EDUCATION:
South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1988)
Sam Houston State University (B.B.A., 1981)
LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS:
State Bar of Texas (1988)
Board Certified in Family Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization (since 1993)
American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and American Bar Association – trained as arbitrator in matrimonial arbitration
Advanced Mediation Training-Family Law, A.A. White Resolution Institute Mediation Training, A. A. White Dispute Resolution Institute
Mediation Training, Texas Council on Family Violence
RECOGNITIONS AND AWARDS:
The David A. Gibson Award for Professionalism and Excellence in the Practice of Family Law, 2018
The Joseph P. McKnight, Best Family Law CLE Article, 2013
Listed in Texas Super Lawyers, Texas Monthly Magazine
Listed H-Texas Magazine, Houston Top Lawyer
Listed H-Texas Magazine, Houston Top Family Lawyers
Martindale-Hubble, AV Peer Review Rated
Best Lawyers in America, Family Law
Houstonia Magazine, Top Family Lawyers
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITES AND ASSOCIATIONS:
Chair, State Bar of Texas Family Law Section, 2021-2022
Course Director, Advanced Family Law Seminar, 2021
Course Director, New Frontiers in Marital Property, 2016
Course Director, Ultimate Trial Notebook-Family Law
Secretary, Family Bar of Fort Bend, 2020 to 2024
Past Director, State Bar of Texas
Chair, Professional Development Program, State Bar of Texas 2016-2017
Chairperson, Awards and Scholarship
Committee, State Bar of Texas Family Law Council 2014-2018
Past Director, Texas Family Law Foundation
Past President, Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists (officer since 2008);(director 2002 – 2005);(member since 1994)
Past President, Gulf Coast Family Law Specialist
Past President, Houston Chapter, Burta Rhodes Raborn Family Inns of Court
Editor, Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists – Newsletter “Family Law Forum” (2005-2008)
Fellow, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
Fellow, International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
Fellow, Texas Chapter of American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
Member of the College of the State Bar of Texas
Past Director, Houston Bar Association - Family Law Section
Former Investigator/Litigator, The Supreme Court of Texas, Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee
Past Chairperson, State Bar Grievance Committee 4A-1
Member, Family Law Section, State Bar of Texas Member, Gulf Coast Family Law Specialist
Member, Family Bar of Ft Bend
Member, Ft Bend County Bar Association
Sustaining Life Fellow, Texas Family Law Foundation Life Fellow, Houston Bar Foundation
Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation
LEGAL SEMINARS & PUBLICATIONS:
Speaker/Author, Securing Attorney’s Fees at Trial, Advanced Trial Skills For Family Lawyers, December 2024
Speaker/Author, Handling a Large Discovery On a Budget…Or Not, Handling Your First (or Next) Civil Discovery, October 2024
Speaker/Author, Family Code Title VI: In With the Old and Out with the New, Advanced Family Law Conference, August 2024
Speaker/Author, Enforcing Decrees and Agreements Incident to Divorce, Marriage Dissolution Institute, April 2024
Speaker/Author, Discovery Rules and How They are Affecting Your Practice, w/ Hon. Patrick Bulanek and Hon. Kali Morgan Paper presented by Hon. Patrick Bulanek, Hon. Kali Morgan, and J. Indelicato, Jr. at the Advanced Family Law Seminar, San Antonio, August 2023.
Speaker/Author, Enforcements, at the 25th Annual Summer School Seminar, Galveston, July 2023.
Speaker/Author, Discovery, at the Marriage Dissolution 101 Seminar, Fort Worth, April 2023
Speaker/Author, Expert Testimony, at the Advanced Trial Skills for Lawyers Seminar, New Orleans, December 2022.
Speaker/Author, Deciphering Tax Returns, at the 24th Annual Summer School Seminar, Galveston, July 2022.
Speaker/Author, Basic Inventory, at the Marriage Dissolution 101 Seminar, April 2022.
Speaker/Author, Discovery, at the Marriage Dissolution 101 Webinar, April 2021.
Speaker/Author, Folsom Prison Blues: Enforcement with Contempt, w/ Hon. G. Tanner at the Advanced Family Law Seminar, San Antonio, August 2020.
Speaker/Author, Discovery, at the Marriage Dissolution 101 Seminar, Fort Worth, April 2019.
Speaker/Author, Deposition on Written Questions and Non-Party Discovery, at the Advanced Family Law Drafting Seminar, Dallas, December 2019.
Speaker/Author, Come and Take It! Objections, Privileges, Motions to Compel and Discovery, with Hon. S. Beauchamp, and G. Nickelson, at the Advanced Family Law Seminar, San Antonio, August 2019.
