Current Employment Position(s)

Associate

Lawyer Overview

Areas of Practice

• Family Law

West Practice Categories

Family Law, Estate Planning, Real Estate Law, Personal Injury -- Defense, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Probate & Estate Administration, Trusts

Bar Admissions

• Texas, 1996
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1996
• U.S. District Court Western District of Texas, 1996
• Supreme Court of Texas, 1996

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Bexar County Women's Bar Association, 2002 - 2005 (Board Member)
• Bexar County Women's Bar Association Bench Brunch, 2003 - 2005 (Volunteers Chair)
• Bexar County Women's Bar Association, 2004 - Present (Member)
• San Antonio Bar Association, Family Law Section, 2006 - Present (Board Member)
• San Antonio Bar Foundation, 2004 - Present (Member)
• College of the State Bar of Texas, 2001 - Present (Member)
• CASA of San Antonio, 2003 - 2007 (Board of Directors)
• Alpha House, 2009 - Present (Board of Directors)

Honors and Awards

• Texas Rising Stars, Law & Politics Media, 2008 - 2009
• Recipient, Outstanding Young Lawyer of the Year, Women's Bar Association of Bexar County, 2003

Classes and Seminars

• Course Director, Extreme Family Law Makeover VIII, 2009
• Course Director, Extreme Family Law Makeover VII, 2008
• Speaker, Texas Post Adoption Professionals Annual Meeting, 2000 - 2005
• Speaker, San Antonio Bar Association CLE Lunches, 2002 - 2004
• Speaker, National Crime Victims' Rights Week, 2002
• Speaker, Judicial Section Annual Conference, 2001 - 2002
• Speaker, Advanced Family Law Seminar, 2000
• Speaker, State Bar Leaders Seminar, 2000

Past Employment Positions

• Civil District Judges of Bexar County, Staff Attorney, 1999 - 2006
• Law Office of Edward L. Pina & Associates, P.C., Associate Attorney, 1994 - 1999

Education

• St. Mary's University School of Law, San Antonio, Texas
• Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas, 1993
  B.A.
  Honors: magna cum laude

Published Works

• Understanding Real Value, Advanced Family Law, 2008
• Using Summary Judgments in Family Law, Advanced Family Law, 2006
• Surviving Presiding Court in Bexar County, Texas, The Anatomy of a Civil Trial, St. Mary's University
• Here Comes Grandma and She is One Tough Customer, Judicial Section Annual Conference, 2002
• She is a Minor. She is Pregnant. She Doesn't Want to Tell Her Parents, Judicial Section Annual Conference, 2002
• When Your Opponent Has a Fool for a Client: Facing the Pro Se Party, Judicial Seminar, 2000
• Getting Through a Jane Doe Application from Beginning to End: The Parental By-Pass Notification Act, Judicial Seminar, 2000
• The San Antonio Pro Se Assistance Program, October, 2000

Address

1717 Tower Life Building
San Antonio, TX 78205

Phones

(210) 225-5567

Faxes

(210) 267-7777

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