About Us

Our office Legal Assistant, Mary Ann Tavel, is well known to clients and friends alike. We've been working together for 23 years. Mary Ann has had a variety of tasks over the years, including handling the mass of paperwork that we generate annually and keeping track of our schedule. But all of these tasks took a back seat to the care and coddling of our Senior Partner Thumper who lived with us in the office for 13 years.

Thumper passed away in 2006 and left a large space that has been difficult to close. The obituary says it all. Among other things, he was the first cat in the world to have a web page. He appeared on network television (ITN, ABC, CBS, and UPN) as well as the national news media. But most of all he was a part of our ongoing effort to minimize the emotional stress that is part of the legal system.
Our office is centrally located in a restored home in historic downtown Ventura. You will no longer find our Thumper, but you will find Mary Ann, who will gladly share our memories.
For more information about me, please click here, Edward T Buckle. This will take you to my resume at the Collabortive Family Law Professionals site.
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