Contact Details
Minyard Morris
1811 Quail
Newport Beach
California
92660
U.S.A.
- 949-724-1111
- 909-964-5718
- alex@minyardmorris.com
- https://minyardmorris.com
Profile
Alexander Chau Payne represents executives, entrepreneurs, business owners, professionals, physicians, attorneys, and high-net-worth individuals in Orange County family law matters involving complex cross-border financial and property issues connected to Taiwan, Hong Kong, China, Korea, and Southeast Asia.
His practice frequently involves closely held and family-owned businesses, executive and deferred compensation, foreign real property, international asset tracing and characterization disputes, reimbursement claims, stock and equity compensation, fiduciary duty issues, and compensation structures tied to companies operating in both the United States and Asia. Mr. Payne regularly advises Asian-American clients and families whose business, cultural, and financial lives extend across multiple countries and legal systems, including matters involving overseas assets, international travel, multilingual family dynamics, dual-country financial records, and businesses with operations, investments, or employees abroad.
Mr. Payne is the Assistant Managing Partner of Minyard Morris, an Orange County firm devoted exclusively to family law matters filed in Orange County, California. He currently serves as President of the Orange County Asian American Bar Association and is a former President of the Orange County Korean American Bar Foundation. Mr. Payne is a Fellow of the American, recognized as a Southern California Super Lawyer, and has developed a practice with a particular focus on sophisticated family law disputes involving Asian-American families, internationally connected businesses, and cross-border financial issues.
Languages Spoken: English
Practice Areas: Appeals, Child Custody/Residence/Visitation/Contact, Child Support, Divorce, Domestic Abuse/Violence/Protection Orders, Emergency Procedures/Injunctions, Enforcement: Child Custody, Enforcement: Child Support, Enforcement: Property Division, Enforcement: Spousal Support, Finance: Capital Provision, Finance: Insolvency, Finance: Pensions/Superannuation/Retirement and Employment Benefits, Finance: Property Issues, Finance: Taxation, Finance: Trusts, Mediation, Modification/Variation: Child Custody, Modification/Variation: Child Support, Modification/Variation: Property Division, Modification/Variation: Spousal Support, Parentage/Paternity, Relocation/Removal from Jurisdiction, Same Sex Partnerships, Spousal Support/Maintenance/Alimony, Succession Law
US Counties: Orange County
