About Us

OUR TEAM

Las Vegas Family Law Solutions is operated by McFarling Cohen Fic & Squires, a Family Law firm in Las Vegas, Nevada. Our legal team has years of experience in analyzing complex financial cases and identifying the key issues.

With services ranging from QDRO preparations and Malmquist analyses to monthly Advice columns, our legal team is focused on providing our clients with a full spectrum of Family Law financial services.

Both professional and empathetic, we bring simplicity to our clients when handling their complex financial needs. We gauge our client satisfaction on efficient resolutions as well as gaining trust through their level of comprehension regarding the process.

Emily McFarling, Esq.

Managing Partner

Emily opened a solo law practice in Las Vegas in 2003 with the primary focus of family law. Since that time Emily has worked diligently to establish a reputation as a knowledgeable and aggressive attorney, gaining the respect of both her peers and Judges. Emily has grown her practice over the years and in 2010 gained the credential of Certified Family Law Specialist by the State Bar of Nevada. This is the top Family Law credential an attorney can obtain in Nevada.

While her practice is primarily focused on representing clients in the Nevada Supreme Court, Nevada Court of Appeals, and Clark County District Court Family Division, Emily is also licensed to practice in the United States Supreme Court, 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, United States District Court – District of Nevada, as well as all state courts in Arizona and California and she represents clients in those courts in cases related to her primary practice.

Emily is a fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and Past President of the Nevada Chapter. She is a fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers and an AV Preeminent Rated Attorney by Martindale Hubbell. Emily is a member of the Hague Convention Attorney Network for the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Consular Affairs / U.S. Central Authority for the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. Emily was appointed by the Nevada Supreme Court and served on the Commission on Nevada Rules of Appellate Procedure. Emily is also a certified parenting coordinator, arbitrator, and mediator. She currently serves on the Nevada Family Law Specialization Board and is on the Board of Directors of Our Nevada Judges, Inc.

As an attorney, Emily is particularly knowledgeable in handling complex property division and financial issues, international child custody issues, parental kidnapping, and high conflict child custody cases, although her primary focus is representing clients in family law appeals.

Prior to becoming an attorney, Emily worked for three years at the Tobacco Control Resource Center and Tobacco Products Liability Project in Boston, Massachusetts doing research projects on legal issues relating to tobacco. Emily has worked for the New Hampshire Department of Justice Consumer Protection Division and three law firms in Massachusetts in the areas of family law, tobacco litigation, real estate, business transactions and estate planning.

Emily has written several children’s books. She is a country and jazz singer. She loves to travel internationally and has lived in Budapest, London, Berlin, and Rhodes. She has a real estate company in Budapest, Hungary. She is mom to two teen boys and two Boston terriers.

Summer Xiaoxue Squires, Esq.

Partner (讲普通话)

Summer was born and raised in Beijing, the capital of the People’s Republic of China. She came to the United States as an international student in 2010 and went on to earn her degrees from Indiana University Bloomington and DePaul University College of Law in Chicago. Summer is licensed to practice law in the States of Nevada and Illinois, as well as in the United States District Courts. After 13 years in the Midwest, she relocated to Nevada with her young family.

Summer’s passion for family law began in law school, where she clerked for the Honorable Mark J. Lopez (retired) in the Domestic Relations Division of the Circuit Court of Cook County. She also worked in the DePaul Domestic Violence Project, advocating for survivors in need of immediate legal protection. From her first year in law school, Summer volunteered at the Chicago Chinatown Pro Bono Clinic as a Mandarin-English interpreter. Her work earned her both the DePaul Dean’s Certificate of Service and the Chancellor’s Award for Service.

Professionally, Summer has built a strong foundation in civil litigation, including significant experience in matrimonial law. Her career includes positions at a Fortune 500 company, a municipal law department, and a prominent family law firm in Chicago before joining as an associate and becoming a partner in 2025. She is a certified Child’s Representative through Chicago Volunteer Legal Services, appointed by the court to represent the best interests of minor children in contentious custody and parenting cases. Her courtroom advocacy is complemented by her calm, strategic approach to resolving deeply personal and emotionally charged disputes. Currently, Summer’s family law practice concentrates on appeals, high-asset property division, prenuptial and postnuptial agreements, as well as matters involving international and cross-border issues.

Summer is also a dedicated advocate for the Asian American community. She serves as Co-Director of Communications for the Asian Bar Association of Nevada and has been a regular participant in the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association’s Lobby Day in Washington, D.C.

As both a new mother and a recent immigrant, Summer brings personal insight into the unique challenges families face during times of transition and conflict. Her clients value her tenacity, cultural awareness, and unwavering commitment to their well-being and goals—both in and out of the courtroom.

Summer is a voracious reader, a love instilled by her father, a small business owner who was her primary caregiver. From him, she inherited her passion for sports and politics. But it was her mother who gave her the best parenting advice she had ever received: “Be the role model.” That philosophy continues to guide both her personal and professional life.

