NICOLE WHYTE
Partner
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University of Witwatersrand - B.A.
University of Witwatersrand - LLB -
California Super Lawyer
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Association of Certified Family Law Specialists
Founding Fellow of the Orange County Bar Foundation
Orange County Bar Association
Clark County Bar Association
American Bar Association
Robert A. Banyard Inn of Court, Master Bencher -
CA, DC, NV, WA, South Africa
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Family Law
Construction Litigation
Business Litigation
General Civil Litigation -
Certified Family Law Specialist
The State Bar of California
Board of Legal Specialization
Nicole Whyte, a Certified Family Law Specialist, is a founding principal of Bremer Whyte Brown & O'Meara LLP. Admitted to the South African Supreme Court in 1990, the California State Bar in 1991, the Nevada State Bar in 2000, the Washington D.C. State Bar in 2011, and the Washington State Bar in 2012, Ms. Whyte has extensive experience in all aspects of litigation. She focuses her practice in the areas of family law, complex civil litigation, trucking law and insurance defense. Ms. Whyte has successfully handled hundreds of complex, multi-million dollar lawsuits and has been awarded the highest accolade in Martindale-Hubbell: an AV rating. This was as a result of an extensive, confidential review conducted among the legal profession in her community. The AV rating signifies Ms. Whyte's legal abilities are of the very highest standard and her professional ethics are unquestioned. Ms. Whyte also has been named California "Super Lawyer" by Los Angeles Magazine.
Even more pertinent than her awards and ratings, Ms. Whyte strives to keep her client's interests at heart, and reach timely resolutions of challenging situations. Within the family law field, she handles a multitude of issues such as divorce, custody, visitation, modifications, child support, parentage/paternity, property division, prenuptial agreements, postnuptial agreements, dependency actions, and contempt/enforcement. Ms. Whyte provides individualized counseling and representation in all areas of family law, and listens carefully to her client's problems to provide representation that is both thoughtful and effective.
Ms. Whyte has written extensively in the field of Family Law, with many published articles in this area of specialty. Ms. Whyte has also lectured to various organizations on her other areas of specialty, including West Coast Casualty Seminar 1998: Care, Feeding and Handling of Experts; West Coast Casualty Seminar 2000: The Effects of the Aas decision - A Subcontractor's Perspective; Lorman's Construction Defect Claims in California: The Subcontractor's Perspective: Defending the Trades; Mealey's Construction Defect Litigation Conference 2001: The Art of the Release: From Standing to Structured Settlements; and West Coast Casualty Seminar 2002: The Nuts and Bolts of Handling a Construction Defect Lawsuit. Ms. Whyte has authored a chapter in the book "Strategies for Family Law in California" 2010 edition published by Aspatore, wherein Ms. Whyte addresses the topic of "Streamlining Strategies and Costs in today's Family Law Cases".
In addition to speaking for many organizations, Ms. Whyte is a member of the Family, Construction and Insurance sections of the Orange County Bar Association, the Clark County Bar Association (Nevada) and ABA (American Bar Association). She is a past member of the Association of Certified Family Law Specialists. She is also a member of the Civil Procedure and Evidence panels of the Orange County Bar Associations Resolutions Committee, responsible for invoking constructive changes in the legislation. She is a twice graduate from the National Institute For Trial Advocacy (NITA) program in trial advocacy, and is Master Bencher and past officer of the Robert A. Banyard Inn of Court. In addition, Ms. Whyte serves as a mediator and settlement officer for the local Superior Courts.
A native of Johannesburg, Ms. Whyte received her Bachelor of Arts and her LLB from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa in 1985 and 1987, respectively. After graduating from law school, she served as state prosecutor at the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court, handling criminal trials. Following her tenure as state prosecutor, she gained civil litigation experience at a general practice, civil law firm in Johannesburg, South Africa. Ms. Whyte immigrated to the United States in 1991.
Ms. Whyte and her husband, Steven Nataupsky, managing partner of the Intellectual Property law firm Knobbe Martens, live with their 4 young children in Newport Beach. When not practicing law, Ms. Whyte enjoys spending time with her family, exercise, piano, travel, and reading.