody, Child Support, Spousal Support, Property Division, and Domestic Violence Restraining Order cases across Orange County and Los Angeles County.
Licensed by the State Bar of California since 2013, Franco brings more than a decade of trial experience to the fathers he represents, including significant jury trial experience. Before joining Reel Fathers Rights, he ran his own law practice for more than ten years, handling family law alongside criminal defense and personal injury matters. His criminal defense work took him through every stage of a prosecution, from arraignment and preliminary hearings to motions to suppress evidence, jury selection, and jury trial. He brings that same intensity into the family law courtroom, leaving no stone unturned and preparing each case as though the client’s freedom depends on it. Franco was selected to the California Super Lawyers list in 2025 and 2026 in the area of Family Law.
“Victor Franco is exactly the kind of attorney that makes Reel Fathers Rights an extraordinary resource for fathers in Orange County and Los Angeles,” said Mark Reel Jr., Founder and CEO of Reel Fathers Rights. “Custody and restraining order cases are won or lost on the evidence, and Victor has spent more than a decade testing evidence in front of judges and juries. He does not stop at what a father is accused of. He asks whether the evidence actually proves it, and that is the preparation every father deserves. We are proud to have him as part of our team.”
An Orange County Family Law Attorney Who Tries Every Case on the Evidence
Allegations of domestic violence, neglect, and child abuse often surface in family court at the moment they can do the most damage. A request for a domestic violence restraining order under Family Code section 6300 can produce temporary orders that keep a father away from his children before he has said a word in his own defense. Franco looks beyond the allegations themselves and focuses on whether the evidence actually supports them. He has defeated requests for domestic violence restraining orders by identifying inconsistencies in the evidence, examining law enforcement officers and other percipient witnesses, analyzing 911 calls and police reports, and cross-examining alleged victims.
Much of his recent work involves high-conflict custody cases, including matters where the court has appointed minor’s counsel and a parent has raised serious allegations about a child’s safety. He also litigates move-away requests and requests to change custody, where a father’s relationship with his children can turn on a single hearing. Franco prepares not only for the legal issue being presented but for the courtroom in which it will be decided, tailoring each case to the issues most likely to matter before that particular judge. His support work includes cases where the child or the paying parent lives outside California or outside the United States.
Franco also holds a California real estate broker license, a background that strengthens his work in property division disputes involving the characterization of real property, tracing, reimbursement claims, and Watts charges and Epstein credits. He is the father of two children, and that experience shapes how he approaches every case: when a reasonable resolution is possible, he works toward it, and when it is not, he litigates. Fluent in Spanish, Franco works directly with Spanish-speaking fathers and their families. He earned his J.D. from Western State College of Law in 2013 and his B.A. from the University of California, Irvine, in 2010.
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Orange County and Los Angeles County Family Courthouses Served From the Irvine Office
From the firm’s Irvine office, Franco represents fathers in family court across Orange County and Los Angeles County, including:
- Orange County: Lamoreaux Justice Center, Orange
- Los Angeles County, Central District: Stanley Mosk Courthouse, Los Angeles
- Los Angeles County, South District: Governor George Deukmejian Courthouse, Long Beach
- Los Angeles County, Southeast District: Norwalk Courthouse, Norwalk
- Los Angeles County, Southwest District: Torrance Courthouse, Torrance
- Los Angeles County, East District: Pomona Courthouse South, Pomona
- Los Angeles County, Northeast District: Pasadena Courthouse, Pasadena
- Los Angeles County, West District: Santa Monica Courthouse, Santa Monica
- Los Angeles County, Northwest District: Van Nuys Courthouse East, Van Nuys
- Los Angeles County, North Valley District: Chatsworth Courthouse, Chatsworth
- Los Angeles County, North District: Michael D. Antonovich Antelope Valley Courthouse, Lancaster
About Reel Fathers Rights
Reel Fathers Rights is a premier California family law firm handling Divorce, Child Custody, Domestic Violence Restraining Orders, and Child Support. Our practice focuses on representing men and fathers in California Family Courts. Named the #1 Law Firm on the 2025 Inc. 5000 List of America’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies and ranked #9 on the 2026 Inc. Regionals: Pacific list, the firm serves fathers from 11 offices: ten across Southern California, in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and San Diego Counties, and its San Jose office, which serves seven Bay Area and Central Valley counties. Its team of more than 20 attorneys carries a collective portfolio that includes California Super Lawyers and Rising Stars honorees, Certified Family Law Specialists, Best Lawyers in America honorees, National Mock Trial Competition winners, NITA Family Law Program graduates, and nationally published practitioners.
Founded by Mark Reel Jr., himself a California Rising Stars honoree (2026 and 2027), Best Lawyers Ones to Watch honoree (2026, 2027), Elite Lawyer (2022 to 2026), and President of the Board of the National Council for Equal and Shared Parenting (NCESP), the firm is built around a single mission: ensuring that every father who walks through its doors receives the most experienced, most credentialed, and most committed legal representation available anywhere in California.
Reel Fathers Rights holds an AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell, the highest peer review designation in the legal profession, and is recognized by Elite Lawyers, Expertise.com, and Lawyers of Distinction as a top Southern California family law firm.
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