Charla H. Bradshaw - Denton, TX

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Charla H. Bradshaw Overview

"Denton County residents can benefit from having an all-encompassing family law firm that serves the entire North Texas area."

Charla Bradshaw is an accomplished family law attorney and Denton Managing Partner known for successfully summarizing some of the most difficult cases. She is listed among the Top 50 Women Lawyers in Texas Monthly and rated one of the Best Women Lawyers in North Texas by D Magazine.

She is featured as one of the Top 100 Lawyers in Dallas/Fort Worth and is AV Peer Review (Top) Rated by Martindale-Hubbell.

She is immediate past chair of the State Bar of Texas District 14 Grievance Committee and still serves as a member. She is immediate past president of the Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists. Ms. Bradshaw is also a Fellow in the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. She is a member of the Texas Family Law Council legislative committee, the Texas Family Law Foundation, the State Bar of Texas Family Law Section, the Denton Bar Association and the Collaborative Law Institute of Texas.

Ms. Bradshaw has earned her reputation as an outstanding litigator. She is also a well-known speaker and author in the area of family law, having won an award from the State Bar of Texas for the Best Family Law Article.

While she employs an aggressive approach to litigating family law cases, Ms. Bradshaw is also a certified mediator and handles collaborative law cases.

Ms. Bradshaw spent most of her young life in Denton and now lives in Westlake. She earned her bachelor of science degree, Summa Cum Laude, from Texas Woman's University and her juris doctor from the Dedman School of Law at Southern Methodist University in 1993. Ms. Bradshaw was also a candidate for a master's degree in marriage and family therapy at TWU. She finished all the requirements but the thesis before leaving the program to attend law school.

After law school, she practiced in a partnership at Gregory & Conner until joining Koons Fuller in 2008. She went by the name Charla Bradshaw Conner at that time.

"Our clients can benefit by having a Koons Fuller office nearby," she says. "I am blessed with a lucrative family law practice and want to give my clients the benefit of a large, supportive staff as well as other locations for their family law needs."

Practice Areas

• Family Law
• Mediation
• Collaborative Law

Current Employment Position(s)

• Managing Partner

Bar Admissions

• Texas, 1993
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1998

Specialties and Certifications

• Board Certified in Family Law, Texas State Board of Legal Specialization, 2000
• Credentialed Mediator, Texas Mediator Credentialing Association
• Certified Mediator, National Mediation Academy, 1994
• Collaborative Lawyer, Collaborative Law Institute of Texas

Other Affiliations

• State Bar of Texas (Past Chair, District 14 Grievance Committee)
• State Bar of Texas (Member)
• Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists (Past President)
• Texas Family Law Council Legislative Committee (Member)
• Texas Family Law Foundation (Member)
• State Bar of Texas, Family Law Section (Member)
• Denton Bar Association (Member)
• Collaborative Law Institute of Texas (Member)

Education

• Southern Methodist University School of Law, Dallas, Texas, 1993
  J.D.
• Texas Woman's University, Denton, Texas, 1987
  B.S.
  Honors: summa cum laude
• Texas Woman's University, Denton, Texas
  Candidate for M.S., Marriage and Family Therapy (All but thesis)

Classes and Seminars

• "Retirement and the Future Trend of Employee Benefits (Texas and Beyond), 2008 Marriage Dissolution Course
• "Mixing Love and Business", 2008 Small Business Seminar
• "What Every Lawyer Should Know About Dividing and Drawing Orders which Divide Qualified Retirement Plans", 2007 Advanced Family Law Course: Moderator of Workshop
• "Employee Benefits - QDROs", 2007 Marriage Dissolution Course
• "Avoiding Divorce Disasters", 2007 Small Business Seminar
• "Avoiding Divorce Disasters", 2006 Small Business Seminar
• Contributing Author, Texas Family Law Practice Manual Form Book Committee, 2002 - Present
• "What Every Lawyer Should Know About Dividing and Drawing Orders which Divide Qualified Retirement Plans", 2006 Advanced Family Law Course
• "Some of that Retirement is Mine", 2006 Advanced Family Law Course
• "Drafting QDROs", 2006 Marriage Dissolution Course
• "Litigating the Case: Children's Issues", 2006, TAFLS Trial Institute
• "Avoiding the Equal Property Division: When Equitable Doesn't Mean Equal", 2005 Advanced Family Law Course, State Bar of Texas
• "Economic Contribution and Reimbursement", 2005 Family Law Council of Community Property States
• "Retirement: QDROs for Defined Benefit and Contribution Qualified Plans under ERISA", 2004 Advanced Family Law Course, State Bar of Texas
• "Twenty-Five Essential Factors When Drafting or Reviewing QDROs", 2004 TAFLS Trial Institute
• "Business Valuation", 2004 Family Law Council of Community Property States
• "Retirement: QDROs for Qualified Plans under ERISA (including using QDROs for Child Support)", 2003 Family Law Practice Seminar, University of Houston Law Center
• "Retirement: QDROs for Qualified Plans under ERISA (including using QDROs for Child Support)", 2003 Advanced Family Law Course, State Bar of Texas
• "ERISA Retirement Plans: An Analysis of the New Texas Family Law Practice Manual QDRO Forms and QDRO Drafting Tips", 2002 Advanced Family Law Course, State Bar of Texas
• "Handling ERISA Retirement Plans: An Overview and Explanation of the Texas Family Law Practice Manual QDRO Forms and Drafting tips for Alternative Clauses", 2001 Advanced Family Law Course, State Bar of Texas
• "Retirement Plans: What to Do When No QDRO is Honored", 2000 Advanced Family Law Course, State Bar of Texas
• Expert Witness Workshop, 1999 Advanced Family Law Course, State Bar of Texas
• "Retirement Overview and a Walk Through the QDRO", 1998 Advanced Family Law Course, State Bar of Texas
• "QDROs: What You Don't Know Can Hurt You", 1998 Family Law Practice Seminar, University of Houston Law Center
• "Retirement, Pensions and that Ugly Word...QDROs", 1997 Advanced Family Law Course, State Bar of Texas
• "QDROs and Checklists", 1995 Advanced Family Law Course, State Bar of Texas
• "QDROs and Retirement Benefits", 1999 Family Law Practice Seminar, University of Houston Law Center

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Address

320 West Eagle Drive
Suite 200
Denton, TX 76201

Phones

940-442-6677
972-696-2727 (Metro)

Faxes

940-442-6671

Emails

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Accepts Credit Cards

Yes

Websites

http://www.koonsfuller.com

Articles

Contributing author: Texas Annotated Family Code, LexisNexis - Matthew Bender, 2005 Edition, 2007 updated Edition

Texas Family Law Council Checklist Committee (Co-Author), 1997 - 1999, State Bar of Texas, Volumes I and II

"New Alimony Law in Texas Adds Protection", Distinctive Lifestyles of Northeast Tarrant County, March/April, 1996