Lawyer Overview

Jenny L. Womack has practiced law in Texas since receiving her law license in November 1998. Prior to completing law school, Ms. Womack spent three years in the brokerage business, an experience she has found invaluable in her family law practice. Since 1998, Ms. Womack has handled hundreds of family law cases, including divorce, adoption, parentage, child custody and child support modifications. Ms. Womack has also assisted her clients with simple estate planning, including simple wills, directives to physicians, and various powers of attorney.

Ms. Womack has received both basic mediation training and basic and advanced collaborative law training. She is currently an officer of Collaborative Law Dallas, a group of collaborative law attorneys in Dallas County, as well as a member of the Collaborative Law Institute of Texas and the International Association of Collaborative Professionals.

In 2004, Ms. Womack was invited to join the American Academy of Adoption Attorneys, a prestigious organization of adoption attorneys across the United States and Canada. Locally, Ms. Womack is a member of the Dallas Bar Association as well as serving as a director on the board of the Dallas Association of Young Lawyers (DAYL) and as a director on the board of the Dallas Women Lawyers Association. She has served as a co-chairperson of the DAYL's Lawyers for Children committee, Solo/Small Firm committee, and Law Student Assistance committee, and is currently a co-chair of the Animal Welfare committee. For the past three years, Ms. Womack also served as the Volunteer Coordinator for the Freedom Run and Festival, held in honor of the September 11th tragedies. Ms. Womack is a long time North Dallas resident and is an active member of her church, Fellowship Bible Church North in Plano, Texas. 

Areas of Practice

• Adoption
• Collaborative Law
• Family Law
• Wills
• Estate Planning and Probate

West Practice Categories

Estate Planning, Family Law, Adoption, Probate & Estate Administration, Wills

Bar Admissions

• Texas, 1998

Professional Associations and Memberships

• State Bar of Texas, Family Law Section
• Texas Young Lawyer's Association
• American Academy of Adoption Attorneys
• Dallas Bar Association, Family Law Section and Collaborative Law Section
• Dallas Association of Young Lawyers, Director
• DAYL Foundation, Life Founding Fellow
• Dallas Women Lawyers Association, Director
• Collaborative Law Dallas, Vice-Chair
• Collaborative Law Institute
• International Association of Collaborative Professionals
• Dallas Legal Hospice, Pro Bono Volunteer Attorney

Honors and Awards

• Named by Texas Monthly as a Texas Rising Star in 2004 and 2005
• Awarded the 2005 Outstanding Director Award by the Dallas Association of Young Lawyers
• Awarded a Distinguished Service Award by the Dallas Association of Young Lawyers in 2004
• Nominated for the Inaugural Award of Excellence from the DAYL Foundation in 2003 (Awarded to Judge Jay Patterson)

Education

• The University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas, 1998
  J.D.
• The University of Texas at Austin, December, 1991
  B.A. in Economics
  Honors: magna cum laude
  Honors: Phi Beta Kappa

Offers Free Initial Consultation

Accepts Credit Cards

Published Works

• Relocation: Moving Forward or Backward, Journal of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, 1998
• Collaborative Law Taking Texas by Storm, The Dicta, 2005
• Representing Birthparents in Termination/Adoption Proceedings, presented to the Tarrant County Family Bar Association, 2005
• Top Ten Speed Bumps in Private Adoption,, recorded for TYLA Ten Minute Mentor, 2005
• Legal Issues Regarding Birth Fathers, Including Putative Father Registries, Telephone Seminar Format for the American Academy of Adoption Attorneys, 2005
• Texas Adoption Basics, Texas Bar Journal, 2006
• International Adoption Basics, Texas Bar Journal, 2006
• Family Law and the Collaborative Process, DWLA Newsletter, 2006
• Termination and Adoption Workshop, Panelist at Advanced Family Law Course, 2006

Address

8350 N. Central Expressway
Campbell Center I
Suite 1111
North Tower
Dallas, TX 75206-1625

Phones

214-242-6444

Faxes

214-265-1950

Emails

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Websites

http://www.dallas-divorcelawyers.com
http://www.pamlaw.com