Taylor Budnick

Certified Family Law Specialist

Background: Taylor Budnick is a Senior Trial Attorney based in the Irvine office of Reel Fathers Rights. Born in Michigan and raised in Irvine, she earned her undergraduate degree in English Literature from the University of Colorado Boulder in 2012, and obtained her Juris Doctorate from Michigan State University College of Law in 2015, graduating Cum Laude. Taylor is licensed to practice law in both California and Colorado

Legal Experience: Taylor has exclusively practiced Family Law for the entirety of her career. She has represented clients in family law proceedings throughout Southern California, including Los Angeles, Orange, Ventura, Riverside and San Diego Counties.

Taylor is a Certified Family Law Specialist by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization. Her extensive litigation experience includes countless trials and evidentiary hearings on issues including date of separation, domestic violence, child custody and visitation, child support, spousal support, and property characterization, valuation and division. Taylor’s experience also includes working with private judges to discretely settle cases outside of the public court setting.

Taylor has worked with an array of experts, including Forensic Accountants to conduct business valuations, cash flow analysis, and property balance sheets; 730 Custody Evaluators to perform complex child custody evaluations; Vocational Evaluators to assess the other party’s earning ability and address imputation of income issues; and real estate and property Appraisers.

Passion for Family Law: Taylor’s commitment to family law developed in law school, where she participated in Michigan State University’s Chance at Childhood Law & Social Work Clinic. Through this interdisciplinary program between the law school and masters of social work programs, she gained hands-on experience advocating for children and families in child custody evaluations, child protection cases, and guardianship proceedings. Taylor’s career as a family law attorney began while waiting to receive her California bar results, by working for a Los Angeles based nonprofit organization to help victims of domestic violence. Prior to joining Reel Fathers Rights in mid-January 2024, Taylor spent eight (8) years working at family law firms in Los Angeles.