In 2010 I changed the focus of my practice to collaborative family law, in part because of my own divorce, and in part because I discovered there are lawyers practicing collaborative family law who do not fully understand or embrace the process. I discovered this because my wife and I chose the collaborative law process. The process I experienced in my own collaborative divorce was not the process I have come to study, learn and embrace. I am a member of both the Collaborative Law and Family Law Sections of the State Bar of Texas. I am also a member of the Collaborative Divorce Texas. I have completed basic, intermediate and advanced training through Collaborative Divorce Texas. I also have trial experience in family law- temporary hearings, contempt and modifications, and trial on the merits. I’ve been a member of the State bar of Texas since 1982. I have practiced personal injury trial law in both the plaintiff and defense bar in both state and Federal courts. I have trial experience in personal injury, products liability, workmen’s compensation, wrongful death, occupational disease and medical malpractice. I am a native Texan, born in Port Arthur and raised in Groves. I attended Port Neches Groves HS and graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a BA in Government with Honors in 1979. I graduated from The University of Texas Law School in 1982. I have lived in Dallas since 1986. I have two children, Isabella and Evan. I am a Stephens Minister at Woodcreek Church in Richardson.
Member, State Bar of Texas (SBOT)
Member, Family Law Section SBOT
Member, Collaborative Law Section SBOT
Member, Collaborative Divorce Texas
Member, Denton County Collaborative Professionals
Panel Presenter, SBOT Collaborative Law Conference 2014
Panel Presenter, Dallas Bar Association Collaborative Law Section 2014
Presenter, Texas Lawyers Assistance Program/Entertainment Law Conference 2011
Member, SBOT Collaborative Law Local Bar Project Committee 2015/2016
Advocate, Dallas County CPS Collaborative Law Project
Advocate, Tarrant County CPS Collaborative Law Project
Published Author, Texas Bar Journal and Trial Lawyers Forum