Cynthia Diggs

• Awarded AVVO’s Client’s Choice award for divorce
• Selected as a Super Lawyer every year since 2009
• Advisory Board of the Houston Urban Debate League, University of Texas School of Law
• Member, Order of the Barristers, National Moot Court Team and National Mock Trial Team, University of Texas School of Law

• Baylor University, B.A., 1981

• Trial Issues in Custody Cases, 2000 and 2001, NBI seminar speaker and author, NBI
• Speaker and presenter of Power Point presentation on How to Handle a Family Law Case from Start to Finish, provided forms to attendees for each step of the process.  Presented at the Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Speaker , Family Law Seminar, Family Lawyers
• Speaker and Author of Paper on Accellerated Appeals for Civil Appellate Practice 101 Seminar , Speaker and Author of Paper on Accelerated Appeals, Appellate Law Seminar for State Bar of Texas, Appellate Lawyers, 2017
• Federal and International Law Governing Parental Rights and Responsibilities, NBI, 2001
• Property Division in a Texas Divorce:  Getting Your Fair Share, Taking Control Seminar, 2009
• Associate Editor, Texas Law Review
• Divorce by the Numbers: Tracing, Valuation and Tax Questions, paper prepared for and presented at: CPE Seminar, 2009, Houston, Texas
• Speaker and Author, Trial Issues in Custody Cases, 2000 and 2001, NBI Seminar
• Speaker and Author, Trial Issues in Custody Cases, 2000 and 2001, NBI Seminar Federal and International Law Governing Parental Rights & Responsibilities, 2000 and 2001, NBI Seminar
• Speaker and Author, Trial Issues in Custody Cases, 2000 and 2001, NBI Seminar Enforcement By Contempt of Custody and Visitation Orders, 2000 and 2001, NBI Seminar
• Family Law Evidence, paper prepared for and presented at: Family Law Conference:, South Texas College of Law, February 3-4 2005
• Enforcement By Contempt of Custody and Visitation Orders, 2000 and 2001, NBI seminar speaker and author
• Speaker and Writer, Evidence: Preserving Trial Error for Appeal, 2013

• Pattern Jury Charge Committee, Family Law Section
• Board of Directors of the Houston Volunteer Lawyers Association, of the Houston Bar Association
• Elected to the International Association of Matrimonial Lawyers, 2011
• Elected to the American Board of Trial Advocates
• Member, Family Law Section, Houston Bar Foundation
• Member, Family Law Section, State Bar of Texas
• Advisory Board Member, Houston Urban Debate League
• Member, Family Law Section, Texas Bar Association
• Founding Member of the Center for Women in Law, University of Texas School of Law, 2011
• Gulf Coast Family Law Specialists
• Member and Past-President of the Association of Women Attorneys in Houston

• Board Certified in Civil Litigation, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 2007
• Board Certified, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, Family Law;  Board Certified, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, Civil Trial

• Expanding Child Visitation, 2012

• Appointed to President's Awards Committee for American Board of Trial Advocates, 2019
• Elected to Board of Delegates of International Academy of Family Lawyers, 2018
• Elected to the American Board of Trial Lawyers, 2012

• Handled divorce for indigent client requiring out-of-state service of process and final prove-up.  , 2019

• Divorce
• Family
• Litigation

“Cindy Diggs is by far one of the most exceptional attorneys with whom I have ever had the privilege to work. She is knowledgeable and thorough in her work. She is a leader. She is a strong advocate for her clients. She will fight to secure the best outcome for her clients in any case. And, she has heart. She cares deeply about her clients and the people in her firm. She is kind and generous. She is what every attorney should be - and without doubt a Super Lawyer.”

“Cindy is a capable attorney who makes her clients comfortable in the process. Her clients understand what is happening and feel like they are a part of the process.”

“Cindy is an outstanding attorney who strives to achieve the best outcome possible for her clients, often in emotionally charged and difficult situations. She sets the bar high for herself and those who work with her.”

“Cindy is unusually bright and competent. She is also board certified in both civil trial law and family law.”

“One of the best attorneys I've known. Smart, strategic and unrelenting in her representation of her clients.”