Top Rated Family Law Attorney in Dallas, TX

Attorney Jodi Bender is a partner with Duffee + Eitzen law firm, which has law offices in Dallas, Plano, Fort Worth and Wichita Falls, Texas. Serving clients throughout the greater Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex and surrounding areas, Ms. Bender focuses her practice solely on family law, and she provides unmatched counsel and support to those who are going through a divorce or have some other serious legal issue affecting their families.

Over the course of her legal career, Ms. Bender has achieved remarkable success helping her clients through some of the most difficult and uncertain times in their lives with the utmost compassion and integrity. She constantly delivers the highly personalized counsel her clients need to make the best-informed decisions regarding complex property division and all other related matters. She has extensive experience handling adoptions, modifications and enforcements, pre- and postnuptial agreements, and more.

Well versed in collaborative law, Ms. Bender strives to help her clients resolve their conflicts and reach favorable agreements without the need for expensive and time-consuming litigation; however, she will not hesitate to take her clients' issues to court when necessary. Whether inside or outside of the courtroom, she maintains an unwavering focus on protecting her clients' rights and interests while helping them achieve their goals as efficiently and cost-effectively as possible.

A 1992 graduate of Texas State University, San Marcos, Ms. Bender received her master's degree in education from West Texas A&M University. She then went on to obtain her Juris Doctor summa cum laude from Texas A&M University School of Law in 2010. 

Expertise voted her among the Best Family Lawyer in Plano in 2020. She is a member of the Collin County Family Law Bar Association and the Dallas Bar Association's Family Law Section, and has published articles and conducted lectures and continuing legal education seminars on a variety of topics related to family law, adoptions and education law.