Beverly Hills family law, argued by a trial attorney who tells it like it is.
Tamara Benefield has spent more than twenty years in Los Angeles family courtrooms fighting for parents, spouses and children in divorce, custody and support cases. On One™ is where she takes those same hard conversations public.
legal advocacy
focused
& futures
Results driven.
Every chapter of family law, handled in-house
From a first custody filing to a complex executive divorce, the firm takes cases from petition through trial without handing them off.
Divorce
Contested and uncontested dissolution, legal separation, and the new joint-petition process, including high-net-worth, executive, grey and same-sex divorce.
Learn more →Child Custody
Parenting plans, move-away and interstate custody disputes, custody evaluations, and modifications when life changes.
Learn more →Child & Spousal Support
Guideline and above-guideline support, self-employment and bonus income, modifications, and enforcement when payments stop.
Learn more →Property & Business Division
Community property characterization, business and professional practice valuation, real estate, and tracing separate assets.
Learn more →Prenuptial & Postnuptial Agreements
Agreements drafted to survive California's strict enforceability rules, so they hold when they are needed.
Learn more →Domestic Violence & Restraining Orders
Emergency protective orders, DVROs and civil restraining orders, and defense when accusations are used as leverage.
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Law. Relationships. Power. Truth.
On One is Tamara's seat at the table with the people family court usually keeps quiet: clients who lived it, judges and evaluators who decide it, therapists and money experts who help people rebuild afterward.
It's unscripted, it's direct, and it covers what nobody tells you before you file: how custody really gets decided, what support actually costs, and how to walk out stronger than you walked in.
Straight answers, on camera
Why an in-person divorce consultation is worth it
What you get from sitting across the table that a phone call can't give you.
How long will my divorce take?
California's six-month minimum, and what actually stretches a case to years.
How will divorce affect my children?
What the research and the courtroom both say about kids and conflict.
In their own words
She put together a plan that won me custody of my children. If you want an attorney that cares about you and your case, I would recommend Tamara.
Kevin F. · CustodyShe is a BEAST in court. She fights for you and knows her stuff. She always comes prepared.
Nerisa H. · CustodyAfter going to court for almost a year, we hired her and within three months we were done.
Jen M. · Family Law