About The Law Offices of Vincent W. Davis & Associates
Defending Families, Protecting Children — Throughout California
The Law Offices of Vincent W. Davis & Associates is a California law firm built around one mission: keeping families together. For nearly 40 years, founder and lead attorney Vincent W. Davis has fought for parents against Child Protective Services and stood up for families across the state.
Based in Arcadia, our roughly 30-person team — including six attorneys, paralegals, case managers, and support staff — serves clients in every California county. We are known as a juvenile dependency firm for parents, and we also handle family, civil, criminal, probate, and appellate matters.
In their reviews on Avvo, Google, and Yelp, clients describe Vince as “a magic man in court” and a “lifesaver,” and credit him with bringing their children home and helping them regain custody. Many note that his decades of courtroom experience earn real respect from judges. (These are individual client experiences; results depend on the facts of each case.)
Our Office
Our office sits at 440 E. Huntington Drive #100, Arcadia, CA 91006. We represent families across California, including Los Angeles, Orange County, Riverside, San Bernardino, and San Diego, plus the Bay Area. Out-of-state families can schedule consultations with our team too.
When CPS or DCFS steps into a family’s life, parents need fast answers. We act quickly, explain every step in plain language, and fight hard for our clients in court. Many clients find us through Vince’s YouTube channel, “Beat CPS with Vince Davis.” He helps tens of thousands of parents understand their legal rights.
CPS defense and juvenile dependency remain our specialty, but our office handles much more. We also manage family law, criminal defense, civil litigation, and civil rights cases. Our practice covers personal injury, probate, wills, and trusts as well. Families facing multiple legal problems can resolve everything under one roof.
Our attorneys bring decades of combined experience to CPS defense and juvenile dependency cases. We understand how California courts handle child welfare proceedings, and we build strong defense strategies for every case. Parents facing CPS investigations deserve aggressive representation, and we deliver it from day one. Call our Arcadia office today to schedule your consultation and protect your family’s future.
Firm at a Glance
The Law Offices of Vincent W. Davis & Associates, at a glance.
What Kind of Cases We Take
We represent people and families across California — not government agencies. In CPS cases that means parents and relatives, not the children, who have their own appointed counsel. The clients we serve include:
Parents facing CPS / DCFS
Mothers and fathers whose children have been detained, removed, or are at risk of removal by a county child-welfare agency anywhere in California.
Non-offending parents
A parent who did not cause the allegations but needs to protect their rights and secure placement of their child.
Fathers seeking status
Presumed, alleged, and biological fathers seeking elevated parental status, custody, or visitation.
Grandparents & relatives
Family members seeking placement, visitation, or guardianship of a child who has been removed.
De facto parents & caretakers
Caregivers seeking legal standing to participate in a dependency case.
Spouses filing for or responding to divorce
People starting or responding to a divorce, legal separation, or annulment, and dividing community property, debts, retirement, and businesses.
Parents in a custody or visitation dispute
Mothers and fathers seeking or modifying legal and physical custody, parenting plans, and visitation — including move-away (relocation) cases.
Parents and spouses dealing with support
Those seeking, paying, enforcing, or modifying child support or spousal support.
Domestic violence victims and the accused
People seeking a restraining order for their safety, or defending against one that can affect their custody and firearm rights.
Parents establishing parentage
Mothers and fathers establishing or contesting paternity to secure custody, visitation, or support rights.
People accused of a crime
Individuals facing misdemeanor or felony charges — DUI, drug offenses, theft and property crimes, violent crimes, sex offenses, or white-collar allegations — who need a strong defense.
Injured people and grieving families
Accident and injury victims, and families who have lost a loved one, seeking compensation for serious or catastrophic injuries and wrongful death.
People with civil disputes or rights violations
Individuals involved in civil litigation or with civil-rights claims, including families harmed by how a government agency treated them.
Families planning or settling an estate
People creating a will or living trust, transferring property by deed, or handling a probate or a dispute over a will, trust, or estate.
