Christopher M. Cockayne

Associate

621 Capitol Mall
18th Floor
Sacramento, CA 95814

Areas of Law:

Family Law

Admitted to Practice in:

California

Experience

Assisted in representing clients in dissolution of marriage proceedings, child custody and spousal support disputes, and domestic violence matters.

Researched and analyzed Proposition 8's effects on existing same-sex marriages.

Researched and drafted memoranda related to personal injury, breach of contract, and personal and subject-matter jurisdiction.

Assisted in drafting a complex co-tenancy agreement concerning the ownership and control of several investment properties.

General

Former Judicial Intern for the First District Court of Appeals, Houston, Texas

Former Legal Intern for the Department of Justice, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms

Chief Legal Non-Commissioned Officer, United States Army, Utah National Guard

Deployed to Nasiriyah, Iraq, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from December 2003 to February 2005; Awarded the Army Commendation Medal and Army Good Conduct Medal for outstanding service as a member of a combat engineer team.

MEMBERSHIPS

J. Reuben Clark Law Society, Member

EDUCATION

University of Utah, S.J. Quinney College of Law (J.D., High Honors, 2008)

Weber State University (B.A., summa cum laude, 2004)

PRESENTATIONS

Crocker Art Museum, Planned Giving Seminar, “Financial and Legal Planning for Same-Sex Couples,” October 6, 2011, Presenter

United States Army, Utah National Guard, “Pre-Deployment Briefing: An Introduction to the Rules of Engagement and the Law of War,” 222nd Field Artillery Training Center, St. George, Utah, October 2007, Presenter

PUBLICATIONS

Inside the Minds: Strategies for Family Law in California, "The Special Niche of Family Law," (2010) Aspatore Books, Contributing Co-Author with Mary J. Martinelli

Association of Certified Family Law Specialists Newsletter, “What Effect Does Proposition 8 Have upon the Same-Sex Couples who Married Prior to its Enactment?”, 2009, Author