Memberships
Family Law Council, State Bar of Texas Family Law Section (2010-present)
Texas Family Law Practice Manual Committee (2002-2005
2012-present)
American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (2006-present)
Houston Bar Association, Family Law Section
• Past Chair (2004-2005)
Chair (2003-2004)
Treasurer (2000-2002)
Houston Bar Association, Collaborative Law Section
• Chair (2007-2008)
Chair Elect (2006-2007)
Secretary/Treasurer (2005-2006)
Texas Academy of Family Law Specialist, Director (2004-2007)
Gulf Coast Family Law Specialists, Treasurer (2008-2009), Chair (2009-2010), Director (2010-present)
Historian (2013-present)
Texas Bar Foundation, Life Fellow
Houston Bar Foundation, Life Fellow
Texas Family Law Foundation, Life Member
Collaborative Law Institute of Texas, Board of Trustees (2009-present0
American Inns of Court. Burta Rhoads Raborn Family Law Inn, Chair (2008-2010)
College of the State Bar of Texas
Texas Super Lawyer (Texas Monthly 2004-2011)
Texas Rising Star (Texas Monthly 2004)
Mediation Training, Association of Attorney Mediators
Beginning and Advanced Collaborative Law Training
Editorial Board: Articles Editor, South Texas Law Review
Legal Publications/CLE Presentations: Sampson & Tindall's Texas Family Code Annotated, Co-Author (West 1998-present)
Deconstructing Parental Rights and Duties: What do they really mean and do our client's really understand? 2008 UT PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP CONFERENCE: CRITICAL THINKING FOR CRITICAL ISSUES
Grandparents Rights: Are there any left after Troxel? JOINT CITY/COUNTY COMMISSION ON CHILDREN AND STCL GRANDPARENT AND KINSHIP CARE SEMINAR (2008)
Rule 11 and Mediated Settlement Agreements: What to do with buyer's remorse. 2008 STCL FAMILY LAW PRACTICE
The Uniform Parentage Act: Will the real parents please stand up? 2007 UT PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP CONFERENCE
Spousal Maintenance and Alimony: What they are and what they aren't. 2007 UT FAMILY LAW ON THE FRONTLINES
Blazing the Trail: Making Sure Your Collaborative Practice is Properly Outfitted. 2007 CLI-TEX, SPRING RETREAT
Marital Property Rights in Retirement and Other Employee Benefits, 2007 STCL FAMILY LAW PRACTICE
Ten Unusual Discovery Tools To Have in Your Toolbox, 2006 ADV.FAM.L
2006 UT FAMILY LAW ON THE FRONTLINES
To Tax Effect of Not To Tax Effect. Is It Still a Question? 2006 MARRIAGE DISSOLUTION
The ABCs of Interstate SAPCR Jurisdiction: UCCJEA, PKPA, UIFSA and UPA, 2005 TEXAS COLLEGE FOR JUDICIAL STUDIES
2005 TEXAS ASSOCIATE JUDGES CONFERENCE
The Evolution of Collaborative Practice, (Panel) 2005 UT/CLI-TEX COLLABORATIVE LAW SPRING RETREAT
Jurisdiction and Standing in Suits Affecting the Parent Child Relationship, 2005 STATE BAR OF TEXAS POVERTY LAW
Hidden Jewels in the Forms, 2005 SOUTH TEXAS COLLEGE OF LAW FAMILY LAW CONFERENCE
The Alphabet Soup of Interstate SAPCR Jurisdiction, 2003 ADV. FAM. L., 2003 SOUTH TEXAS COLLEGE OF LAW FAMILY LAW CONFERENCE
Collaborative Law: An Idea Who's Time Has Come, 2003 MATAGORDA COUNTY FAMILY LAW INSTITUTE
Family Law: Top 10 Things that Happened in 2003, STATE BAR OF TEXAS LEGISLATIVE UPDATE 2003
Premarital and Marital Property Agreement, 2003 UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON FAMILY LAW INSTITUTE
Moving Beyond the Guidelines: Child Support and Visitation, 2003 HBA FAMILY LAW INSTITUTE
Preparing for Mediation and Trial, 2003 HALFMOON FAMILY LAW INSTITUTE
Working with Divorce Clients and Opposing Counsel: Making the Most Out of Difficult Relationships, 2003 HALFMOON FAMILY LEGAL ASSISTANT SEMINAR
The ABC's of Interstate SAPCR Jurisdiction, 2002 ADV. FAM L.
Attorneys Fees. (Panel), 2002 SOUTH TEXAS COLLEGE OF LAW FAMILY LAW FOR GENERAL PRACTITIONERS AND LEGAL ASSISTANTS
Multi-cultural Issues in Family Law, 2002 BURTA RHOADS RABORN FAMILY LAW INN
The Only Thing Constant is Change Itself: Modification of SAPCR Orders, 2001 ADV. FAM. L. DRAFTING
Enforcement of Family Law Court Orders, 2001 SOUTH TEXAS COLLEGE OF LAW FAMILY LAW FOR GENERAL PRACTITIONERS AND LEGAL ASSISTANTS.