Parties appealing a decision
Clients who received an unfavorable ruling — in a dependency case or another matter — and need to pursue an appeal or writ on tight deadlines.
Families with overlapping matters
Clients whose CPS case crosses over into custody, divorce, restraining orders, criminal charges, or estate issues, handled together under one roof.
Services We Offer
Full-spectrum legal services for California families, anchored in CPS defense and juvenile dependency:
CPS Defense & Juvenile Dependency – Our core practice. We represent parents and relatives at every stage of a dependency case — detention, jurisdiction, disposition, status review, permanency, and WIC §366.26 hearings — and we file JV-180 / WIC §388 motions to change court orders.
Early Intervention & Investigation Response – If CPS is investigating but no case has been filed yet, what you do first matters most. We help you respond to social workers, protect your rights, and gather evidence before allegations harden.
Reunification & Parental Rights – We work the case plan with you, push the agency to provide reasonable services, and fight to bring your children home and restore your rights.
Appeals & Termination Defense – When parental rights are at risk, we mount a serious defense, and we handle dependency appeals and writ petitions on the strict deadlines the law requires.
Family Law – Full-service family law for California families, often handled alongside a related CPS or criminal matter under one roof.
Divorce & Legal Separation – Filing or responding to divorce, legal separation, and annulment, including division of community property, debts, retirement accounts, and businesses.
Child Custody & Visitation – Legal and physical custody, parenting plans, visitation schedules, modifications, and move-away (relocation) requests — always centered on the child’s best interest.
Child & Spousal Support – Establishing, calculating, enforcing, and modifying guideline child support and spousal support.
Domestic Violence Restraining Orders – Seeking protection for clients and their children, or defending against restraining-order requests that can affect custody and firearm rights.
Paternity & Parentage – Establishing or challenging parentage to secure custody, visitation, and support rights for mothers and fathers.
Criminal Defense – Misdemeanor and felony defense, including DUI, drug crimes and forfeiture, property crimes, violent crimes, sex offenses, and white-collar matters.
Civil Litigation & Civil Rights – Civil litigation and civil-rights claims, including claims arising from how families are treated by government agencies.
Personal Injury – Serious and catastrophic injury and wrongful death claims for individuals and families harmed by another party’s negligence.
Probate, Wills & Trusts – Estate planning, wills, living trusts, deeds, probate administration, and probate litigation.
Ongoing Support & Navigation – We help you understand your rights, deadlines, and options at every step, and we coordinate with social workers, counselors, and evaluators as needed.
Courthouses Where We Practice
Juvenile dependency cases are heard in dedicated children’s courts, and our practice also takes us into trial and appellate courts statewide. The courts we appear in include:
Los Angeles County
Juvenile Dependency & Children's Courts
Where Los Angeles County CPS / DCFS dependency and juvenile matters are heard:
- Edmund D. Edelman Children's Court — 201 Centre Plaza Drive, Monterey Park
(handles all LA County juvenile dependency cases) - Eastlake Juvenile Court — 1601 Eastlake Avenue, Los Angeles
- Sylmar Juvenile Court — 16350 Filbert Street, Sylmar
- Inglewood Juvenile Court — 110 Regent Street, Inglewood
- Los Padrinos Juvenile Courthouse — Downey
- Alfred J. McCourtney Juvenile Justice Center — 1040 W. Avenue J, Lancaster
Beyond Los Angeles
Juvenile Dependency Courts
We represent parents in dependency courts across California, including:
- Lamoreaux Justice Center — 341 The City Drive South, Orange (Orange County)
- San Diego Juvenile Court (Meadowlark) — 2851 Meadow Lark Drive, San Diego
