Darien M. Meyer

Darien Meyer is a Shareholder of Ross Family Law, a boutique family law firm serving the Bay Area for over a decade. He has been practicing law for fifteen years, over nine of those in family law exclusively, helping adults, children, and families throughout the Bay Area (and beyond) through difficult and formative, as well as rewarding, periods of their lives. Darien works with clients through all aspects of the separation, custodial and post-judgment processes, assisting on property characterization and division, child custody, spousal and child support, and other issues related to dissolution. He guides individuals via consultation, negotiation, mediation, and in-court litigation. Darien also advises and represents clients on their appeals, and designed, briefed, and argued the successful appeal in In re Marriage of Siva (2020) 268 Cal.Rptr.3d 318 (depublished), based on a novel theory related to child support modification.

Prior to joining Ross Family Law, Darien worked as an associate attorney at Latham & Watkins and Boies Schiller & Flexner (both AmLaw 100 firms), where he specialized in business litigation, antitrust, and trials, representing Fortune 500 and similar companies. He had the opportunity to advise clients, argue their positions in court, draft dispositive motions, and participate in multiple trials. He also served as Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable Leslie E. Kobayashi, United States District Court Judge for the District of Hawaii.

Prior to law school he was a public-school elementary teacher in New York City (initially through Teach for America), and taught teachers with a non-profit in Brooklyn. Darien was born and raised in Berkeley, California, where he lives now with his wife, two children, and two orange tabby cats.

Darien represents clients in Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco, Marin, San Mateo, and other Bay Area counties.

Education

• J.D., Berkeley Law (formerly Boalt Hall School of Law), University of California, Berkeley, 2010
• M.S., Education, Bank Street College of Education, New York, NY, 2003
• B.A., in Urban Studies, Columbia University, 2000

Associations & Memberships

• American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Fellow, 2025-present
• Association of Certified Family Law Specialists, Amicus Committee Member, 2024-present
• Alameda County Family Law Association, Board Member, 2023-present
• The Association of Family Conciliation Courts, Member
• Alameda County Bar Association, Day of Court Volunteer, 2018 - Present
• Contra Costa County Bar Association, Member
• Bar Association of San Francisco, Member
• San Mateo County Bar Association, Member