Stephen M. Orsinger - Dallas, TX

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Stephen M. Orsinger Overview

Since joining the firm as a law clerk in 2005, Stephen Orsinger has established himself among the leading young family lawyers in the state.

Focusing on complex marital property issues with estates of all sizes, Stephen's Family Law practice also includes work with the firm's appellate team, assisting on work including brief-writing for appeals and mandamus proceedings in both State Courts of Appeals and the Texas Supreme Court.

Stephen is a frequent speaker at Family Law conferences and seminars, and has written several articles on a variety of legal subjects, including corporations, partnerships, trusts, and the characterization of separate and community property.

His professional accomplishments have helped earn Stephen inclusion on the Texas Rising Stars list published by Thomson Reuters, Legal Division in both 2010 and 2011.

Stephen graduated from the University of Texas School of Law in 2007, and was licensed to practice law that same year. He earned his Bachelor's Degree from St. John's College in Santa Fe, N.M., in 2003.

Practice Areas

• Family Law 75%
• Civil Appellate 25%

Current Employment Position(s)

• Associate

Bar Admissions

• Texas, 2007

Other Affiliations

• State Bar of Texas, Family Law Section

Education

• The University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas, 2007
  J.D.
• St. John's College, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2003
  B.A.
  Major: Philosophy, Math

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Address

5950 Sherry Lane
8th Floor
Dallas, TX 75225-6563

Phones

866-875-2429 (Toll Free)

Faxes

214-273-2470

Emails

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Accepts Credit Cards

Yes

Websites

http://www.momnd.com

Articles

Practicing Family Law in a Depressed Economy - Part I: Your Law Practice and Your Clients (Co-Authored and Co-Presented with Richard R. Orsinger), Advanced Family Law Course, Dallas, 2009

Property Puzzles: 30 Characterization Rules, Explanations & Examples (Co-authored with Richard R. Orsinger and R. Scott Downing), Family Law on the Front Lines, 2009

Family Law Legislative Update (Co-Presented with Katherine Kinser, JoAl Cannon Sheridan and Charlie Hodges), 2009

Trusts, Family Law, & the Contract-Property Dichotomy (Co-Presented with Harold C. Zuflacht), Marriage Dissolution Institute, 2009

Effect of Choice of Entities: How Organizational Law, Accounting, and Tax Law for Entities Affect Marital Property Law (Co-Authored with Richard R. Orsinger and Patrice L. Ferguson), Advanced Family Law Course, 2008

The Ethics of ADR Negotiation and Settlement, Marriage Dissolution Institute, 2008