In 2016, after more than 15 years in the legal field, Darshann Marie Wienick, Esq., launched her own practice, the Law Office of Darshann M. Wienick, where she has been an attorney ever since. That year marked a significant turning point in her professional life and in other ways as she also embraced social work.

As part of her transition from commercial litigation to family law, Ms. Wienick attended the High Conflict Institute, where she received extensive training from that organization’s co-founder, Bill Eddy, Esq., LCSW. Under his guidance, she learned how to handle high-conflict legal situations, especially those involving co-parenting and family law. Enhanced by her time at the High Conflict Institute, Ms. Wienick opened Coaching with Darshann LLC in 2023. Through this organization, she provides co-parenting coaching to parents involved in high-conflict child custody disputes with the ultimate goal of helping parents learn to manage emotions and ensure that they always act in the best interests of the children.

Ms. Wienick’s unique career trajectory stems in part from her own difficult childhood and also from witnessing a loved one endure a highly contentious custody battle. These experiences made her passionate about seeking justice in such cases, especially for the children involved. Driven by this passion, Ms. Wienick completed her first solo test in July 2024, a significant career milestone. In that case, she represented the mother of a 6-year-old boy whose father wanted to move the child to another county. Ms. Wienick worked tirelessly on this removal case, working with an expert witness to successfully advocate for a positive outcome for her client – one that she strongly believes will provide stability in the little boy’s life.

Beyond her career, Ms. Wienick is a devoted wife and mother of three. When she is not working, she enjoys traveling, studying French and participating in lure class events with her Salukis. Looking ahead, Ms. Wienick plans to take the California Clinical Social Worker exam within the next 12 months. She also plans to use her training and experience in social work to become a guardian ad litem. Her long-term goal is to establish a diversion court in California that focuses on high-conflict child custody cases. Ms. Wienick remains steadfast in her dedication to helping families obtain the best possible outcome for their children in complex legal proceedings.

Military history

In 1989, Mrs. Wienick joined the United States Army after graduating from Sturgis Brown High School in Sturgis, South Dakota. While in the military, he was a linguist and held a top secret security clearance. She was placed in an intensive one-year program at the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, California, after which she was stationed at the National Security Agency. Mrs. Wienick was honorably discharged from the Army with the rank of Sergeant in 1993.

Academic history

In 1997, Ms. Wienick graduated from the University of Washington in Seattle with two Bachelor of Arts degrees, magna cum laude – one in Political Science and the other in International Studies with an emphasis on Korea. In 2000, she earned a Juris Doctor, cum laude, from the University of California, San Francisco College of Law. Ms. Wienick returned to academia part-time in 2016 and graduated with a Masters in Social Work from the University of Southern California in 2022.