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West Practice Categories

Family Law, Litigation & Appeals, Real Estate Law

Bar Admissions

• Texas, 1981
• U.S. Federal Courts, 1981

Certification/Specialties

• Board Certified -- Family Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization
• Fellow, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
• Fellow, International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers

Professional Associations and Memberships

• State Bar of Texas, 2005 - 2008 (Board of Directors)
• State Bar of Texas, 2004 - 2005 (Chair, Family Law Section)
• State Bar of Texas, 1991 - 2006 (Member, Family Law Section Council)
• State Bar of Texas (Member, Supreme Court Task Force to Expand Legal Services Delivery)
• State Bar of Texas, 1997 - 1999 (Chair, Family Law Section Council Pro Bono Committee)
• State Bar of Texas, 1991 - 1997 (Member, Editorial Committee, Texas Family Law Practice Manual)
• Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists, 2004 - 2005 (President)
• Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists (Board Member, (1994-present) (Former Editor, Family Law Forum))
• American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (Secretary 2002-2003) (Parliamentarian 2001-2002) ((Texas Chapter President 2000-2001))
• American Bar Association ((1981-Present) (House of Delegates 1981))
• Texas Bar Foundation (Life Fellow)
• American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Foundation (Life Fellow)
• Texas Family Law Foundation (Life Fellow)
• Tarrant County Family Bar Association (Member)
• Parker County Bar Association (Past President)
• American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, 2005 - 2008 (Treasurer)

Honors and Awards

• Named in 2003, 2004, 2005 , 2007, 2008Texas Monthly as a "SuperLawyer"
• Named in The Best Lawyers in America 1993 to current
• Named 1993 Southwest High School (Fort Worth, Texas) Distinguished Graduate
• Mayor, City of Weatherford, Texas 1982-1986
• Trustee, Weatherford Independent School District, 1995-2001

Classes and Seminars

• Course Director, 2002 Advanced Family Law Course, Dallas, TX
• Course Director, 2000 Marriage Dissolution Institute, Fort Worth, TX
• Course Director, Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists 13th Annual Trial Institute (1999), Las Vegas, NV
• Assistant Course Director, Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists 11th and 12th Annual Trial Institutes (1997, 1998), New Orleans, LA
• New Frontiers in Marital Property (2007), Memphis, TN

Education

• South Texas College of Law, Houston, Texas, 1981
  J.D.
• Austin College, Sherman, Texas, 1977
  B.A.

Published Works

• Spoliation, Advanced Family Law Course, San Antonio, TX, 2008
• Possession Orders, Advanced Family law Course, San Antonio, TX, 2007
• Negotiation: You Can't Try Them All, Marriage Dissolution Institute, El Paso, TX, 2007
• Managing Client Expectations; Trying the Proprty Case on a Shoestring; Top Ten Trial Tips, Nevada State Bar Family Law Course, Ely,NV, 2007
• International Child Issues and the Hague Convention, Advanced Family Law Course, San Antonio, TX, 2006
• When the Texas SPO Won't Work, Texas Advanced Paralegal Seminar, Addison, TX, 2006
• Direct and Cross Examination, Family Law Basic Training, Dallas, TX, 2005
• Legislative Update, Associate Judge's Conference, Austin, TX, 2005
• Temporary Orders, Poverty Law Conference, Austin, TX, 2005
• Reforming Your Client's Expectations, Legal Assistant's University, Fort Worth, TX, 2004
• Life of a Grievance, Advanced Family Law Course, San Antonio, TX, 2004
• Managing Client Expectations, Marriage Dissolution Institute, Fort Worth, TX, 2004
• Dealing With the Client From Hell, Advanced Family Law Course, San Antonio, TX, 2003
• Setting and Getting Fees, Marriage Dissolution Institute, Houston, TX, 2003
• Setting and Getting Fees, Marriage Dissolution Institute, Houston, TX, 2003
• Spoliation, Advanced Family Law Course, San Antonio, TX, 2001
• Closing the File, Marriage Dissolution Institute, Corpus Christi, TX, 2001
• Getting the Most Out of Your Discovery, The Ultimate Trial Notebook: Family Law, New Orleans, LA, 2000
• Top Ten Things in a Family Law Practice, Advanced Family Law Course, San Antonio, TX, 2000
• Bankruptcy In Divorce, Advanced Family Law Course, Dallas, TX, 1999
• Bankruptcy Meets Family Law, University of Texas School of Law 2nd Annual Texas Marital Property Institute, Austin, TX, 1998
• Working as an Expert in Family Law Cases, Divorce Conference (Dallas Chapter, Texas Society of CPA's) Dallas, TX, 1998
• Divorce vs. Bankruptcy - When Worlds Collide, Farm, Ranch and Agri-business Bankruptcy Institute, Lubbock, TX, 1998
• Jurisdiction, Advanced Family Law Course, San Antonio, TX, 1998
• Parent-Child Third Party Practice, Marriage Dissolution Institute, Austin, TX, 1998
• Recent Federal Legislation, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Mid-Year Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1998
• Creative Divisions of Property, Advanced Family Course, San Antonio, TX, 1997
• Trying a Property Case on a Shoestring, Marriage Dissolution Institute, Dallas, TX, 1997
• Recent Interesting Cases, College of Advanced Judicial Studies, Houston, TX, 1997
• Modification of Rights and Powers of a Joint Managing Conservator, Advanced Family Law Course, San Antonio, TX, 1996
• Enforcement Workshop, Marriage Dissolution Institute, Corpus Christi, TX, 1996
• Direct Examination in a Property Case, Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists 9th Annual Trial Institute, New Orleans, LA, 1995
• Effective & Inexpensive Trial Tactics in a Property Case, Marriage Dissolution Institute, South Padre Island, TX, 1994
• Characterization & Reimbursement, Litigation Services Conference, Texas Society of CPA's, San Antonio, TX, 1994
• COBRA, Advanced Family Law Course, San Antonio, TX, 1993
• Pretrial Procedure, Marriage Dissolution Institute, Fort Worth, TX, 1993
• Reimbursement Between Marital Estates, Community Property States Symposium, New Orleans, LA, 1993
• Reimbursement, Advanced Family Law Course, San Antonio, TX, 1992
• Characterization & Reimbursement -The Basics, Marriage Dissolution Institute, South Padre Island, TX, 1992
• CPA's Role in Texas Divorce and Community Property, (Co-Author with Robert Cocanower), Texas Society of CPA's, Presented in 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1997 in Houston, Austin, Fort Worth, Waco and El Paso.
• Case Law Update - Family Law, State Judicial Conference, San Antonio, TX, 1990
• Family Law, Regional Judicial Conferences in Amarillo, Killeen, Corpus Christi, and Huntsville, TX, 1990
• Insurance Aspects of Divorce, Advanced Family Law Drafting Course San Antonio, TX, 1990
• Insurance Aspects of Divorce, Family Law for the Experienced Non-Specialist, San Antonio, Dallas, and Houston, TX, 1989

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