Kathleen E. Mataya

My approach to each case is compassionate, strategic, and creative. I listen to truly understand each client’s priorities, and then work efficiently to achieve a resolution that best meets their needs.

REPRESENTATIVE WORK

• Represented a stay at home mother to negotiate co-ownership of a quarter billion-dollar real estate transaction during a divorce.
• Represented an executive of a Fortune 500 company to obtain a family violence protective order and ultimately a favorable property division in contested litigation.
• Represented a working dad and helped him obtain primary possession of his toddler and impose supervised possession and necessary alcohol testing and treatment standards on his spouse.
• Represented a CEO of a multi-million-dollar company to protect his business entities and estate through a premarital agreement and secured a swift division of his valuable assets in a subsequent divorce.
• Excluded the expert report of child custody evaluator who demonstrated bias and errors at trial and in the evaluation methods.
• Represented a mother in lifting a geographic restriction to enable her to relocate with her child to South Texas where she had family support.
• Empower clients who value efficiency, speed, and a positive coparenting relationship to negotiate informally and achieve optimal outcomes.