Doug Goldwater’s practice focuses primarily on family law, including both litigation and collaborative cases, specializing in complex custody and financial disputes. He also has extensive experience in business, real property, and intellectual property litigation. Doug is currently President of the Ventura County Family Law Bar Association, President of the Ventura County Collaborative Family Law Professionals and a Past President of the Ventura County Barristers. Doug also serves as a board member of the locally based Kids and Families Together non-profit organization.

Doug graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with degrees in Legal Studies and Mass Communications. At Berkeley, Doug was extensively involved with the re-founding of the university’s chapter of Theta Chi fraternity. Between his undergraduate studies and law school, Doug took a year off to work at a film production company. In 2001, he enrolled at the University of Southern California Law School, where he was an active member of the Public Interest Law Foundation and Phi Alpha Delta. He was also the Notes Editor of the USC Interdisciplinary Law Journal.