Founding & Managing Partner and Certified Family Law Specialist
Certified Family Law Specialist, Demetria Graves, opened her own Family Law practice, The Graves Law Firm, at the age of 25 – just six months out of law school. She has offices in both Pasadena and Beverly Hills, California. Ms. Graves is considered a leading Pasadena divorce attorney and has received many accolades for her dedication to the field of family law as well as to the community.
During her tenure in each position, she has worked, and continues to work, diligently to ensure diversity in the legal profession and work with her colleagues across all organizations to provide informative programs for lawyers of color and women seeking judicial appointments. Practicing in Family Law, and serving on several boards in California, she has become very aware of the necessity of well-rounded judges and she is beyond dedicated to ensuring that we have bright, diverse, and knowledgeable judges in our community which is more important now than ever.
Demetria has made different publications, such as:
- Featured in Super Lawyers Magazine – January/February 2023
- Interviewed in the Authority Magazine article, ” ‘Top Lawyers: Demetria Graves On the 5 Things You Need to Become A Top Lawyer In Your Specific Field of Law” – Jan 7, 2022
- Featured in the Pasadena Magazine article, “Dialogue: Demetria L. Graves”- Nov 1, 2021
- Author of the book, “When Women Run the Firm: How to successfully launch and manage your law practice with confidence”- Jun 27, 2021
- Profiled in the Los Angeles Daily Journal article, “Mindful of Impact: Demetria Graves knows divorces affect whole families, approaches cases as a peacemaker” – Jun 14, 2021
- Featured in Select Podcast Guests’ 5 Part Blog Series highlighting “Women Podcasters Rocking It In 2021” – May 12, 2021
- Featured in the VoyageLA article, “Exploring Life & Business with Demetria L. Graves of The Graves Law Firm – Apr 28, 2021
- Featured in the Professional Woman’s Magazine article, “Meet Demetria Graves: The Attorney Leading Women in Law” – Mar 15, 2021
- Featured as the “Black Business Women Rock!” Business Spotlight- Feb 8, 2021
- Immediate past chair of the Family Law Executive Committee (FLEXCOM) with the California Lawyers Association.
- Currently Co-Chairs the African American Alumni Association at Loyola Law School and is a mentor to several law students and young attorneys.
- Served as a past Judge Pro Tem with the Los Angeles Superior Court.
Demetria Graves is always helping others. She currently provides free workshops for those unable to retain counsel in Family Law to ensure fair access to family law attorneys and knowledge of the family court system in Los Angeles and surrounding communities.
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Visit Our Family Law Office in Pasadena, CA
The Graves Law Firm
1055 E Colorado Blvd #500a, Pasadena, CA 91101
(626) 365-1037
