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HUBBELL FAMILY LAW

Steady, personal guidance through the hardest family decisions.

For more than 25 years, Karen Hubbell has helped San Jose families with divorce, custody, support and more. You work directly with her, from the first call to the final agreement.

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Meet Karen Hubbell

Get to Know Me

Karen Hubbell, a Willow Glen native, has practiced family law since 1985, starting as a legal secretary and paralegal before joining Ropers, Majeski, Kohn & Bentley, where she became the firm's sole Family Law attorney. She opened her own practice in 2008, handling custody, support, property division, restraining orders, and mediation.

Karen earned her B.A. in Political Science and Paralegal Certification from San Jose State University, and her law degree from Lincoln University in 1993, graduating with a Jurisprudence award in real property.

A member of the Santa Clara County Bar Association, she has served as a Judge Pro Tem for the Santa Clara County Superior Court for over fourteen years. Karen is married, the mother of two daughters, and a devoted Bay Area sports fan.

With over 25 years of experience, Karen brings personalized attention to families when they need it most.

How Karen can help

Each matter gets individual attention. If you don't see your situation below, ask. Karen can tell you whether she can help.

Divorce

Dissolution and legal separation, handled with a clear plan.

Property Division

Characterizing and dividing assets, homes and trusts.

Child Custody

Parenting plans, orders and move-away cases.

Mediation & Consulting

Mediation, limited-scope help and drafting.

Child and Spousal Support

Establishing, defending or modifying support.

Post Judgement Changes

Updating custody or support when life changes.

What happens after you reach out

1 Send your inquiry

Fill out the short form below. It takes about two minutes.

2 Conflict Check

She confirms she can represent you, then contacts you to schedule.

3 Meet for a consultation

Talk through your situation and your options, with no pressure.

Legal decisions can be difficult and complicated, which is why it’s crucial to take an informed approach. Through this service offering, you can count on us to guide you in every step of the process. Take your first step and book your consultation.

What clients say

"Karen Hubbell has been my lawyer through my divorce process. I have been extremely satisfied through this emotional and difficult time. Karen and her staff have been dependable and very professional. I don't think I would have had the outcome and courage to go through this process if it wasn't for her team. Their warmth and encouragement helped me along the way. I urge anyone looking for a fantastic lawyer to use Karen Hubbell."

- Diana F.

"I have had a very bad experience with my first family law attorney to fight for my 4 year old child custody to get me 50/50 legal and physical custody. 50/50 is all i asked for from the court. He lost the case and added a lot of grieves, sadness and expenses to me and Ryan. I fired him and I didn't give up for my child 50/50 custody.

A few weeks later I was referred by another attorney, to talk to Karen Hubbell to discuss my case. I did, and she took my case which was bad managed by my first attorney.

Karen Hubbell did such a great job to win my son 50/50 custody back with a lot of her smartness and hard work. Throughout my case, I get to know Karen more. She is very fair and she knew when to slow me down. Sometimes I was getting very emotional and asking her to do things that I felt was the right thing to do at the time on my case. She always listened to me and informed me well about all the situations and prevented to add all unnecessary costs for both parties.

Based on my experience with Karen Hubbell, there are much more good and positive things to say about Karen's honesties and fairness. I have and will recommend Hubbell Family Law to my friends that may need her services."

- Mike. A

"Karen Hubbell took on my very complex divorce case. It involved a fraudulent prenup, personal property and real estate all wound around a living trust. The other party didn't have a family law attorney but a trust lawyer which meant Karen had to do double duty. She was interested, intellectual, experienced, understanding and compassionate. I cannot rate her higher than 5 stars however if I could I would.

So, if you have a tricky case and want the best look no further, you found the preeminent lawyer in town!"

- Marilyn M.

“For my family law matters there is only one attorney in the bay area. Her name is Karen Hubbell. I can say that after meeting and employing several family law attorneys, all of them good attorneys, I was fortunate to have finally met Karen Hubbell. She knows the bay area legal arena and she knows how to effectively represent her clients with a family in mind. I was up against a difficult "moveaway" case, and Karen turned things around so that now my son lives primarily with me, his father; thanks to Karen my son now shares a life with both his parents here in the bay area. Since that time Karen has been both a valuable advisor and when needed, an effective attorney. Karen Hubbell is skilled and efficient; and she gets results without wasting time. In the legal arena, saving time saves money. So if you are looking for the cream-of-the-crop among family law attorneys, I highly recommend calling Karen Hubbell to discuss your case.”

- Brian F.

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