Julie Bravo-Bezard, Esq.

Attorney

Julie moved to Las Vegas in 1994 with the intention of staying for two or three years. While Las Vegas’s booming economy originally drew her here from California, it was the open-armed and dynamic community she found that convinced her to stay and grow deep roots in southern Nevada. After working several years in financial services, Julie found a second career in education, earning a bachelor’s in secondary education in 2005, and a master’s in literacy in 2010. For more than fifteen years, Julie thrived as a passionate educator, teaching English and geography to middle and high school students.

A life-long learner, Julie eventually developed an itch to serve her community in a new role. After her many years of teaching close reading, research, argumentation, and public speaking skills, the law seemed like not only a natural choice, but also the ideal way to expand her capacity to help others. At UNLV’s Boyd School of Law, Julie intentionally sought out diverse studies, experiences, and social connections. Driven by her desire to understand the lives and perspectives of others, she taught record sealing classes, externed with a federal court judge, represented clients in eviction court, and completed a second externship with the Nevada Bureau of Consumer Protection.

Julie met Emily through the Partners in Pro Bono program with the Legal Aid Center. Following their collaboration on a landlord/tenant issue before the Nevada Court of Appeals, Julie decided to join McFarling Cohen Fic and Squires as an associate attorney. Both her personal and professional experiences make Julie an empathetic and passionate advocate for children and families.

Ever the Renaissance woman, Julie enjoys gardening, cooking, road cycling, high performance driving, travelling, learning foreign languages, building, and singing in her church choir. Her greatest joys, however, come from her large blended family including her husband, three adult children, four adult stepchildren, two grandsons, two pets, and numerous grand pets

Trudy-Ann Williamson, Esq.

Attorney

Trudy-Ann Williamson is a law clerk with a passion for both family law and business law. She brings a strong foundation in contracts, asset structures, and negotiation; knowledge she is eager to apply to financial matter family law. Trudy-Ann believes that people work hard to accumulate wealth and provide for their families, and the law should help safeguard those efforts both during and after marriage.

She earned her Juris Doctor from the University of California College of the Law, San Francisco (UC Law SF) in May 2025, completing a Certificate in Business Law. While in law school, she was awarded the Dean’s Merit Scholarship, the Legal Education Opportunity Program (LEOP)  scholarship, and the Keker, Van Nest & Peters Diversity Scholarship. She was also Vice President of Community Affairs for the Black Law Students Association, received the CALI Excellence for the Future Award in Advanced Negotiation and Deal-Making, awarded to the top performer in the class, and was inducted into the Pro Bono Society in recognition of her dedication to pro bono work.

Trudy-Ann spent much of her legal education exploring the business side of law, focusing on contracts, negotiations, and asset structures. Through this work, she gained a strong foundation in analyzing and protecting assets, which naturally connects to the financial aspects of family law. Her coursework in community property deepened her understanding of how legal and financial interests intersect within family relationships. Trudy-Ann brings this analytical perspective to her work with clients, particularly in matters involving prenuptial agreements, asset division, and property settlements. She is committed to helping individuals and families protect what they have built while finding balanced, practical solutions that serve their long-term goals.

Raised in a single-parent household, Trudy-Ann understands the profound impact of both presence and absence in a child’s life. She has firsthand experience of how tumultuous or amicable divorces can be and wants to use her legal skills to protect families, advocate for children, and bring empathy and humanity into every aspect of her work. Born internationally and having lived in different parts of the world, Trudy-Ann is exposed to diverse cultures, socioeconomic backgrounds, and family dynamics, which gives her a deep understanding of the complexities families face across different communities. Her lived experience and cultural fluency allow her to represent people from all walks of life with impartiality, compassion, and respect.

Trudy-Ann has volunteered as a tutor with UC Law SF’s Law Empowerment Access Project, Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program, the International Institute of the Bay Area Citizenship Clinic, the Santa Ana Public Law Center’s pro bono program, and Pennsylvania Special Olympics. She is also passionate about helping international students excel during college and prepare for the world after college. For her leadership and community impact, she was awarded the Ignite Caribbean 30 Under 30 Changemaker award.

Before law school, Trudy-Ann earned her master’s degree in human resource development with Highest Honors and her bachelor’s degree in psychology, magna cum laude, from Villanova University, where she was also the 2020 commencement speaker, inducted into the Psi Chi Honor Society, and a Division I student athlete. As a Division I student athlete, she was a 5x Big East Champion, 6x All-Academic All-American, Big East Scholar Athlete of the Year, and 3x school record holder. She brings the same discipline, focus, and teamwork that defined her athletic career to her work in law.

Outside of work, she enjoys reading about AI and technology law, watching family and paternity court programs, and spending time outdoors and working out.