Divorce, Child Support, Custody, Restraining Orders, Eviction, Mechanic's Liens (Los Angeles)

About This Service

This is my commitment to you for the year 2025: to complete your work in a timely manner, to honor all deadlines, to maintain clear and prompt communication, and to be thorough and considerate of your requirements. I hold in high regard the qualities of strong character, integrity, perseverance, a solid work ethic, and practical judgment. Please note, I am a foreign attorney and not licensed in California. I have represented myself pro per in California within both civil and criminal contexts, in England regarding the Hague Convention, and in Mexico. My specialized focus and background in California encompass family law, dependency cases, civil litigation, and jury selection for criminal matters. I hold a California license for Legal Document Preparation, am bonded, and collaborate with California attorneys who provide Limited Scope Representation for my clients. When necessary, my team also includes a licensed and bonded Private Investigator and an IRS-certified financial advisor authorized to represent clients before the IRS. I possess an ABA-approved Paralegal Certificate and a Bachelor’s Degree from Loyola Marymount University in Westchester, California.

My practice centers on family law. The fee for paralegal paperwork preparation is $350 per procedural step. Our services extend to civil litigation, probate, wills, living trusts, and restraining orders. Through a new association with a law office, we now also manage traffic citations, criminal matters, and eviction cases. I am fully licensed and bonded. You may contact me, Miguel Centeno, at (310) 782-4987. Should you require an attorney for court appearances, one is available, as I work with two attorneys who each possess over two decades of experience in family law. I am a Member of the American Bar Association and hold an ABA paralegal certificate. Additionally, my team includes an IRS-certified forensic accountant. We handle both straightforward and intricate cases. Every member of our team has more than 20 years of professional experience, and we offer economical rates. My phone number is (310) 782-4987, and my email is miguelcentenosr@gmail.com.

Postscript: I have developed a distinctive, optional approach. I guide the client through a journey of awakening and awareness during the divorce process. This involves sharing one-hour Zoom sessions for each significant legal form, fostering familiarity and personal acceptance. This guidance is rooted in principles of honesty, fairness, legality, transparency, embracing reality, authenticity, and looking forward to a genuine life. The time a client invests with me in this manner can prevent headaches, save thousands of dollars, and lead to a therapeutic catharsis—a sense of reaching the end of the rainbow. The outcome is a feeling of accomplishment, personal empowerment, growth, greater wisdom, and acceptance. This approach is entirely optional; a client may choose to delegate fully and remain detached or to engage fully in the experience.

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Note: I am associated with a traffic and criminal attorney who is prepared to offer a substantial discount to clients I refer.

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No one enters suit justly, no one goes to court honestly; they rely on empty pleas, they speak lies, they conceive mischief and bring forth iniquity. Isaiah 59:4.

The lay litigant enters a temple of mysteries whose ceremonies are dark, complex, and unfathomable. Pretrial procedures are the cabalistic rituals of the lawyers and judges who serve as priests and high priests. The layman knows nothing of their tactical significance. He knows only that his case remains in limbo while the priests and high priests chant their length and arcane pretrial rites. Daley v. County of Butte, 227 Cal. App 2d 380, 392 (1964).

When people denounce Injustice, it is because they are afraid of suffering wrong, not of doing it. Thrasymachus (Plato’s Republic).

Legal Research is an ethical obligation. Failure to conduct adequate research may expose the attorney to liability for malpractice. It is necessary to make an intelligent judgment on behalf of a client. Smith v. Lewis 530 P.2d 589 at 596 (Cal.1975).

An attorney owes a duty to his/her client to advocate his/her case vigorously. Model Code of Professional Responsibility, EC 7-4 (1980) id at Canon 7.

Mere access to the courthouse doors does not by itself assure a proper functioning of the adversary process. Thurgood Marshall.

Courage doesn\'t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, I will try again tomorrow. Mary Anne Radmacher.

An attorney cannot carry out the practice of law like an ostrich with her or his head in the sand, ignoring her duty to research and acknowledge adverse precedent. Roeder v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 195 F. Supp. 2d 140, 185 (D.D.C. 2002) at 184.

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Call Miguel at 310-782-4987 or email miguelcentenosr@gmail.com.

MY QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor of Arts from LMU.edu (a private Jesuit university)
• ABA (American Bar Association) Paralegal Certificate (Licensed and bonded against errors and omissions for $50,000)
• Juris Doctor from a Mexican Law School
• Active in litigation since 1984
• The only Mexican in history to have litigated before the Royal Court of Justice in the United Kingdom and prevailed three times, with access to the expensive litigation tool LexisNexis AI
• Fully bilingual and bicultural (expertise in USA-Mexico relations, with a degree in Political Science and Philosophy)

An attorney cannot carry out the practice of law like an ostrich with her or his head in the sand, ignoring her duty to research and acknowledge adverse precedent. Roeder v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 195 F. Supp. 2d 140, 185 (D.D.C. 2002) at 184.

miguelcenteno.com

Call Miguel at 310-782-4987 or email miguelcentenosr@gmail.com.