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Tracy Duell-Cazes, CFLS

Tracy Duell-Cazes is in her 37th year of practicing family law in Northern California. Tracy lived and grew up in Silicon Valley graduating from Monta Vista High School in Cupertino, CA before starting college at De Anza College earning an A.S. in Accounting and completing her bachelor’s degree in Accounting at the California State University at Chico.

Tracy went on to attend Santa Clara University School of Law earning her Juris Doctor and was admitted to the bar in California, the U.S. District Court and the Northern District of California in 1989. Tracy was also admitted to the U.S. Court of Appeal, Ninth District in 2010.

Tracy is a Certified Family Law Specialist by the California Board of Legal Specialization of the State Bar of California and has held this certification since December of 2002.

Tracy has also been named as a Northern California “Super Lawyer” by Super Lawyers every year since 2009. Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations.

Away from the office, Tracy enjoys traveling, reading, watching movies, and playing video games.

The family law firm’s areas of practice includes:

• Contempt of Court defense and prosecution
• Private Judging & Special Master
• Child custody
• Child support
• Paternity
• Divorce
• Visitation rights
• Spousal support
• Property rights

The Law Offices of Tracy Duell-Cazes represents clients in San Jose, Santa Clara County and selected cases in Redwood City, San Mateo County California, and selected contempt of court cases throughout the state.

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Tracy’s Professional Affiliations Include:

• Association of Certified Family Law Specialists (ACFLS) 2003 – Present
  • Membership Benefits Committee to 2012- 2018
  • Associate Chapter Director (Bay Area) 2022
  • Chapter Director (Bay Area) – 2023
  • Editor in Chief – 2024
• Santa Clara County Bar Association 1991 – Present
  • Family Law Executive Committee 1997 – Present
    • Chair 2018
    • Vice-Chair 2017
    • LGBT/Domestic Partnership Committee Chair 2014 – 2016
    • Domestic Partners/Same Sex Relationships Committee Chair 2013
    • Legislative Committee Chair 2004 – 2009
  • Criminal Law Executive Committee 1997 – 2000
• San Mateo County Bar Association
• California State Bar Association 1989 – Present
  • Family Law Section 1997 – Present
  • San Jose Regional Standing Committee 2006 – 2016
• American Bar Association
  • Family Law Section 2006 – 2018
• ACFLS Charitable Foundation to 2018 – 2023
  • Board Member 2018 – Present

Tracy’s Published Works Include:

• “Contempt Probation Revocation: When The Contemnor Just Doesn’t Get It” ACFLS Family Law Specialist, Summer 2024 No. 3 p 8 2024
• “The Preliminary Declaration Of Disclosure — How To Do It Right, Best Practices, And What Happens When It Goes Wrong”, Lynn Yates Carter and Tracy Duell-Cazes.
• California State Bar Association Family Law Section, Family Law News, Volume 36, Number 3.
• “Contempt Probation – Part 2. What Do I Do Now That the Contemnor is [Still] Not Complying?” ACFLS Family Law Specialist, Summer 2011 No. 2 p. 18 2012
• “Contempt Probation – Part 1. What to Do No That I Have the Finding.” ACFLS Family Law Specialist, Winter 2011, No. 1 p. 20 2011
• “Discovery Basics” www.tdcfamilylaw.com 2010
• “Tips on Testifying” www.tdcfamilylaw.com 2010
• “What a Client Should Know About A Vocational Evaluation” www.tdcfamilylaw.com 2010
• “Child Support Contempt and the Moss Case” www.tdcfamilylaw.com 2010
• “How the Fifth Amendment Impacts Family Court in Domestic Violence Cases” www.tdcfamilylaw.com 2009

Tracy’s Professional Presentations and Classes Include:

• Association of Certified Family Law Specialists, January 24, 2023 “Contempt Probation Revocation – When the Contemnor Just Doesn’t Get It”
• San Mateo County Bar Association Family – Family Law Section, March 29, 2022 “Bring Your Peanuts – Watch Counsel Argue For and Against a Contempt Case”
• Marin County Bar Association – Family Law Section, February 15, 2022 “Contempt Nuts & Bolts: AKA What Happens if You Have a Loose Screw”
• Association of Certified Family Law Specialists, April 23, 2021 “Contempt … Get Your Ducks in a Row First!”
• Santa Clara County Bar Association – Family Law Section, January 31, 2020 “Professional Responsibilities and Family Law New Legislation … the changes are never ending!
• California Lawyer’s Association, June 20, 2019 “Why, When and How to File a Contempt Action in Family Court”
• San Mateo County Bar Association – Family Law Section, July 14, 2017 “To Be or Not to Be: Is My Order Enforceable by Contempt”
• Santa Clara County Bar Association, January 18, 2019 “New Developments in Family Law”
• Santa Clara County Bar Association, August 14, 2018 “Knowing When to Accept a Case and When It’s Time to Say Goodbye”
• Santa Clara County Bar Association, January 16, 2108 “2018 New Legislation … Begin the Year Knowing What is New and Improved”
• Association of Certified Family Law Specialists, May 16, 2017 “Discovery & Probation in Family Law Contempts. Can I? Should I?”
• Santa Clara County Bar Association, April 28, 2017 “Attorney’s Fees and Sanctions in 2017”
• C Pro Bono Project, April 27, 2017, Pro Bono Project, “contempt”
• Santa Clara County Bar Association, January 5, 2017 “2017 New Legislation … Begin the Year Knowing What is New and Improved”
• Santa Clara County Bar Association, November 29, 2016 “Sanctions – The Underutilized Code of Civil Procedure Statutes (CCP 128.5 and 128.7)”
• Santa Clara County Bar Association, November 1, 2016 “Everything You Need to Know About Income & Expense Declarations But Were Afraid to Ask”
• Santa Clara County Bar Association, October 4, 2016 “Everything You Need to Know About Preliminary Declarations of Disclosure But Were Afraid to Ask”
• Sacramento County Bar Association, June 3, 2016 “Defending Contempts in Family Law Cases”
• Santa Clara County Bar Association, January 7, 2016 “2016 New Legislation….Begin the Year Knowing What is New and Improved”
• Association of Certified Family Law Specialists (ACFLS), August 25, 2015 “Prosecuting and Defending Contempts: The Litigators’ Viewpoints”
• Santa Clara County Bar Association, June 18, 2015 “The Nuts and Bolts of a Business Valuation in a Family Law Case” – Moderator
• Santa Clara County Bar Association, January 6, 2015 “2015 New Legislation …. And The Changes Go On”
• Santa Clara County Bar Association, January 14, 2014 “New Legislation for 2014 – Not as Bad as Last Year”
• San Mateo County Bar Association Family Law Section, May 17, 2013 “Bringing or Defending a Family Law Contempt Action”
• Santa Clara County Bar Association, January 22, 2013 “New Laws and 2013 Rule Changes (aka You Need to Relearn Rule Numbers … Again)
• Pro Bono Project, September 7, 2012 “contempt”