Anita K. Cutrer

Top rated Family Law attorney in Bedford, Texas

Cutrer Law Group
Anita K. Cutrer
Cutrer Law Group

Practice Areas: Family Law; view more

Licensed in Texas since: 1993

Education: South Texas College of Law Houston

Languages Spoken: English, Norwegian, Swedish

Selected to Super Lawyers: 2006 - 2012, 2022 - 2023 Selected to Rising Stars: 2004 - 2005
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Cutrer Law Group

304 Harwood Rd
Bedford, TX 76021 Visit website

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Certified as a specialist in family law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, Anita K. Cutrer focuses her practice exclusively on that area of the law. the owner of the firm Anita K. Cutrer, Attorney at Law, PLLC, she represents clients throughout Tarrant County from the firm's office in Bedford, Texas. Ms. Cutrer has been admitted to practice before all Texas state courts since 1993.

Ms. Cutrer's family law client base is predominantly made up of people who are facing the end of their marriages and who are thus having to deal with such divorce-related issues as the division of assets and debts, child custody and visitation, and spousal and child support. Her extensive experience in mediation and collaborative law allows her to help many of her clients come to an accord on these matters through the use of those methods of alternative dispute resolution, but she is a forceful courtroom advocate on their behalf when litigation becomes necessary. Other family law matters that Ms. Cutrer has handled have included adoptions as well as paternity disputes and establishment, and she also helps clients whose marriages have previously been dissolved and who are now seeking modifications to or the enforcement of existing support and parenting orders. Her successful track record along with her high degree of ethics have earned her a Distinguished* peer review rating through Martindale-Hubbell.

As an undergraduate, Ms. Cutrer attended the University of Houston and received a Bachelor of Business Administration in 1988. She subsequently went on to pursue her legal education at South Texas College of Law Houston and was awarded her Juris Doctor in 1993. She stays abreast of current family law developments through her memberships in professional organizations.

*AV®, AV Preeminent®, Martindale-Hubbell Distinguished and Martindale-Hubbell Notable are certification marks used under license in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell® is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Rating™ fall into two categories – legal ability and general ethical standards.

Practice areas

Family Law

Focus areas

Adoption, Alimony & Spousal Support, Child Support, Custody & Visitation, Dissolution, Divorce, Domestic Violence, Father's Rights, Juvenile Law, Marital Property, Mediation & Collaborative Law, Name Change, Paternity, Prenuptial Agreements, Same Sex Family Law

