Clients expect and pay more to receive Mr. Cherney's legal advice.  Craig Cherney is a different kind of attorney. He truly listens and solves problems rather than merely identify risks. Craig is also a unique talent for a family law dispute. Craig brings complex real property, business and financial expertise to family law matters enabling him to offer clients a tremendous strategic advantage. He provides a unique perspective to complex issues like asset valuation, asset recovery, disposition and sale of real property, division and valuation of of business partnerships and practices, determining present value of future income streams and locating hidden assets or income often implicated in family law disputes.

Mr. Cherney also serves as a testifying real estate expert witness based on his years of hands on real estate experience both in private equity and residential and commerical transactions.  When serving as an expert witness, other lawyers hire and retain Mr. Cherney to testify for their own clients to advance their real estate claims in courts throughout the nation.  Mr. Cherney has been appearing and testifying as a real estate expert witness since 2012.    

In law school, only the top graduates are offered the privilege of working for a federal judge. Craig was one of the few, to clerk for not just one federal judge after law school, but two active federal judges. Clerking for a sitting federal judge is the toughest training an attorney can get, bar none. Having participated in countless federal court trials, Craig’s writing skills are razor sharp. This exceptional writing ability complements his skills in the family law courtroom where he seeks the highest and best result obtainable by law. Craig was first admitted to practice law 28 years ago and is licensed in three states: Arizona, California and Nevada.  He is admitted to the United States Supreme Court, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the District of Arizona, the Southern District of California and the Northern District of California.