Anna Friedhoff on the Verdict Signal Podcast

What if the worst divorce advice you receive comes long before you ever step inside a lawyer's office? From internet myths to well-meaning friends and AI-generated answers, many people unknowingly make decisions that can shape the outcome of their case before the legal process even begins. How do you know which advice is helping and which advice could hurt you?

In this episode of the Verdict Signal Podcast, host Daniel Gouw interviews SKH Shareholder Anna Friedhoff, who explains why settlement is often the best path while noting that experienced trial skills still matter when agreements cannot be reached. She discusses how courts approach child custody, parenting time, spousal support, and complex assets such as family businesses, while also explaining the growing influence of AI in family law. Along the way, she recounts how clients often arrive with misconceptions about what judges actually consider and why personalized legal strategy consistently outperforms generic online advice.

Anna Friedhoff is a shareholder at SKH Family Law & Estate Planning, where she began as a law clerk in 2012 and was elected shareholder in 2018. She earned her J.D. from the University of Oregon School of Law and graduated magna cum laude from Gonzaga University with degrees in Political Science and Public Relations.

Anna is admitted to the Oregon and Washington State Bars and is active in Oregon Women Lawyers and the Multnomah Bar Association. She has been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America since 2018, named an Oregon Super Lawyer from 2024 to 2026, and previously selected as a Rising Star from 2017 to 2023. In 2016, she received the National Academy of Family Law Attorneys’ Top 10 Under 40 Attorney Award.

Her legal scholarship has been published in the Oregon Review of International Law, and she currently serves as Vice President of the University Club of Portland’s Board of Directors.