Traditional Practice

Partner

SMU - 2012 - J.D.

TX - 2012

• Fellow, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (Vice-Chair of AAML/AFCC Joint Committee) • Fellow, International Academy of Family Lawyers • Board Certified in Family Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization • Member, Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists (Board Member beginning 2024) • Member, Texas Family Law Foundation (Board Member beginning 2021, Chair of Bill Review Committee, member of Nomination Committee) • Member, Texas Board of Legal Specialization Family Law Advisory Commission • Member, Texas Bar Foundation • Member, Texas State Bar Family Law Section • Member, American State Bar Family Law Section • Member, Texas State Bar College • Member, Rockwall County Bar Association • Member, Dallas County Bar Association • Member, National Small Business Association Leadership Council • Board Member, Dallas County Family Law Bar Association (2017 – 2021) • Board Member, Christian Legal Society (2020 – 2024) • Member, Association of Family and Conciliation Courts • Member, Dallas Association of Young Lawyers Leadership Class, 2013

ARTICLES AND PRESENTATIONS • Author and Speaker, “The Best Evidence to Win TROs,” Advanced Evidence and Discovery 2025. • Speaker, “Cross-Jurisdictional Issues in Family Law,” The Touro Law Center, New York, January 20, 2025. • Speaker, “Marketing and Technology for New Fellows,” American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Annual Conference 2024, Chicago, Illinois. • Speaker, “Protective Orders,” Rockwall Bar Association, October 16, 2024. • Author and Speaker, “Spousal Maintenance,” Advanced Family Law 2024. • Speaker, “Low Net Worth Divorce,” FLES 2024, Conroe. • Author and Speaker, “Addiction and Family Law,” Marriage Dissolution 2024. • Speaker, TAFLS Trial Institute 2024, Savannah, Georgia. • Speaker, “Legislative Update,” Dallas County Family Law Bench Bar 2024. • Speaker, “Technology for New Fellows,” American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Annual Conference 2023, Chicago, Illinois. • Speaker, “Unique Pleadings,” Texas Advanced Paralegal Seminar 2023. • Co-Author, “Twenty Silver Bullets,” Advanced Family Law 2023. • Speaker, “Using Summary Judgments in Property Cases,” FLES 2023, El Paso. • Speaker, “Consciously Disconnected,” Internet Safety Tech Symposium, 2023. • Author and Speaker, “Tracing,” Marriage Dissolution 2023. • Speaker, “Family Law Best Practices,” SMU Dedman School of Law Family Law Class, March 28, 2023. • Speaker, TAFLS Trial Institute 2023, New Orleans, Louisiana. • Author and Speaker, “You Don't See that Every Day: Unique Claims and Pleadings,” Advanced Family Law 2022. • Author and Speaker, “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: The Direct and Cross of a Custody Evaluator,” AFCC 59th Annual Conference 2022, Chicago, Illinois. • Author and Speaker, “Preparing for Mediation,” Advanced Family Law 2021. • Speaker, “Evidence”, FLES 2021, Laredo • Author and Speaker, “Pleading Your Case,” Handling Your First (or Next) Divorce Case 2021. • Speaker, “Preparing the Difficult Client to Testify,” Advanced Trial Skills for Family Lawyers 2020. • Speaker, “Family Law Best Practices,” SMU Dedman School of Law Family Law Class, November 17, 2020. • Author, “COVID-19’s Impact on Children in Special Education,” Dallas Bar Association Headnotes, September 2020 • Speaker, “Family Law Best Practices,” SMU Dedman School of Law Family Law Class, June 2020. • Speaker, TAFLS Trial Institute 2020, Annapolis, Maryland. • Author, “Common Issues When Family Law and Special Needs Intersect,” Dallas Bar Association Headnotes, September 2019 • Author and Speaker, “Preparing for the Board Certification Exam,” Advanced Family Law 2019. • Speaker, “OMG So Mad at the Ex: Dealing with Social Media and Your Divorce,” FLES 2019, McAllen. • Speaker, “Protective Orders & Understanding the Dynamics of Domestic Violence,” FLES 2018, Corpus Christi. • Co-Author, “Conveying Tedious Information with a Smile,” Advanced Family Law 2018. PUBLICATIONS • Texas Family Law Section Report, Fall 2024, Vol. 2024-4, “Family Law Around the Nation.”