Current Employment Position(s)

Partner, since 2000

Year Joined Organization: 1995

Lawyer Overview

R. Scott Downing is a skilled trial lawyer who has tried a number of complex high dollar property and custody cases. While recognizing that not all cases are best served by resolving them in the courtroom, Scott has also opened his practice to the use of Collaborative Law.

Scott is married to Maureen Downing. They have four children, Ryan, Kaleigh, Park, and Will.

Areas of Practice

• Family Law

West Practice Categories

Family Law

Bar Admissions

• Texas, 1992

Certification/Specialties

• Board Certified Family Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, December, 1999
• Board Certified Family Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, Recertification, December, 2004

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (Fellow)
• Texas Bar Foundation (Fellow)
• Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists, 2005 - Present (Director)
• State Bar of Texas, Family Law Council, 2005 - Present (Member)
• Annette Stewart American Inn of Court (Treasurer, Barrister)
• Collaborative Law Institute, State Bar of Texas (Member)
• Dallas Bar Association, Family Law Section (Member)
• College of State Bar of Texas (Member)
• American Bar Association (Member)
• James Publishing, Inc. "Texas Family Law Evidence", 1998 (Advisory Board Member)
• Texas Bar Association (Member)
• State Bar of Texas, Family Law Section (Member)

Honors and Awards

• Martindale-Hubbell - AV rated
• Texas Super Lawyers, Law & Politics Media, 2003 - 2008
• The Best Lawyers in America, Family Law
• Best Lawyers Under 40 in Dallas, D Magazine, 2004
• Best Family Law CLE article, 2006
• Course Director: Marriage Dissolution Course, 2009
• District 01A Grievance Committee Panel, July 1, 2005 - June 30, 2008
• Co-Course Director: Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists Course; January 2007
• Course Director, Family Law Essentials, State Bar of Texas Family Law Section; May 2006, May 2007

Past Employment Positions

• R. Scott Downing, Attorney at Law, Austin, Texas, 1991 - 1995

Education

• University of Houston Law Center, Houston, Texas, 1991
  Honors: American Jurisprudence Award Contracts
  Honors: American Jurisprudence Award Civil Trial Advocacy
  
  Law Review: Houston Law Review, Associate Editor
• University of Texas, Austin, Texas, 1988
  Bachelor of Arts

Published Works

• Daubert/Experts, The Ultimate Trial Notebook, December, 2006
• "Property Puzzles: Characterization, Tracing", Texas Advanced Paralegal Seminar, September, 2006
• "Be Careful What You Ask For, You May Get It; Common Sense Discovery Requests and Responses", Advanced Family Law Course, August, 2006
• "Property Puzzles: Characterization, Tracing, 25 Rules and More", Marriage Dissolution Course, State Bar of Texas, March, 2006
• "Being Creative with Unusual Remedies", Advanced Family Law Drafting Course, 2005
• "Property Puzzles: Characterization, Tracing, 25 Rules and More", Advanced Family Law Course, August, 2005
• "Recent Developments in Family Law", State Bar of College "Spring Training" Course, March, 2004
• "Rubbish or Rembrandt: The Art of Evaluating a Custody Case", Advanced Family Law Course, August, 2004
• "Mission Impossible: Choosing and Admitting Expert Witnesses", Ultimate Trial Notebook, Family Law, December, 2004
• "Top Ten Ways to Screw Up a Premarital Agreement", Advanced Family Law Drafting Course, 2003
• "Discovery in Mid-Size Cases Under the New Rules", Civil Discovery Under New Rules, University of Houston, 1999
• "Creative Decision Making in Custody Arrangements; Psychological Theories; Their Admissibility After Daubert; and Alternatives to Trial", American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, 1998
• "Family Law Issues That Impact the Professional Athlete", Journal of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Volume 15, No. 2, 1998
• "Peculiar Characterization Issues Involving Athletes and Entertainers", Advanced Family Law Course, 1997
• "Preparing for the Petitioner's Financial Temporary Orders Hearing", Marriage Dissolution Course, 1997
• "Evidence Without Witnesses", Advanced Evidence and Discovery Institute, 1997
• "Pensions, Stock Options & Divorce", TSCPA Conference, 1997
• Dallas Bar Association Case Law Update, 1997
• "Ad Litems", Marriage Dissolution Course, 1996
• "Attorney Ad Litem and Guardian Ad Litem Practice", Advanced Family Law Course, 1996
• "Preparation for and the Direct Examination of Husband (Black Hat) in a Hidden Assets, Fraud, and Breach of Fiduciary Duty Case", TAFLS 10th Annual Trial Institute, 1996
• "Custody Litigation, Case Evaluation, Discovery, Controlling Costs, Trial Strategy, etc.,", University of Houston Family Law Practice Institute, 1996
• "Legislative Changes", Grand Prairie Bar Association, 1995

Address

5950 Sherry Lane
8th Floor
Dallas, TX 75225

Phones

(214) 273-2400

Faxes

(214) 273-2470

Emails

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Websites

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