Cordell & Cordell San Mateo divorce attorney Kimberly Lewellen was recently named to the 2016 Northern California Rising Stars List by Super Lawyers Magazine. This is the second consecutive year Ms. Lewellen has made the list.
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Ms. Lewellen, who works in the firm’s San Mateo office, has also received the ALI and ABA Scholarship and Leadership Award, earned High Honors in Written Advocacy Award at the McGeorge School of Law, and was a member of the Traynor Honor Society and Golden Key National Honor Society.
Written by Joseph E. Cordell
Joseph E. Cordell is the Principal Partner at Cordell and Cordell, P.C., which he founded in 1990 with his wife, Yvonne. Over the past 25 years, the firm has grown to include more than 100 offices in 30 states, as well as internationally in the United Kingdom. Mr. Cordell is licensed to practice in the states of Illinois and Missouri and received his LL.M. from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. Joseph E. Cordell was named one of the Top 10 Best Family Law Attorneys for Client Satisfaction in Missouri.
