Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Bill Koons, founding partner of the firm, is one of the pioneers of family law in Texas and across the nation.

Mr. Koons is a past Chairman of the State Bar of Texas' Family Law Specialization Advisory Commission. He is a past member of the Texas Family Law Council, a past President of the Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists and a past President and Founder of the Texas Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.

He became Senior Partner at one of the nation's first boutique law firms dedicated solely to the practice of family law when he formed Koons, Smith & Johnson in 1978.

Mr. Koons was called "the toughest divorce lawyer in town" by DallasLife Magazine and "one of the most called-on divorce lawyers" in the country by USA Weekend.

He has been named one of the top six divorce lawyers in Dallas by D Magazine. Over the years, he has been consistently listed among the nation's top family law practitioners in The Best Lawyers In America.

Born October 11, 1931 in New Orleans, Louisiana, he was educated at Southern Methodist University (B.B.A.,1956; J.D., 1958).

Areas of Practice

• Family Law

West Practice Categories

Family Law

Bar Admissions

• Texas, 1957

Certification/Specialties

• Board Certified in Family Law and Civil Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, 1984 - 1985 (President, Texas Chapter)
• American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, 1985 - 1991 (Member, Board of Governors)
• American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (Charter Member)
• International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (Member)
• Dallas Bar Association, 1979 - 1980 (Member, Board of Directors)
• American Bar Association (Member)
• State Bar of Texas, 1978 - 1984 (Member, Grievance Committee)
• Texas Board of Legal Specializaiton, 1989 - Present (Member)
• Texas Trial Lawyers Association (Member)
• Family Law Council, 1985 - 1989 (Chairman, Family Law Specialization Committee)

Honors and Awards

• Listed in all Editions of The Best Lawyers in America, Naifeh and Smith
• Fellow, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers

Classes and Seminars

• Division of Property, University of Houston Advanced Family Law Short Course, 1989 - 1993
• Methods of Division, State Bar of Texas Marriage Dissolution Institute, 1990
• Partition or Division of Property Not Divided by Divorce, State Bar of Texas Advanced Family Law Course, 1991
• Methods of Division, State Bar of Texas Advanced Family Law Course, 1992
• Cross Examination of Fault Witnesses, State Bar of Texas, 1993

Education

• Southern Methodist University School of Law, Dallas, Texas, 1958
  Honors: Order of the Woolsack
• Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, 1956
  B.B.A.

Accepts Credit Cards

Published Works

• "Division of Property at Divorce", Symposium: Marital Property in the 1990's, Baylor Law Review, Volume 39, No. 4, 1988

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