Marc Garelick
Founder and Managing Partner, Garelick Family Law
Every divorce is difficult, but things can get complicated and stressful when a couple’s assets and income are high and complex.
Marc Garelick specializes in working with men and women who have a high-conflict case involving issues such as custody, child support, spousal support, paternity, and domestic violence. Marc has been practicing divorce law in Orange County for almost two decades.
“What I really I appreciate about my work is that I am helping people manage and navigate one of the most difficult times in their lives,” Garelick says.
We are proud and excited to welcome Marc to the Divorced Girl Smiling trusted professionals network!
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About Marc
With more than 17 years of experience in family law matters throughout the State of California, Orange County family law attorney, Marc H. Garelick, brings extensive expertise in handling complex and high-conflict cases involving divorce, custody, child and spousal support, paternity, and domestic violence proceedings.
His clients include high-asset and high-income individuals in complex, contested family law cases. He is exceptionally skilled with valuations of businesses and division and characterization of community and separate property assets. As the founder and managing partner of Garelick Family Law, PC, Marc is committed to being one of the premier family law attorneys in Orange County and State of California
Active in the California State Bar Association and Family Law Section, Marc is also a member of the Orange County Bar Association and Orange County Jewish Bar Association. He has several philanthropic and civic interests, which include previously serving on the board of directors of the Jewish Federation & Family Services (JFFS), Jewish National Fund in Orange County, and the Orange County Hillel.
Marc earned his Bachelor of Science in Cognitive Psychology, with a minor in Classical History at the University of California, Irvine, where he was actively involved in his fraternity, Phi Kappa Psi. He then went on to earn his J.D. from Southwestern Law school, where he started a Voluntary Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program to help low-income individuals with tax preparation. Marc was recognized by the JFFS with its Blossom Siegel Young Leadership Award and for several years as a Southern California Super Lawyers “Rising Star.”
He was selected as a Southern California Super Lawyer in 2024 and 2025. Marc was recently interviewed for an upcoming documentary “Erasing Families” and also spoke at an “OCBA Webinar on Proper Utilization of DissoMaster”. He was selected for inclusion in the 2024 and 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Family Lawyers.
