Top Rated Family Law Attorney in Plano, TX

Honors/Awards:

• 2016, UT Tyler’s Distinguished Alumni award
• https://www.gbfamilylaw.com/press-releases/goransonbains-kathryn-j-murphy-named-2017-best-lawyers-lawyer-year-family-law-dallasfort-worth/, GoransonBain’s Kathryn J. Murphy Named 2017 Best Lawyers® “Lawyer of the Year” for Family Law in Dallas/Fort Worth, 2016
• 2009, Best Personal Lawyers in Dallas: Family Law, D Magazine
• 2015, 2017 and 2019, Best Lawyers© Family Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Dallas, Woodward and White Press
• 2001, 2005- 2010, and 2017 - 2019, Best Lawyers in Dallas: Family Law, D Magazine
• 2003 - 2019, Inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© in the field of Family Law, Woodward and White Press
• 2013- awarded to an attorney who has significantly contributed to the profession and the community throughout their career., Serjeant of the Inn Award, Annette Stewart Inn of Court
• 2010, Best Women Lawyers in Dallas: Family Law, D Magazine
• 2004, Best Family Law CLE article, State Bar of Texas

Special Licenses/Certifications:

• Board Certified in Family Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization

Bar/Professional Activity:

• Elected Chair to the Family Law Section of the State Bar of Texas, 2016

Scholarly Lectures/Writings:

• Innovations: Breaking Boundaries in Custody Litigation, State Bar of Texas, Panelist, Trial of a Custody Case, 2019
• Marriage Dissolution Institute, State Bar of Texas, Reimbursement, Fraud, Waste, and the Reconstituted Estate, 2019
• Collaborative Law: Avoid Breaking Bad When Breaking Up, State Bar of Texas, How to Draw Clients to the Collaborative Model and Keep them Satisfied, 2019
• Advanced Trial Skills for Family Lawyers, State Bar of Texas, Speaker, Drafting: Are Your Pleadings and Discovery Ready for Trial?, 2018
• New Frontiers in Marital Property Law, State Bar of Texas, Panelist, Marital Agreements, 2018
• Ask the Expert – Complex Property, D Magazine, 2017
• What's In Your Wallet? Property Case Law Update, Marriage Dissolution, State Bar Of Texas, 2017
• Characterization, Advanced Family Law Course, State Bar Of Texas, 2016
• Negotiation Techniques and Strategies, Advanced Family Law Course, State Bar Of Texas, 2015
• Judges Panel, Innovations- Breaking Boundaries in Child Custody Litigation, Innovations, State Bar Of Texas, 2015
• Author, Family Law at Your Fingertips, Family Law Section, State Bar of Texas, 2015
• How To Tell Your Children You Are Getting Divorced: 5 Tips, 2014
• Gay Couples Can’t Marry in Texas, But Can They Divorce There?, 2014
• The Great Recession And Its Impact On Divorce, 2014
• The Gray Divorce: Baby Boomers Are Ending Marriages Later in Life, 2014
• The Financial Implications Of Divorce In Texas, 2014
• Business Valuations in Divorce, 2014
• The Kids Are All Right: Be Prepared and Protect Children’s Best Interest, 2014
• Advanced Family Law Course, State Bar of Texas, Negotiation Techniques and Strategies, 2014
• Southern Methodist University School of Law, Protective Orders and Family Violence, 2014
• The University of Texas School of Law, Experts, Examination and Ethics- A Guide to Mental Health Experts, Innovations- Breaking Boundaries in Child Custody Litigation , 2014
• Using a Computer Forensic Expert, 2012
• Characterization of Property, 2011
• Premarital and Postmarital Agreements, 2009
• Co-Author, Protecting Children From Incompetent Forensic Evaluations and Expert Testimony, Journal of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers , 2006
• Author, Protecting Your Assets from a Texas Divorce, Professional Solutions Group, 2005
• supplemented each year to the present, Co-Author, Texas Family Law Practice Guide, West Publishing Company, 2000
• Parental Relocation

Videos:

• How to Determine the Value of Your Assets , 2016
• Kathryn Murphy, Family Law and Divorce Attorney in Plano, Texas , 2015
• How to Identify Assets in a Divorce , 2016
• What is Separate and Community Property? , 2016
• How a Court Reaches a Decision When Dividing Assets , 2016

Educational Background:

• University of Texas, B.A., with Honors, English Honors: Distinguished Student Award Speech Performance Tuition Award President’s Honor Roll Academic Tuition Scholarship, 1986