Speaker/Author, Trial Evidence: Getting It In or Keeping It Out, 2020, Advanced Trial Skills For Family Lawyers
Speaker/Author, Come and Take It! Objections Privileges, Motion to Compel and Discovery, 2019, Advanced Family Law Seminar
Speaker/Author, Proving Up Your Attorney’s Fees, 2019, Marriage Dissolution Institute
Speaker/Author, Consulting Experts: Who’s Behind the Curtain?, 2018 Advanced Trial Skills for Family Lawyers Conference
Speaker/Author, The Runaway Amicus, 2018 Advanced Family Law Course
Speaker/Author, Enforceable Orders, 2018 Family Law Bar Conference Speaker/Co-Author, Limited Scope Representation, 2018 Marriage Dissolution
Speaker/Author, Enforceable Orders, 2017 Advanced Family Law Drafting
Speaker/Author, Underutilized Discovery Methods and Discovery to Third Parties, 2017 Advanced Family Law
Speaker/Author, How to Obtain Social Media Evidence and Get it Admitted in Evidence; Sex, Drugs, and Surveillance Course, State Bar of Texas 2017
Moderator, Courtroom Evidence and Demonstration, Marriage Dissolution 2017
Speaker/Author, Defending & Excluding Evidence Based on Discovery, 2016
Marriage Dissolution Speaker/Author, Discovery on a Budget, 2015 Advanced Family Law Drafting
Speaker/Author, Child Support Outside the Box “When the Guidelines Don’t’ Fit”, 2015 Advanced Family Law
Seminar Speaker/Author, Informal and Mediated Settlement Agreements, 2015 Marriage Dissolution 101
Speaker/Author, Show me the Money, Using Technology to Create and Present Inventories and Other Financial Documents, 2014 Family Law Technology
Speaker/Author, To Bundle or Not to Unbundle, 2014 Advanced Family Law Course
Speaker/Co-Author, Phase Three-Pretrial and Trial, Family Law 101 Course, 2014 Advanced Family Law Course
Speaker/Co-Author, To Object or Not to Object, That is the Question, 2013 Advanced Family Law Course
Speaker/Co-Author, Social Media and Your Clients, Marriage Dissolution Institute, April 2013
Speaker/Co-Author, Criminal and Ethical Considerations in the Age of Technology, 2012 Advanced Family Law Course
Speaker/Co-Author, Parentage, State Bar College 14th Annual Summer School, July 2012
Speaker/Co-Author, Ethical Pitfalls of Social Media, Marriage Dissolution Institute, 2012
Speaker/Co-Author, Social Networking and Getting e-Evidence, 2011 Advanced Family Law
Drafting Course Speaker/Co-Author, Hearsay, 2011 Texas Advanced Family Law Seminar
Speaker/Co-Author, Top Ten Tips in a Custody Case, State Bar College 13th Annual Summer School, July 2011
Speaker/Author, Things Clients Do on Social Media That Get Them in Trouble, Marriage Dissolution Institute, 2011
Speaker/Co-Author, Trial Tactics & Evidence, 2011 Parent Child Relationships: Critical Thinking for Critical Issues, January 2011
Speaker/Co-Author, Discovery & Drafting in the Computer Age, Advanced Family Law Drafting Course, 2010
Speaker/Author, Electronic Evidence, Marriage Dissolution, 2010
Speaker/Author, Witness Preparation and Assessment, The Ultimate Trial Notebook; Family Law 2009
Speaker/Moderator, Electronic Evidence Workshop, Advanced Family Law Course 2009
Speaker/Author, Getting Information from 3rd Parties about Kids, Parent-Child Relationships, Critical thinking for Critical Issues, University of Texas, Austin
Speaker/Author, The Amicus Attorney, State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting, Family Law Section, Continuing Education Program, 2008
Speaker, Harris County Youth and Family Services 5th Annual Conference on Youth and Families, Testimonial Two-Step: What Works in the Courtroom, 2008
Speaker, Galveston County Bar Foundation, Child Custody Evaluations, Ethics and Investigating Allegations of Sexual Abuse, 2008 – Direct & Cross Examination of a Custody Evaluator
Speaker, South Texas College of Law, Annual Family Law Conference 2008 – Appealing Your Family Law Case
Speaker/Author, The University of Texas School of Law: Effective Family Law Practice, The Definitive Short Course on Parent- Child Relationships 2007, The World of Court Appointees: Amicus Attorneys, Attorney Ad Litems, Guardian Ad Litems and Social Studies
Speaker/Author, Advanced Family Law Practice for Paralegals: Handling Financial Issues at a Higher Level 2007 – Effective Presentation of Financial Matters – Financial Information Statements, Inventory & Appraisements, and Proposed Property Divisions
Speaker/Author, Advanced Family Law Course 2006 – Who Represents the Child? Not Me, I am the Amicus Attorney!
Speaker, Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists Trial Institute 2006 – Litigating the Case – The Trial
Speaker/Author, Advanced Family Law Drafting Course 2005 –“It Don’t Mean a Thing if it Ain’t Got that Swing” Tips from the Bench
Speaker/Author/Course Director, Advanced Family Law Course 2004 – Law Office Management Boot Camp
Speaker/Author, Houston Bar Association Continuing Legal Education Seminar, 2004 – Family Law for the General Practitioner
Speaker, 309th Judicial District Court of Harris County, Texas 2003, Ad Litem’s Interaction with Mental Health Professional
Co-Course Director, 309th Judicial District Court of Harris County, Texas, 2003, Ad Litem Course
Speaker/Author, 309th Judicial District Court of Harris County, Texas 2003, Ad Litem’s Role in Trial Speaker, South Texas College of Law, Family Law Conference, 2003 - Working with Ad Litems
Speaker/Author, Advanced Family Law Course, 2002 - ANALYZE THIS! The Use of Mental Health Professionals in Ways Other Than Custody Evaluations
Speaker/Author, South Texas College of Law, 2002 - Ad Litem Appointments in Publication Divorce
Speaker, State Bar of Texas, Pro Bono Seminar, 2001 - Terminations and Adoptions
Speaker, HBA Pro se Drafting Clinic, 2001 - Pro Se Pleadings
Speaker, Texas Family Law Practice for Paralegals, 2001 - Handling Custody Disputes
Speaker/Author, South Texas College of Law, Family Law Conference, 2001 - Depositions and Other Forms of Discovery "What you Don't Know Can Hurt You"
Moderator, South Texas College of Law, Family Law Conference, 2001 Speaker, State Bar of Texas, Telephone Seminar, 2000 - Value of Real Property