Juliana Yanez

At Hanson Crawford Crum Family Law Group LLP in San Mateo, California, Juliana Yanez is a consummate professional who represents her clients in their family law matters such as divorce, spousal support, child custody and support, property division, breach of fiduciary duties and post-judgement issues. Her clientele involves tech founders and CEOs, tech executives, venture capitalists and lawyers, among others.When clients are looking to find an amicable resolution to the end of their relationship, Ms. Yanez’s due diligence and meticulous attention to detail allows no minute flaw or loophole to go unnoticed. One of her memorable cases that allude to her quality of representation is “the bitcoin divorce,” where she tracked bitcoin transactions and found that her client’s former spouse violated a breach in fiduciary duties, allowing them to receive a substantial sum of the opposing party’s bitcoin holdings.During her undergraduate studies at Stanford University, Ms. Yanez actively participated in many organizations and took part in many activities. She was director of the Latina Youth Leadership Conference and a mentor to Latina middle school girls through BELLAS. Furthermore, she was the recipient of the El Centro Chicano Award for Academic Excellence and a Chappell-Lougee scholar.Graduating from Stanford University with her B.A. in economics and political science in 2009, Ms. Yanez attended the Indiana University Maurer School of Law on a full-tuition merit scholarship. While in law school, she served as internal vice president of the Latino Law Student Association and as an associate at the Journal of Law and Social Equality. Before obtaining her Juris Doctor in 2014 and receiving her licensed to practice in California in 2017, she was awarded the CALI Excellence for the Future Award in Globalization and the Law.An integral part of her legal community, Ms. Yanez is closely affiliated with many prominent legal organizations, including the San Mateo County Bar Association, the Hispanic National Bar Association, the Alameda County Bar Association and the San Francisco County Bar Association. Giving back to her community, she is on the board of directors of La Raza Centro Legal, a nonprofit organization that seeks to empower low-income communities by advocating for their rights.