Robert P. DesJardins has practiced law for over thirty-five years and was honored as the Family Law Trial Attorney of the Year in 2000. Also the author of the novel The Mistral, he...view moreRobert P. DesJardins has practiced law for over thirty-five years and was honored as the Family Law Trial Attorney of the Year in 2000. Also the author of the novel The Mistral, he is a lecturer, private judge, and a judge pro tempore for the California Superior Court. Now semi-retired, he lives in Orange County, California, with his wife.view less