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Virginia S. Criste

Telephone: (760) 34 1-1144

Fax: (760) 341-1124

E-Mail: vcriste@outlook.com

Education

  • George Washington University School of Law
  • Washington, D.C. - 1966-69; J. D. 1969
  • Activities: Legal Aid Meritorious Service Award 1967 - 68
  • Board of Directors and Distinguished Service Award 1968 - 69
  • Mt. Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts 1962 - 66; B.A. 1966 - Upper One- Third of Class

Admissions and Memberships

  • District of Columbia Bar Since November 1969
  • Maryland Bar Since June 1971
  • Pennsylvania Bar Since 1976
  • California Bar Since April 1977
  • Desert Bar Association, President 1995-96
  • American Bar Association
  • Board Certified Family Law Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy a California Supreme Court Approve Agency - since 2010
  • Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent since 1994

Distinctions

  • Listed Who's Who among American Women commencing 1974.
  • Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent since 1994 
  • Certified in Family Law Trial Advocacy by National Board of Trial Advocacy since 2010
  • Judge Pro Tem, Superior Court of Riverside County, Indio Branch since 1994
  • Desert Bar Association Trustee, Officer and President, 1989 - 1997.
  • Desert Bar Association Fee Arbitrator; former chair of family law committee.
  • Panel participant with the Honorable Mitchell Goldberg, Inland Counties Bankruptcy forum, 2000, Issues Regarding Interaction of Bankruptcy and Family Law.
  • Prior Chair, Local Chapter For U. S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.
  • Commissioner, Palm Desert Parks and Recreation Commission, 1995-1997.
  • Martindale Gold 2021
  • Martindale 2021
  • California Certified (CBLS)
  • Client Distinction - Thurman
  • Coachella Valley's Top lawyers
  • AAML
  • Super Lawyers - Michael
  • AV Preeminent - 2015
  • Avvo Rating - Superb Top Divorce Attorney
  • Super Lawyers - Thurman
  • Yelp

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