- Southwest Justice Center — Murrieta (Riverside County)
- San Bernardino Juvenile Dependency Court — East Gilbert Street, San Bernardino
- Sacramento Juvenile Courthouse — 9605 Kiefer Boulevard, Sacramento
Los Angeles County
Civil Courthouses
Civil lawsuits, probate, and small-claims matters are heard at the central civil courthouses (district courthouses below also hear local civil cases):
- Stanley Mosk Courthouse — 111 N. Hill Street, Los Angeles (civil, family, probate)
- Spring Street Courthouse — 312 N. Spring Street, Los Angeles (civil)
- Central Civil West Courthouse — Los Angeles (complex civil litigation)
Los Angeles County
Criminal Courthouses
Criminal cases are heard countywide, including at:
- Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center — 210 W. Temple Street, Los Angeles
- Metropolitan Courthouse — 1945 S. Hill Street, Los Angeles
- Airport Courthouse — 11701 S. La Cienega Boulevard, Los Angeles
Los Angeles County
Family Law Courthouses
Divorce, custody, support, paternity, and restraining-order matters are heard at LA County courthouses including:
- Stanley Mosk Courthouse — 111 N. Hill Street, Los Angeles (also civil and probate)
- Chatsworth Courthouse — 9425 Penfield Avenue, Chatsworth
- Van Nuys Courthouse East — 6230 Sylmar Avenue, Van Nuys
- Hollywood Courthouse — 5925 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles
- East Los Angeles Courthouse — Los Angeles
- Compton Courthouse — 200 W. Compton Boulevard, Compton
- Lynwood Regional Justice Center — 11701 Alameda Street, Lynwood
- Norwalk Courthouse — 12720 Norwalk Boulevard, Norwalk
- Bellflower Courthouse — 10025 E. Flower Street, Bellflower
- Downey Courthouse — 7500 E. Imperial Highway, Downey
- Whittier Courthouse — 7339 S. Painter Avenue, Whittier
- Torrance Courthouse — 825 Maple Avenue, Torrance
- Inglewood Courthouse — One Regent Street, Inglewood
- Redondo Beach Courthouse — Redondo Beach
- Santa Monica Courthouse — 1725 Main Street, Santa Monica
- Beverly Hills Courthouse — 9355 Burton Way, Beverly Hills
Los Angeles County
Other District Courthouses
We also appear in LA County's district courthouses, which hear civil, family, and criminal matters for their communities:
- Alhambra Courthouse — 150 W. Commonwealth Avenue, Alhambra
- Burbank Courthouse — 300 E. Olive Avenue, Burbank
- Glendale Courthouse — 600 E. Broadway, Glendale
- Pasadena Courthouse — 300 E. Walnut Street, Pasadena
- El Monte Courthouse — 11234 E. Valley Boulevard, El Monte
- Pomona Courthouse South — 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona
- Pomona Courthouse North — Pomona
- West Covina Courthouse — 1427 W. Covina Parkway, West Covina
- Gov. George Deukmejian Courthouse — 275 Magnolia Avenue, Long Beach
- Michael D. Antonovich Antelope Valley Courthouse — 42011 4th
Street West, Lancaster - San Fernando Courthouse — San Fernando
- Santa Clarita Courthouse — Santa Clarita
- San Pedro Courthouse — San Pedro
- West Los Angeles Courthouse — Los Angeles
- Van Nuys Courthouse West — 14400 Erwin Street Mall, Van Nuys
- Huntington Park Courthouse — Huntington Park
- Malibu Courthouse — Malibu
- Catalina Courthouse — Avalon, Santa Catalina Island
Appellate Courts
When a case must be appealed, we handle dependency and other appeals at:
- California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District
Ronald Reagan State Building, 300 S. Spring Street, Los Angeles
(serves Los Angeles County and much of Southern California)
This list covers our most active courthouses. We also appear in the family, civil, criminal, and probate departments of the Superior Court throughout all 58 California counties. If your case is in California, we can be there.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) About The Firm
Facing CPS or another legal matter in California?
Facing CPS, divorce, or custody issues? You don’t have to face it alone. Nearly 40 years defending California families. Available 7 days a week.
Call (626) 446-6442 or (888) 888-6582.
New clients: intake@vincentwdavis.com.
Current clients: reception@vincentwdavis.com.