Tenny Rostomian-Amin

Co-Owner/Partner

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About Tenny

Tenny Amin is a Co-owner/Partner in the firm’s Irvine, California office. She focuses her practice exclusively on Family Law and Family Law Mediation. Well-known for her effective and assertive representation, Tenny has extensive experience in handling all aspects of family law cases ranging from mediation to trials involving child custody and child support, spousal support, and division of property. Committed to the intelligent and effective representation of her clients, Tenny focuses her practice on intricate custody disputes as well as cases involving the characterization and division of high asset and complex marital estates. Tenny graduated cum laude from the University of California, Irvine in 2000, earning a double major in Bachelor of Arts in the disciplines of Political Science and Criminology, Law and Society. In 2003, she earned a Juris Doctorate from Pepperdine University School of Law. During her tenure at Pepperdine, Tenny served on the Moot Court Team for two years and participated in several Honors Appellate Advocacy Tournaments. Additionally, in 2020 Tenny earned a Masters of Laws (LL.M.) Degree in Dispute Resolution from the Pepperdine School of Law. Pepperdine’s LLM program is ranked #1 in the nation, and she was one of a select handful of students that were admitted to the program. Tenny currently practices as a certified Mediator in Family Law. Tenny is an active member of the community. She is currently serving as President of both the Orange County, California Chapter and the Las Vegas, Nevada Chapter of the Society Of Orphaned Armenian Relief (SOAR), a charitable organization providing humanitarian relief to orphaned children throughout the world. In addition, she is active in numerous professional organizations, including the Orange County Bar Association, the Los Angeles County Bar Association, and the National Organization of Women Business Owners (NAWBO). Tenny was nominated and recognized in 2020 and in 2023 by the Orange County Business Journal’s Women in Business Award. Tenny is fluent in Armenian. In her spare time, she enjoys running, marathon training, yoga, and spending time with her husband and daughter.

Education

University of California, Irvine
- Double Major cum laude in Political Science and Criminology, Law and Society
Pepperdine University School of Law
- Juris Doctorate
- Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Dispute Resolution

Professional Licensure & Admissions

State Bar of California

Committee Affiliations & Memberships

Orange County Bar Association
Los Angeles County Bar Association
National Organization of Women Business Owners (NAWBO)

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Tenny's Recent Posts

The High-Earner Problem: Child Support and the “Extraordinarily High Income” Exception

Family Law

California’s child support system is designed to produce consistent and predictable results. Most family law attorneys are familiar with the process: you input the parties’ income, plug in the parenting timeshare, run the statewide guideline calculation, and out comes a number that the law presumes to be the correct amount of support. Most of the time, the system works exactly as intended. But every now and then, a case comes along that makes lawyers (and sometimes judges) pause and ask a different question: what happens when one of the parents earns an extraordinary amount of money?

Emergency Guardianship Planning in an Era of Heightened Immigration Enforcement

Family Law

For many families, estate planning is something that can wait. It sits on the list of “important but not urgent” tasks, often postponed until a major life event forces the conversation. But for immigrant families living in the United States today, one particular form of planning has taken on new urgency: emergency guardianship planning.

When Immigration Status Collides with California Family Law

Family Law

Immigration law and family law frequently intersect in California courtrooms, yet they operate under vastly different legal frameworks and priorities. Recently, nowhere is this tension more pronounced than when undocumented parents face detention or deportation and leave behind U.S. citizen children.