Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Sharla Fuller has been selected one of the Top 50 Women Attorneys in Texas by her peers and has been listed as a Texas Super Lawyer featured in Texas Monthly magazine.

She is also a prolific author, having teamed with Koons Fuller managing partner Ike Vanden Eykel to write Lone Star Divorce, which was published in 2008.

She began her legal career in East Texas before joining Koons, Fuller, Vanden Eykel & Robertson in 2000. She worked for the law firm of Wynne & Wynne in her home town of Wills Point, handling family law litigation and counseling from 1994 through 2000, and serving as president of the Van Zandt County Bar Association.

Ms. Fuller was born November 7, 1967, graduated valedictorian of her high school class, earned a bachelor's degree in architecture from the University of Texas at Arlington (1990, ranked first in her class), and attended graduate business courses at Southern Methodist University.

She received her J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law (1993), where she interned for Texas Supreme Court Justice Jack Hightower and was a research assistant for UT law professor Robert W. Hamilton.

She is a member of the Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists, the Family Law Section of the State Bar of Texas, the Family Law Section of the Dallas Bar Association, and the Texas Young Lawyers Association, and is admitted to practice before the U. S. District Courts for the Eastern and Northern Districts of Texas. She has been elected to the Annette Stewart American Inn of Court and has served as an attorney coach or judge for the Region 10 Texas High School Mock Trial Competition since 1996.

Ms. Fuller is married to firm partner Kevin R. Fuller and is the mother of their two sons, Cody and Casey.

Areas of Practice

• Family Law 40%
• Civil Litigation 30%
• Personal Injury 20%
• Civil Practice 10%

West Practice Categories

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

Bar Admissions

• Texas, 1994
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas, 1995
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas, 1996

Certification/Specialties

• Board Certified in Family Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Texas Supreme Court Historical Society, 1993 - Present (Member)
• Van Zandt County Bar Association, 1997 - 1998 (President)
• Van Zandt County Bar Association, 1996 - 1997 (Vice President)
• Van Zandt County Bar Association, 1995 - 1996 (Secretary-Treasurer)
• Van Zandt County Bar Association, 1996 - Present (Member, Law Library Committee)
• State Bar of Texas, Family Law Section (Member)

Honors and Awards

• Alph Chi Honor Society
• Phil Beta Delta Honor Society

Past Employment Positions

• Professor Robert W. Hamilton, Research Assistant

Education

• The University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas, 1993
  J.D.
  Honors: Dean's Achievement Award, Highest Grade in Marital Property Rights
• University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas, 1990
  B.S.
  Honors: With Honors

Fraternities/Sororities

• Phi Alpha Delta

Accepts Credit Cards

Address

2311 Cedar Springs
Suite 300
Dallas, TX 75201

Phones

214-871-2727

Faxes

214-871-0196

Emails

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Websites

http://www.koonsfuller.com