Top Rated Family Law Attorney in Dallas, TX

Honors/Awards:

• Best Lawyers in Dallas, D Magazine, 2013
• D Magazine "The Best Women Lawyers in Dallas," 2010
• D Magazine "The Best Lawyers in Dallas: Family Law," 2012
• D Magazine "The Best Personal Lawyers in Dallas," 2009
• D Magazine "The Best Lawyers in Dallas: Family Law," 2011
• Best Lawyers in America, 2007 - Present

Special Licenses/Certifications:

• Board Certified in Family Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization

Bar/Professional Activity:

• Presenter, Advanced Family Law Seminar, Continuing Legal Education, 2016
• Charter Member, Dallas Alliance of Collaborative Family Lawyers
• Member, International Academy of Collaborative Professionals
• Member, College of State Bar, State Bar of Texas
• Member, State Bar of Texas, Family Law Section
• Past Member, Methodist Medical Center of Dallas, Texas, Board of Trustees
• Member, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
• Member, Academy of Family Mediators
• Member, Dallas Bar Association, Family Law Section
• Member, State Bar of Texas
• Board Member, Collaborative Law Institute of Texas, 2007 - 2011
• Member, Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists
• Past Member, Grievance Committee, Region 6, State Bar of Texas
• Member, American Bar Association, Family Law Section

Pro bono/Community Service:

• Parishioner, Church of the Incarnation Episcopal Church, Dallas, Texas

Scholarly Lectures/Writings:

• "Introduction to Collaborative Law, Midland and Ector County Bar Associations, 2003
• Brumley, Janet P. "When You Don't Want A War." Divorce Source, 2001
• Family Law vs. Probate Court: What Every Family Lawyer Should Know, Advanced Family Law Course, State Bar of Texas, 2000 (with Jimmy L. Verner, Jr)
• Premarital, Partition and Mediated Settlement Agreements: Drafting for Probate or Divorce Court, Advanced Family Law Course, State Bar of Texas, 2000
• Family Law Update, Midland and Ector County Bar Associations, 2000 - 2002
• Effective Family Law Practice in Texas, National Business Institute, 1996
• Economic Torts and Double Recovery, Advanced Family Law Course, State Bar of Texas, 1995 (with Jimmy L. Verner, Jr)
• Family Law Update, Kleberg-Kenedy County Bar Association, 1995
• "Divorce Without Disaster: Collaborative Law in Texas"
• "Single Text Negotiation", Advanced Family Law Seminar, 2014
• Harvard Law School Advanced Negotiation Workshop, Boston, Massachusetts, June 2005
• Attendance at numerous Collaborative Practice Trainings
• Mediation Training Human Systems Development Parts A&B, November 2000
• "The Shadow People," Houston Bar Association, 2008
• "The Initial Consultation," International Academy of Collaborative Professionals, 2008
• "Managing Shadow Figures and Influencers," Collaborative Law Spring Conference, State Bar of Texas, 2008
• "The Paradigm and What Does That Mean?," Nuts and Bolts, Collaborative Law Spring Conference, State Bar of Texas, 2008
• "Interest-Based Negotiation in Collaborative Family Law," Advanced Family Law Course, State Bar of Texas, 2007
• "The Role of the Collaborative Lawyer in Interest-Based Negotiation," Advanced Family Law Course, State Bar of Texas, 2006
• "Interest-Based Negotiations in Collaborative Practice," Collaborative Law Spring Retreat, 2006
• "Advanced Collaborative Law," Co-Chair, Advanced Family Law Course, State Bar of Texas, 2005
• "Summer Harvest: Core Skills Seminar," Co-Chair, International Academy of Collaborative Professionals, 2005
• "Collaborative Law Two Day Basic Training," Dallas, Texas, 2005 - Present
• Training Your In-House Collaborative Law Team, Houston, Texas, 2004
• Advanced Collaborative Law, Chair, Advanced Family Law Course, State Bar of Texas, 2004
• Protocols for Collaborative Law, First Annual Collaborative Law Spring Retreat, 2004
• Brumley, Janet P. Divorce Without Disaster: Collaborative Law in Texas. Dallas: PSG Books, 2004
• Training Your In-House Collaborative Law Team," Trainer, Dallas, Texas, 2003

Educational Background:

• Memphis State University, B.A. in Liberal Arts, 1972