Current Employment Position(s)

Managing Partner

Lawyer Overview

Initial Consultation fee of $375.

Areas of Practice

• Family Law Litigation
• Divorce
• Civil Litigation
• Personal Injury
• Mediation

West Practice Categories

Mediation, Estate Planning, Family Law, Divorce, Litigation & Appeals, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Real Estate Law

Bar Admissions

• Texas, 1986

Certification/Specialties

• Family Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization (Recertified 1998 and 2003), 1993
• Civil Trial, Texas Board of Legal Specialization (Recertified 2001), 1996

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Bar Association
• Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists
• Texas Trial Lawyers Association
• Dallas Bar Association, Family Law and Civil Litigation Sections
• College of the State Bar of Texas
• Collin County Bar Association
• Initial Board of Directors Citizenship McKinney
• Collin County Bench/Bar Foundation
• Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Team in Training
• McKinney City Council
• Stonebridge United Methodist Church
• Sunrise Rotary Club, McKinney, Texas

Honors and Awards

• National Law Journal, Top 100 Verdicts, 2001
• Collin County Bar Association Service Award
• Collin County Bench/Bar Association Service Award
• AAML Special Interests of Children Committee Service Award
• Named Texas Super Lawyer by Texas Monthly Magazine, Recognizing Top 5% Attorneys by Field in State of Texas - Field Specialty Family Law, 2005
• Named Texas Super Lawyer by Texas Monthly Magazine, Recognizing Top 5% Attorneys by Field in State of Texas - Field Specialty Family Law, 2006
• Named Texas Super Lawyer by Texas Monthly Magazine, Recognizing Top 5% Attorneys by Field in State of Texas - Field Specialty Family Law, 2007
• Fellow, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers

Classes and Seminars

• Application of New Civil Discovery Rules to Family Law, DAPA, 1999
• Civil Discovery Rules Outline, Collin County Paralegals Association, 1999
• Civil Discovery Discussion Panel, Texas State Bar Association Advanced Family Law Conference, 1999
• Till Death Do Us Part - A Legal Survival Kit, American Association of University Women, 2001
• A Woman's Legal Survival Kit, Altrusa of Collin County, 2001

Pro Bono Activities

• North Texas Legal Services Pro Bono Divorce Representation, 1998 - Present
• North Texas Legal Services Pro Bono Mediations

Past Employment Positions

• Loughmiller & DePlaza, P.C., CEO, 1996 - 1999
• Holmes, Loughmiller & DePlaza, Partner, 1995 - 1996
• McGilberry & Loughmiller, Partner, 1986 - 1995

Education

• Case Western Reserve University Law School, Cleveland, Ohio, 1985
  J.D.
• Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois, 1982
  B.S.
  Major: Political Science

Fraternities/Sororities

• Phi Delta Phi

Accepts Credit Cards

Published Works

• "Custody: The Child's Right to Choose", Dallas Bar Journal, Family Law Issue, 2000
• "Yours, Mine and Ours, Community Property Laws in Texas", Inside Collin County Business, Feb., 2002
• "Tax Implications for Divorce", Inside Collin County Business, April, 2002

Address

6401 South Custer Road
McKinney, TX 75070

Phones

(972) 529-5554

Faxes

(972) 529-1444

Emails

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Websites

http://www.familylitigation.com