When Evie Jeang was 12, she moved with her mother from Taiwan to the Los Angeles area. Her mother, who had divorced from Jeang’s father a few years earlier, worked two jobs to send Jeang to a private school, but the hard work paid off when Jeang earned a J.D. from Southwestern Law School.

Today, she believes her transnational upbringing, with parents ­living about as far apart as two people can, put Jeang in good stead for the work she found for herself — international divorce.