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About My Practice
With over 30 years of legal experience as both a paralegal and then attorney, Raquel M. Silva, CFLS*, provides Estate Planning (Wills, Trust Administration, Probate) and Family Law services to individuals and families in Yolo County and throughout Northern California.
Ms. Silva operates as a sole practitioner in her Davis, Ca location. As such, she is able to provide that “personal touch” on all of her cases.
Experienced Legal Representation
Before becoming a lawyer, Raquel M. Silva, spent 16 years working as a paralegal on cases covering many areas of the law including: real estate title litigation, business litigation, and corporate law. This breadth of experience allows Ms. Silva and her legal team to provide her clients a level of service that is typically not found in other law offices. The legal team at the Law Office of Raquel M. Silva is able to approach cases from a multitude of angles — ensuring that clients are provided a detailed picture of their specific situation and the options that are available to them.
Ms. Silva attended UC Davis School of Law, King Hall and graduated with honors in May 2005. During her second year of law school, Ms. Silva became a Certified Law Student for the King Hall Family Protection Clinic. Clinic work enabled her to obtain two years of court and trial experience prior to graduating law school.
In 2012, Ms. Silva became a Certified Family Law Specialist (CFLS) which requires extensive continuing legal education classes in all areas of family law, in addition to the standard California State Bar continuing education requirements. Ms. Silva stays fully informed and up to date in all areas of her practice by attending continuing legal education conferences throughout the year, participating in the continuing education programs offered by the Yolo County Bar and Yolo County Family Bar Associations, as well as consulting regularly with financial/tax specialists, divorce coaches, child custody counselors, child custody evaluators, and therapists working with divorcing families.