Jaime N. Cage - Family Law Attorney, San Diego

Meet Jaime
Clients appreciate working with Jaime because she provides direct, strategic guidance while remaining approachable, responsive, and focused on helping clients navigate difficult situations with confidence and clarity.
Jaime N. Cage is a Certified Family Law Specialist and San Diego family law attorney, and the co-founder and managing partner of Cage & Miles, LLP, one of California’s largest family law firms. Since founding the firm in 2015, Jaime has built a reputation for handling complex and high-conflict family law matters with a strategic, solution-oriented approach while growing Cage & Miles into a multi-office firm with more than one hundred employees. Clients value Jaime's ability to combine strong advocacy with practical guidance, clear communication, and a deep understanding of both the legal and emotional complexities involved in family law matters.
Career Overview
Attorney Specialties: High-Net-Worth Divorce, Child Custody and Child Support, Legal Separation, Mediation, Domestic Violence Restraining Orders
Jaime Cage co-founded Cage & Miles, LLP in 2015 with the vision of building a modern, client-centered family law firm focused on excellence, culture, and results. As managing partner, she oversees business development, legal operations, attorney mentorship, and firm strategy while maintaining her family law practice.
Over the last decade, Jaime has helped grow the firm into a statewide presence with four office locations and a team of more than one hundred employees. She further developed her leadership expertise through executive education programs at Harvard Law School focused on leadership in law firms and strategic influence.
Jaime regularly handles high-stakes family law matters involving substantial marital estates, business valuations, complex compensation structures, forensic accounting issues, custody emergencies, and contested litigation. In addition to representing clients, she oversees firm leadership, legal operations, attorney development, and long-term strategic growth initiatives for Cage & Miles.
Representative Matters & Methodology
Jaime's approach to representing clients is rooted in strong advocacy, thoughtful strategy, and practical problem solving, always keeping the client's long-term goals, family dynamics, and financial interests at the center of the representation. Representative matters include:
- Represented high-net-worth individuals in complex dissolution matters involving business ownership interests, executive compensation, real estate portfolios, and forensic accounting issues.
- Represented parents in high-conflict custody disputes involving domestic violence allegations, relocation requests, and emergency custody proceedings.
- Represented attorneys, physicians, executives, and business owners in sophisticated support and property division disputes involving complex financial analysis.
- Successfully resolved sensitive family law matters through mediation and negotiated settlement while minimizing unnecessary litigation and disruption to families.
- Managed and supervised litigation teams handling complex family law matters across multiple California jurisdictions.
Thought Leadership
Jaime is a thought leader in family law, regularly contributing to publications and presenting at seminars and professional programs on legal developments and emerging issues in the field.
- Author, “The Business of Family Law” for the California Lawyers Association
- Editor, Transmutations chapter in Volume C of the LexisNexis treatise Complex Issues in Family Law
- Speaker and lecturer on family law litigation, legal operations, leadership, and practice management
- Frequent contributor to attorney education and continuing legal education initiatives
Outside of Practice
Outside of practicing law, Jaime enjoys traveling, mentoring attorneys, leadership development, and building strong organizational culture within the legal profession. She is passionate about creating high-performing teams and improving the client experience in family law.
Licenses & Certifications
- Certified Family Law Specialist (CFLS), State Bar of California
- Licensed Attorney, State Bar of California
- Certification of Completion, Leadership in Law Firms, Harvard Law School Executive Education
- Certification of Completion, Impactful Leadership: Enhancing Your Strategic Influence, Harvard Law School Executive Education
Honors & Awards
- State Bar of California Commendation
- Bonnie Reading Scholarship Recipient
- Academic Achievement Awards in Mediation Advocacy and Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Dean’s Honor List
- Inducted into the Pro Bono Honor Society
Education
- California Western School of Law — Juris Doctor
- University of California, Santa Barbara — Bachelor of Arts in English, Minor in Philosophy
Professional Associations and Community Involvement
- State Bar of California
- Family Law Advisory Group – North County Representative
- San Diego Family Law Bar Association
- Former President, North County Certified Family Law Specialists organization
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