Violence Prevention Consultant, Trainer & Speaker

Tel: 415.658.5425 or click to send an email to julia@juliafweber.com

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Areas of Practice

I’ve spent my career developing innovative approaches to solving complex issues facing families, children, and communities. As an attorney, social worker, and storyteller, I view crafting legislation, assisting with policy implementing, providing trainings, and offering presentations as opportunities to connect with others and make a difference, especially in policy and practice areas that many find frustrating and overwhelming.

Together, we can save lives and reduce risk in our communities, workplaces, and homes. I’ve witnessed what determined people can do to create the change they want to see; when I’m collaborating with policymakers, organizations, and communities, I rely on good research and lived experiences to support these approaches that are also creative, cost efficient, and effective.

At the first Implementation Director at Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, I had the privilege of working closely with colleagues and policymakers across the U.S. to not only pass common sense violence  and fair preveniton legislation but again to help ensure lifesaving policies were implemented. I continue to do that work as a consultant working with policymakers, courts, government and community-based organizations, and individuals seeking assistance navigating court processes. My work has included:

  • Drafting the first toolkit on the intersection of firearms, domestic violence, and child custody for family law practitioners and judges with Pierce’s Pledge;

  • Collaborating on and successfully advocating for many California legislative and funding policies including SB 320 addressing firearms relinquishment in domestic violence cases; SB 599 on child custody and visitation when firearms may be at issue; and the 2021 California state budget allocation of $40 million for firearms relinquishment efforts;

  • Providing trainings to 2000+ judges, attorneys, law enforcement officers, mental health practitioners, victim advocates, and others on extreme risk protection orders/gun violence restraining orders; firearms relinquishment policies; and the role civil and criminal remedies can play in fairly reducing risk and increasing safety;

  • Developing the first international workplace policy addressing domestic violence for a multi-national U.S. based corporation;

  • Participating in amicus briefs in support of overturning the 5th circuit ruling in U.S. vs. Rahimi which the U.S. Supreme Court did in June 2024 when it upheld the federal firearms prohibition for civil domestic violence restraining/protective orders;

  • Collaborating with the statewide domestic violence coalition on this toolkit to help distinguish between the various civil firearm prohibiting remedies available in California. 

Education & Background

I have a law degree (J.D.) and a Master’s in Social Work (MSW) from Washington University in St. Louis, where I pursued both degrees simultaneously, bringing a cohesive and comprehensive perspective to my legal policy and consulting work.

  • over 25 years working on violence prevention policies including complex legal issues relating to firearms violence prevention law, intimate partner/gender-based violence prevention, and implementation of promising practices

  • drafting key legislative policy concepts and bill/statutory language, policies, court procedures, and legal forms

  • over 17 years with the Center for Families, Children & the Courts, working with California’s courts and judicial branch leadership statewide; former co-counsel of the Family and Juvenile Law Advisory Committee

  • presenting and developing training programs

  • mediating child custody/parenting time and organizational disputes

  • consulting on family law policies, procedures, and effective court processes and procedures

  • facilitating convenings and group discussions on a wide variety of topics including current firearms violence law, addressing professional and personal biases, preventing and responding to violence, and supporting child safety and well-being