Gary L. Nickelson - Fort Worth, TX

Overview

Awards and Honors

Awards

About Awards

Martindale Peer Awards

Martindale Peer Awards

Martindale Peer awards recognize the legal ability and ethical standards of an attorney as affirmed by their peers. The awards require a minimum threshold of qualifying Martindale-Hubbell reviews from fellow attorneys.

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  AV Preeminent®: This elite award is granted to attorneys who have been recognized by their peers for their very high ethical standards, with an average peer review score of 4.5 or higher.

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  Distinguished: This award is granted to attorneys who have been recognized by their peers for very high ethical standards, with an average peer review score of 3.0 to 4.4.

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  Notable: This award is granted to attorneys who have been reviewed by their peers, with an average peer review score below 3.0.

Client Champion Awards

Client Champion Awards

Client Champion awards recognize those attorneys who excel at service as affirmed by their clients. The awards, based on the quantity and quality of an attorney’s Martindale-Hubbell client reviews, demonstrate an ongoing commitment to delivering excellent client service.

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  Platinum: This award is granted to attorneys who have received at least 10 client reviews, and have an average review score of 4.5 or higher.

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  Gold: This award is granted to attorneys who have received at least 6 client reviews, and have an average review score of 4.2 or higher.

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  Silver: This award is granted to attorneys who have received at least 3 client reviews, and have an average review score of 4.0 or higher.

Avvo Awards

Avvo Awards

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  Avvo Top Contributor: This award is granted to attorneys who have significantly contributed to Avvo.com by answering questions in the Q&A forum, publishing legal guides, or other meaningful contributions to the Avvo community.

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  Avvo Client’s Choice: This award is granted to attorneys with at least 5 reviews with 4+ stars in a given year on Avvo.com.

Super Lawyers® Selections

Super Lawyers® Selections

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  Super Lawyers® is a rating service of outstanding lawyers who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The top 5% of lawyers in each state are selected using a patented selection process that includes independent research, peer nominations, and peer evaluations.

Martindale Peer Awards Client Champion Awards Avvo Awards Super Lawyers® Selections

Martindale Peer Awards

Martindale Peer awards recognize the legal ability and ethical standards of an attorney as affirmed by their peers. The awards require a minimum threshold of qualifying Martindale-Hubbell reviews from fellow attorneys.

• 

  AV Preeminent®: This elite award is granted to attorneys who have been recognized by their peers for their very high ethical standards, with an average peer review score of 4.5 or higher.

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  Distinguished: This award is granted to attorneys who have been recognized by their peers for very high ethical standards, with an average peer review score of 3.0 to 4.4.

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  Notable: This award is granted to attorneys who have been reviewed by their peers, with an average peer review score below 3.0.

Client Champion Awards

Client Champion awards recognize those attorneys who excel at service as affirmed by their clients. The awards, based on the quantity and quality of an attorney’s Martindale-Hubbell client reviews, demonstrate an ongoing commitment to delivering excellent client service.

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  Platinum: This award is granted to attorneys who have received at least 10 client reviews, and have an average review score of 4.5 or higher.

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  Gold: This award is granted to attorneys who have received at least 6 client reviews, and have an average review score of 4.2 or higher.

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  Silver: This award is granted to attorneys who have received at least 3 client reviews, and have an average review score of 4.0 or higher.

Avvo Awards

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  Avvo Top Contributor: This award is granted to attorneys who have significantly contributed to Avvo.com by answering questions in the Q&A forum, publishing legal guides, or other meaningful contributions to the Avvo community.

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  Avvo Client’s Choice: This award is granted to attorneys with at least 5 reviews with 4+ stars in a given year on Avvo.com.

Super Lawyers® Selections

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  Super Lawyers® is a rating service of outstanding lawyers who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The top 5% of lawyers in each state are selected using a patented selection process that includes independent research, peer nominations, and peer evaluations.

