Jenkins Law Firm, APC

Today, we all need to stop and remember, Freedom is NEVER Free. This great country of ours, we are the home of the free because of the brave. Therefore, to all our brave Veterans out there and their families, thank you for your service. ”Never was so much owed by so many to so few.” -Churchill

November - Meet the Team!

Estate Planning and Family Law Counselor: Richard L. Manwaring, Esq.

Senior Attorney Richard Manwaring has been in practice for over 23 years. His primary emphases has been on all aspects of Family Law. He has also done extensive work in the area of Estate Planning. He has served as a pro tem judge for the family court for the past 17 years and was previously qualified to set as a temporary judge in both juvenile dependency and juvenile delinquency courts.

During his 23 to years of experience practicing law in San Diego County, including Vista, San Diego, El Cajon and Chula Vista, and Riverside County including Temecula, Riverside, Murrieta and Hemet, he has represented clients in a wide variety of legal matters including: child custody, child support, spousal support, property division, property characterization, property valuation, income and business evaluations and military retirement divisions. He represented clients in many trials, temporary and permanent domestic violence restraining order hearings, long cause hearings, civil restraining orders and complex paternity matters.

Attorney Manwaring previously taught law courses at various universities and served as both an academic dean and a director of legal studies department at a private college.

Mr. Manwaring is retired from the United States Marine Corps and keeps active in a number of organizations associated with the military. He is often appointed by family law judges to serve as an attorney under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act. Because of his knowledge of military matters, such as military pay and allowances, retirement, Thrift Savings Plan (TSP), Survivor Benefit Plans (SBP), the Former Spouse Protection Act and the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, he is often called on by other attorneys for advice and guidance on these matters.

When not practicing law, ‘Rick’ enjoys spending time with his family, traveling, supporting his local community theaters and continuing to pursue his life-long hobby in photography.

Bar Admission:

State Bar of California 1998
U.S. District Court - Southern District of California 1998

Education:

Thomas Jefferson School of Law

Professional Associations

California Bar Association
North County Bar Association
San Diego Bar Association

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September’s Meet the Team!

Founder & Managing Attorney, Erik C. Jenkins.

Erik C. Jenkins received his Juris Doctorate from California Western School of Law in January of 1997. For a number of years, Mr. Jenkins worked as a research attorney for the San Diego Superior Court. During his first three years with the court, Mr. Jenkins worked as the primary research attorney for the family law division of the Vista branch of the Superior Court. He also assisted the Probate Court with their legal research needs. This experience with the family court gave Mr. Jenkins an intimate familiarity with the complex and varied practice of family law.
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In 2001, Mr. Jenkins transferred to work as an independent calendar research attorney for the Honorable Sheridan Reed. Mr. Jenkins assisted Judge Reed with a wide range of civil law and motion work, including several class actions, CEQA actions and complex civil litigation cases.
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Mr. Jenkins left the Superior Court in 2002 to pursue a career in private practice. Mr. Jenkins has been lead trial counsel in a number of certified class action discrimination law suits against large corporate defendants. He has obtained multiple seven figure outcomes in these cases. Work Mr. Jenkins and his team of lawyers have been able to accomplish has shaped the tide and course of discrimination law in California over the past decade including successful appeals of civil rights issues all the way to the California Supreme Court. Mr. Jenkins contributes a substantial portion of his time eradicating discrimination in California through these civil rights law suits.
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Mr. Jenkins devotes additional efforts helping families navigate through divorce. Mr. Jenkins handles divorces, child and spousal support issues, custody disputes, domestic violence restraining orders, pre and post nuptial agreements and contempt actions. He also engages in private dispute resolution as both a mediator and in the collaborative divorce setting. Mr. Jenkins is a member of the Collaborative Family Law Group of San Diego. More information about the collaborative law process can be found at the Collaborative Family Law Group of San Diego website. www.collaborativefamilylawsandiego.com
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Mr. Jenkins performs pro bono work for Native American tribes throughout the country including forming and implementing tribal codes and addressing legal issues unique to Native Americans. Mr. Jenkins sits pro bono as an associate Judge for the Intertribal Court of Southern California. More information about the Intertribal Court of Southern California can be found at www.icsc.us.
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Mr. Jenkins is admitted to practice in all California state courts as well as the Federal District Courts for the Southern and Central Districts of California as well as the 9th Circuit Court of Appeal. He is also admitted to practice before the Intertribal Court of Southern California. Mr. Jenkins is a member of the San Diego County Bar Association, the La Jolla Bar Association and the North County Bar Association.