With an academic background in both psychology and law, Lori Darakjian has supported and served her clients with care as a family law attorney and mediator since 2007. A graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles, Lori received a bachelor's degree in psychobiology with a minor in education.

Lori received a juris doctor degree from the Pepperdine Caruso School of Law and completed a certificate in dispute resolution from Pepperdine's number-one-ranked Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution. She specializes in the areas of divorce/dissolution, child custody, child support, spousal support, characterization and division of property, domestic violence, relocation, pre- and post-nuptial agreements, and international custody disputes. Her prior professional experience includes positions at prestigious family law firms in Century City, Beverly Hills, and Calabasas where she cultivated her skills to eventually start her private law practice in 2015.

Beyond her professional endeavors, Lori has dedicated her time to volunteer work, including mentoring a child through the Gen Next program of the Armenian General Benevolent Union, and clerking for both the YWCA Domestic Violence Project and the Legal Aid Clinic of the Union Rescue Mission.