Raymond Hekmat is a lawyer and founder of Hekmat Law & Mediation, APC based in Beverly Hills.

They focus on family law with areas including divorce, paternity, custody, support issues as well as prenuptial agreements.

Raymond earned his Juris Doctorate degree from Loyola Law School in 2009. During his tenure at Loyola, Raymond was President of the Evening Bar Association, and was awarded the Alumni Association Governors’ Alumni Award. While earning his degree, Raymond worked as a law clerk, and later an associate, for a Beverly Hills family law firm.

Later Raymond was an associate with Law Offices of Schuchman & Aldin in Century City, where he managed his own complex family law caseload, as well as provided assistance to the partners in family law litigation.

He is admitted to practice law in California and is a member of the Los Angeles County and Beverly Hills Bar Associations.

Raymond received his Bachelor of Arts degree in International Studies, with honors, and a minor in Business Management from the University of California at Irvine, with study at the London School of Economics in London, England.

He was also a member of the Division I UCI Men’s Tennis Team, and continues to play competitive tennis as a member of the USTA.

Raymond was born and raised in Los Angeles and lives in West Los Angeles with his wife and two sons.

Raymond also has the distinction of being the first lawyer to appear on the podcast!

The discussion is wide ranging and covers topics including differences between family law in Britain and California, free speech and a refreshing take on why prenups can be a good idea for most, not just the rich and famous. 

One correction I want to make is, in this episode, I referred back to episode 16 and my discussion with Dr. Larry Waldman Ph.D. ABPP. I mistakenly referred to him as a psychotherapist whereas he is of course a psychologist. If you haven't heard episode 16 it's well worth listening to as Dr. Waldman had great experience and insights, as does Raymond in this episode. 

Website - hekmatfamilylaw.com

Youtube - theprenupguy

TikTok - theprenupguy

Instagram - hekmatfamilylaw

The documentary Raymond mentions is Divorce Corp  https://www.divorcecorp.com

This is an episode from the Replay series in which we look back at past episodes for those new to the podcast. 

Today we look back at my episode on whether interviews with family law experts should be recorded.

It originally aired as episode 32 on 12/11/2023 and here are the show notes from that episode:

Episode 2 had 6 simple low and no cost ideas for effective reform of family law. In this episode I wanted to give one more in answer to the question: should interviews with family law experts be recorded? The answer is 'Yes'.

To not have them recorded represents a serious problem in the robustness and integrity of family law in England and Wales. To have recordings is good practise and protection for the truth, good parents and children. 

This is an episode from the Replay series in which we look back at past episodes for those new to the podcast. 

Today we look back at my episode on issues and ideas surrounding transcripts and bundles. 

It originally aired as episode 33 on 26/11/2023 and here are the show notes from that episode:

In this episode I discuss the current state of transcripts and bundles in the court system and how it hampers justice and reflects the prehistoric condition of family law. 

I give many ways things can be improved. We need a modern system not a Jurassic one because parents and children deserve better. 

I gave some other simple reform examples in episodes 2 and 32. 

This is an episode from the Replay series in which we look back at past episodes for those new to the podcast.

Today we look back at my discussion with Thomas Williams And Roger Isaacs about The THI Show and The New Blueprint.

It originally aired as episode 23 on 6/8/2023 and here are the show notes from that episode:

Today we are joined by two guests to talk about the law.

Thomas Williams was born in Liverpool UK and moved to America in 2002. He is an avid researcher, author of two books called From His Story to Our Story, volumes 1 and 2.

He is the owner of a charity foundation designed to help struggling people, the creator of a community village in New Mexico, a radio show host of the Truth, Honor & Integrity show, or THI show.

He is the producer of a new document and manifesto called The New Blueprint for Humanity, which will be hand delivered to the White House, the UN, Elon Musk and many other prominent people.

The website for that is thenewblueprintforhumanity.org

His community also has working groups on growing your own food, health remedies and true law.

Roger Isaacs was born in the UK and grew up in Cornwall. His family originates from Glamorganshire on his Mother’s side and Devon and Cornwall on his Father’s.

At 17 he joined the Royal Air Force and worked as an Air Defence Technician for 7 years. In 1987 he emigrated to Canada to reconnect with his mother, sister and brother.  In 1990 Roger moved to British Columbia where he continued to work in the Telecommunications industry and raised a family of 2 daughters.

In 1990 Roger started training in the martial art of Aikido with Mind & Body Unified. He has been teaching Universal Principles and Aikido for over 28 years and is the Chief Instructor of his dojo and a certified full lecturer with the Ki Society International.

Roger joined THI in 2017 and has been following Thomas Williams podcasts since then.

In 2019 as he was studying law, he was asked to lead the Law Group in THI. His study led him to Frank O’Collins and Ucadia.