  • 100% Family Law

First Admitted: 1993, Texas

Professional Webpage: https://www.familylawtex.com/anita-cutrer

Educational Background:
  • University of Houston, B.S., Business Administration, 1988
Special Licenses/Certifications:
  • Certified Mediator, 2010
  • Board Certified in Family Law, 2015
Honors/Awards:
  • Top Attorneys, Family Law, Fort Worth, Texas Magazine,, Top Attorney - Family Law, Fort Worth, Texas Magazine, 2019
  • , Top Ten Attorney, Attorney and Practice Magazine, 2020
  • Voted Top Attorney in 360 West Magazine, Top Attorney, 360 West Magazine, 2018
  • Voted Top Attorney by my peers in a survey done by Southlake Style Magazine., Top Attorney, Southlake Style Magazine, 2018
  • Texas Bar Association Best News Article, Collaborative Law in Family Cases: Could it save our children? Tarrant County Bar Bulletin, 2004 - Present.  An article for lawyers explaining the collaborative process., Texas Bar Association Best News Article:Collaborative Law in Family Cases: Could it save our children? Tarrant County Bar Bulletin, , 2004
  • Voted to be in the top 10% of attorneys in the US., Top 10% of attorneys, The National Association of Distinguished Counsel, 2015
Bar/Professional Activity:
  • National Adoption Day Committee. As part of this committee, I help plan the yearly Adoption Day, where foster parents are able to adopt their foster children without having to pay attorney's fees to the volunteer attorneys., 2019
  • Fellow Texas Family Bar Foundation., 2019
  • Member of the Brow Bag CLE committee of the Tarrant County Bar Association.  This committee plans Continuing Education for lawyers in Tarrant County.  As a member of the Committee, I help formulate a curriculum for the seminar and help obtain speakers as well as occasionally moderate events., 2019
  • Sustaining Life Member, Tarrant County Bar Foundation.
  • President Tarrant County Women's Bar Association
  • Member Family Law Section of the State Bar.
  • Fellow, Tarrant County Bar Foundation., 2004
  • Member, Tarrant County Family Law Bar Association: 1993-Present, 1993
  • Women's Bar Association, Member, 1994 - Present
  • Tarrant County Bar Association, 1994 - Present
  • Collaborative Lawyers of Tarrant County, 2002 - Present
  • Board of Directors, Tarrant County Women's Bar Association, 2015
  • Panel Chair - Fee Arbitration Committee, Tarrant County Bar Association
  • Member Tarrant County Family Law Association, 2016
  • Member Family Law Section of the State Bar of Texas, 2016
  • Northeast Collaborative professionals, Member, 2006 - Present
  • Texas, 1993
  • Fellow Texas Family Law Bar Foundation, 2016
  • Member Technology Section of the State Bar of Texas, 2016
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Pro bono/Community Service:
  • Board Member Hometown Residential Home Owner's Association, 2016
  • Frequent Volunteer Mediator - Dispute Resolution Services of North Texas, 2019
  • President of the Home Town Home Owner's Association., 2019
Scholarly Lectures/Writings:
  • I spoke to a group of numerous different type of professionals that meet once per month for lunch to help each other's practices.  (Mastermind Group), Speaker, Marital Agreements, Financial Advisers And Other Members Of The Public., 2019
  • Acted as a moderator during the seminar.  Contacted and acuired all the speakers for the seminar.  Planned the curriculum.  , Course Director, Brown Bag Lunch - Family Law Seminar for Tarrant County Bar Association, Tarran County Bar Association, Lawyers, 2018
  • NBI seminar.  Spoke on the importance of QDROs in divorces, how to draft them and how to use them effectively.  The speech/paper also included information regarding retirement plans that do not need a QDRO., Speaker and Writer of the paper, Qualified Domestic Relations Orders, Family Lawyers And Paralegals, 2018
  • Lectured regarding Family Law for the course given by Dispute Resolution Services of North Texas taking the course to become trained in Family Law Mediations., Speaker and writer of the paper, Family Law for Mediators, Dispute Resolution Services, Students Taking The Course To Become Certified Mediators, 2018
  • Family Law essentials, Pro Bono Committee of the Family Law Section of the State Bar of Texas, Longview., Speaker and faculty member, Speaker, 2016
  • Speaker and Faculty Member, Dividing Assets and Liabilities Equitably., Speaker and Writer of the paper, Dividing Assets and Liabilities Equitably, National Business Institute, Lawyers, 2010
  • Speaker and Faculty Member, Family Law, Dispute Resolution Services of North Texas, Speaker and Writer of the paper, Family Law for Mediators, Dispute Resolution Services, Students Taking The Course To Become Certified Mediators, 2014
  • Top pick "Predicates", Speaker/ Faculty Member, El Paso Family Law Essentials Seminar, 2014
  • Speaker and Faculty Member, Temporary Orders:  How to Get your Client What They Want, Marriage Dissolution Institute, State Bar of Texas.  Continuing legal education for lawyers., Speaker and writer of the paper, Temporary Orders: How to Get Your Client What They Want, Marriage Dissolution Institute, State Bar of Texas, Lawyers, 2015
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Office location for Anita K. Cutrer

304 Harwood Rd
Bedford, TX 76021

Phone: 817-252-4422

Selections

9 Years Super Lawyers
2 Years Rising Stars
  • Super Lawyers: 2006 - 2012, 2022 - 2023
  • Rising Stars: 2004 - 2005

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