Tulin D. Acikalin

Super Lawyers®

Family Law Lawyers in Belmont, CA in Belmont, CA

Belmont, CA650-268-5309

Family LawDomestic ViolenceOther Crime Victim Tort Litigation

Education

Tulane Law School, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2000
J.D.
Honors: cum laude
Law Review: Tulane Law Review, Member (98 - 99) Associate Editor (99 - 00), 1998 - 2000

Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1994
B.S.
Major: Management and Finance

Bay Area Legal Aid, Managing Attorney (2006 - 2015), Staff Attorney (2005 - 2006)
Gordon & Rees LLP, Associate, 2003 - 2005
Latham & Watkins, Associate, 2000 - 2002
City of New Orleans, Economic Development Fund Manager, Financial Analyst, Project Manager, 1994 - 1997
Languages
Spanish

May 2020, Lawyers for Family Justice, Once per Month training for the Legal Incubator Program, Family Law
2015 to Present, La Casa de las Madres, Quarterly 40-hour domestic violence training, Domestic Violence and the Law
November 2019, Berkley Law School Domestic Violence Practicum, Representing Survivors in Tort Suits
October 2019, Golden Gate University School of Law Domestic Violence Law course, Representing Survivors in Family Law Matters
October 2019, La Casa de Las Madres Employee Training, Domestic Violence Restraining Order remedies and enforcement, co-presenter Emberly Cross, Cooperative Restraining Order Clinic
June 2019, San Mateo County Bar Association Family Law Section, Intimate Partner Abuse, Co-presenter: Charles Cavallino, Esq. from Community Overcoming Relationship Abuse
June 2018, San Mateo County Psychological Association Domestic Violence Update Training for Child Custody Evaluators Per California Rules of Court 5.225 and 5.230, Domestic Violence Legal Update
June 2017, National Crime Victim Bar Association (NCVBA) National Conference “Civil Actions for Criminal Acts,” Civil Remedies for Victims of Domestic Violence SA and Stalking, Co-presenters Jessica Dayton and Lauren Zorfas.

Court Appointed Special Advocates, Volunteer
Exhale, Volunteer
San Francisco Animal Shelter, Volunteer
San Mateo County Domestic Violence Council, Member, Legal Process Committee, 2006 - 2015
San Mateo County Blue Ribbon Commission on Foster Care
San Mateo County Blue Ribbon Commission, Information Sharing Committee, 2011 - 2015

Making Economic Justice and Homelessness Prevention a Reality in Domestic Violence Restraining Order Cases, Practising Law Institute Protecting Domestic Violence Survivors and Children in California: Pro Bono Representation in Low-Income Domestic Violence Restraining Order Cases (2015), Volume 43, #58049, p.571
Comment, Debunking the Dichotomy of Nonintervention: The Role of the State in Regulating Domestic Violence, 74 Tul. L. Rev. 1045 (2000)