He wants to share what he’s learned about the True Rule of Law, the provenance of modern Western-Roman law and why there has been no rule of law since the 16th century.

He is passionate about encouraging people to study Ucadia, learn who we are, what is the true rule of law and how to restore the true rule of law in our societies.

They believe to restore law, we must develop communities of trust and the Golden Rule that all are equal under the law, no one is above the law and the New Blue Print for Humanity is a step in that direction.

This is a longer than usual episode and a wide ranging discussion.

THI Show - https://thi-show.com

Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqFP7ftC6XfYyvhoJPCKP7A

Twitter - https://twitter.com/THI_SHOW_COM

Ucadia - http://ucadia.org

An older Ucadia site only available on Wayback Machine - https://web.archive.org/web/20150208110726/http://globe-union-court.org/default.asp

I started doing short X Spaces, not in the usual way with guests, but as a short voice clips with just me. A full description of why is here:

https://x.com/FairParentingUK/status/1949541228217016589

I feel the other parent will ultimately destroy me. I don't know why that is but it is clearly her aim and for 7 years I have lived in fear of her. 

My co-parent has abandoned her child and hasn't even called her since December - also no birthday cards, Christmas cards, no interest in her child's welfare, no interest in parental decisions despite requests for input, etc.

My co-parent instead spent the last year taking my family's house and hiring an ex-soldier, also taking our passports and leaving us near a war zone - all when we had an agreement to parent in the UK. She walked away from that agreement but never said why. 

For all that time and she has an open offer to revisit that or try mediation again.  Instead all actions for 7 years have been aggressive for no reason. I believe most people would be fairly terrified. 

I am fearful. I have told her that many times. I feel most people would be. Whatever happens to me, I want the public and my child, when she grows up, to hear what happened in real-time. I want the truth front and centre. 

I also ask my co-parent to revisit mediation so we can come to a good and peaceful resolution for our child. All I have ever wished for is peace and safety. I hope she will revisit mediation. 

The clips are recorded quickly and are not as slick or as high quality in audio terms as the podcast normally is but they form a real-time record of things. They are all available on my X account and friends are posting them elsewhere in case my X account disappears. 

Today is part 3 of my discussion with James, about his harrowing multi-year family law case in the UK. We discuss the history and learnings that may help others. The story highlights some of the challenges so many people face in family courts. 

It was published in 3 parts, with parts 1 and 2 having aired previously. 

Today is part 2 of my discussion with James, about his harrowing multi-year family law case in the UK. We discuss the history and learnings that may help others. The story highlights some of the challenges so many people face in family courts. 

It is being published in 3 parts, part 1 was last episode and part 3 is next time. 

Today we talk with James, about his harrowing multi-year family law case in the UK. We discuss the history and learnings that may help others. The story highlights some of the challenges so many people face in family courts. 

It is being published in 3 parts, with part 1 today and part 2 next time. 

This is an episode from the Replay series in which we look back at past episodes for those new to the podcast. Today we look back at my discussion with Collin Hughes on suicide and suicide prevention.

It originally aired as episode 23 on 9/7/2023 and here are the show notes from that episode:

In today's episode we are going to discuss suicide.

I want to take a moment to talk about that before we introduce our guest who has kindly agreed to join us.

In episode 15 we spoke with Lawrence Sprung about his personal experience with suicide and also his work with The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Please revisit it if you are in crisis. The show notes also contain links to help.

Suicide is a topic we feature on this podcast because of its link to parental alienation, family court proceedings, legal abuse, etc.

The result of the extreme trauma caused, sometimes maliciously and for no reason, and sometimes by people who call themselves professionals, can cause suicide in parents and children.

Today’s guest is Collin Hughes. I heard his story a few months ago and I was moved by it.

I hope this episode will reach those listeners going through tough times or listeners who know someone who is.

Collin is a former pro-rodeo athlete, a former airline pilot and is now a voice actor. That’s a pretty interesting sounding trio of careers.

However in 2022 Collin’s 15 year old granddaughter, Evangelina, died by suicide.

Collin has a moving website (https://stopsuicide.life). He also speaks widely on the subject of suicide to raise awareness and I am very grateful he agreed to join us.

During the conversation Collin spoke about the QPR Institute who talk about the 'Question. Persuade. Refer' approach to suicide prevention. Their website is https://qprinstitute.com

https://stopsuicide.life

This is an episode from the Replay series in which we look back at past episodes for those new to the podcast.

Today we look back at my thoughts on six simple ways to massively improve the family law system.

It originally aired as episode 2 on 18/9/2022 and it's currently the 6th most listened to episode. It seems fairly popular hence republishing it today for new listeners.

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