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About Awards

Martindale Peer Awards

Martindale Peer Awards

Martindale Peer awards recognize the legal ability and ethical standards of an attorney as affirmed by their peers. The awards require a minimum threshold of qualifying Martindale-Hubbell reviews from fellow attorneys.

• 

  AV Preeminent®: This elite award is granted to attorneys who have been recognized by their peers for their very high ethical standards, with an average peer review score of 4.5 or higher.

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  Distinguished: This award is granted to attorneys who have been recognized by their peers for very high ethical standards, with an average peer review score of 3.0 to 4.4.

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  Notable: This award is granted to attorneys who have been reviewed by their peers, with an average peer review score below 3.0.

Client Champion Awards

Client Champion Awards

Client Champion awards recognize those attorneys who excel at service as affirmed by their clients. The awards, based on the quantity and quality of an attorney’s Martindale-Hubbell client reviews, demonstrate an ongoing commitment to delivering excellent client service.

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  Platinum: This award is granted to attorneys who have received at least 10 client reviews, and have an average review score of 4.5 or higher.

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  Gold: This award is granted to attorneys who have received at least 6 client reviews, and have an average review score of 4.2 or higher.

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  Silver: This award is granted to attorneys who have received at least 3 client reviews, and have an average review score of 4.0 or higher.

Avvo Awards

Avvo Awards

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  Avvo Top Contributor: This award is granted to attorneys who have significantly contributed to Avvo.com by answering questions in the Q&A forum, publishing legal guides, or other meaningful contributions to the Avvo community.

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  Avvo Client’s Choice: This award is granted to attorneys with at least 5 reviews with 4+ stars in a given year on Avvo.com.

Super Lawyers® Selections

Super Lawyers® Selections

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  Super Lawyers® is a rating service of outstanding lawyers who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The top 5% of lawyers in each state are selected using a patented selection process that includes independent research, peer nominations, and peer evaluations.

Martindale Peer Awards Client Champion Awards Avvo Awards Super Lawyers® Selections

Martindale Peer Awards

Martindale Peer awards recognize the legal ability and ethical standards of an attorney as affirmed by their peers. The awards require a minimum threshold of qualifying Martindale-Hubbell reviews from fellow attorneys.

• 

  AV Preeminent®: This elite award is granted to attorneys who have been recognized by their peers for their very high ethical standards, with an average peer review score of 4.5 or higher.

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  Distinguished: This award is granted to attorneys who have been recognized by their peers for very high ethical standards, with an average peer review score of 3.0 to 4.4.

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  Notable: This award is granted to attorneys who have been reviewed by their peers, with an average peer review score below 3.0.

Client Champion Awards

Client Champion awards recognize those attorneys who excel at service as affirmed by their clients. The awards, based on the quantity and quality of an attorney’s Martindale-Hubbell client reviews, demonstrate an ongoing commitment to delivering excellent client service.

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  Platinum: This award is granted to attorneys who have received at least 10 client reviews, and have an average review score of 4.5 or higher.

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  Gold: This award is granted to attorneys who have received at least 6 client reviews, and have an average review score of 4.2 or higher.

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  Silver: This award is granted to attorneys who have received at least 3 client reviews, and have an average review score of 4.0 or higher.

Avvo Awards

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  Avvo Top Contributor: This award is granted to attorneys who have significantly contributed to Avvo.com by answering questions in the Q&A forum, publishing legal guides, or other meaningful contributions to the Avvo community.

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  Avvo Client’s Choice: This award is granted to attorneys with at least 5 reviews with 4+ stars in a given year on Avvo.com.

Super Lawyers® Selections

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  Super Lawyers® is a rating service of outstanding lawyers who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The top 5% of lawyers in each state are selected using a patented selection process that includes independent research, peer nominations, and peer evaluations.

