Ksenya Kogan practices primarily in settlements and litigation, and is particularly skilled in sensitive and complicated family law matters, including child custody, domestic violence, division of assets and intricate financial affairs, drafting premarital and postnuptial agreements, and oral argument at the California Court of Appeal. She has represented clients across various professional backgrounds, including athletes, musicians, real estate investors and developers, medical and legal professionals, and the like. Ksenya is also a certified Minor’s Counsel, qualified to represent children in high-conflict dissolution proceedings.
Ksenya also serves as a Daily Settlement Officer at the Los Angeles Superior Court, volunteering her time to assist in conflict resolution and volunteer mediation services for the Court.
Ksenya is fluent in Russian and conversational in Hebrew.
Ksenya received her B.A. in Psychology from California State University Northridge. She received her juris doctor from Southwestern Law School, where she served as the Vice President of the Public Interest Law Committee and the President of the Jewish Law Student Association. While in law school, Ksenya has served as a law clerk to the Hon. Bruce G. Iwasaki; Hon. Mark H. Borenstein; and Hon. Amy M. Pellman, the former Presiding Judge of Family Law in Los Angeles County. Ksenya is the receipt of the Wiley W. Manuel Certificate for Pro Bono Legal Services awarded by the State Bar of California.
Ksenya volunteers with the Los Angeles Superior Court’s Judgment Day Program, assisting low-income families in obtaining final dissolution and paternity decrees of Judgment. Outside the law, Ksenya volunteers her time at a local food bank packing and delivering Shabbat groceries to families in need. She is also an executive board member of the Young Leadership Division of Friends of the IDF and the New Leadership of Israel Bonds in Los Angeles.