Gary L. Nickelson included in a Super Lawyers® list

Education

Current Employment Position(s)

• Partner, since 1973

Past Positions

• Texas Christian University, Adjunct Instructor of Business Law (2/3 time), 1976 - 2008

Classes and Seminars

• Course Director and Speaker, Mastering Your Practice: Family Law, February 7th – 9th, 2019
  
• Speaker and author, “The Lawyer’s Creed Litigation” Advanced Trial Skills for Family Law Lawyers, New Orleans, Louisiana, December 13th – 14th, 2018
  
• Speaker, 50/50 Possession, San Antonio, Texas Presented with Benjamin Albritton and David Farr 44th Annual Advance Family Law, August 13-16th, 2018
  
• Speaker, Omni Fort Worth Hotel, Fort Worth, Texas Presented State Bar Update, April 25th, 2018
  
• Speaker, 1st Annual Advanced Child Protection Law Course, Jury Charge Issues State Bar of Texas, Austin, Texas, April 20th, 2018
  
• Co-Course Director, Mastering Your Practice: Family Law & Estate Planning and Probate, September 14-15th Texas Bar CLE, Horseshoe Bay Resort, 2017
  
• Speaker and author, “Effective Advocacy in Discovery”, San Antonio, Texas Co-Authored with Chris Nickelson 43rd Annual Advance Family Law, August 7-10, 2017
  
• Speaker, Tarrant County Probate Bar Association, Petroleum Club Presented State Bar Update, 2017
  
• Speaker, NE TCBA Luncheon, Colleyville, Texas Presented State Bar Update, 2017
  
• Speaker, Arlington Bar Association, Arlington, Texas Presented State Bar Update, 2017
  
• Moderator of Judicial Panel, Eldon B. Mahon Inn of Court, Fort Worth, Texas May 16th, 2017, “Pepto Bismol Moments”, 2017
  
• Speaker, Marriage Dissolution April 20th – 21st, 2017, Austin, Presentation of Professionalism, 2017
  
• Course Director and Presenter Masters of Family Law, September 23rd-24th, 2016
  
• Presenter, Advanced Family Law August 1st-4th, 2016, Live Trial Demonstration “Temporary Orders”, 2016
  
• Speaker, Marriage Dissolution April 7th-8th, 2015 Galveston, Presentation of Matters of Family Law, 2016
  
• Speaker and author, “Pepto Bismol Moments Are Reduced to Writing” Co-Authored with Brian L. Webb and Brant M. Webb, 38th State Bar of Texas Advanced Family Law Drafting, Westin Galleria, Dallas, Texas, 2015
  
• Speaker, 20th Annual Course, New Frontiers in Marital Property Law, Texas Bar CLE, Denver, CO, 2015
  
• Course Director and Speaker, Matters of Family Law, September 25th-27th Texas Bar CLE, Horseshoe Bay, Texas, 2015
  
• Speaker, State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas “Effective Documents for Temporary Hearings”, 2015
  
• Speaker and author, “Pepto Bismol Moment: What to Do When You Mess Up and How to Save Yourself” Co-Authored with Brian L. Webb and Brant M. Webb, 38th Annual Marriage Dissolution Institute, Dallas, Texas, 2015
  
• Speaker, Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists, 31st Annual TAFLS Trial Institute, New Orleans, LA “Getting Out of the Eye of the Hurricane.”, 2015
  
• Speaker and author, “Effective Documents for the (Efficient) Time Limited Temporary Hearings Orders” Co-Authored with Norma A. Bazan Advanced Family Law Drafting, State Bar of Texas, Dallas, Texas, 2013
  
• Moderator, Making your SAPCR and Spousal Support Case – Temporary Orders (hearing demonstration), 2014
  
• Trial demonstration, Texas Academy of Family Law Specialist, 2014
  
• Webinar Presenter, “What’s Love (Death) Got To Do With It? –Premarital Agreements and Portability” State Bar of Texas, Austin, Texas, 2013
  
• Speaker and author, “Asset Investigation” at New Frontiers in Marital Property State Bar of Texas, Napa, California, 2013
  
• Speaker and author, “Preparing Clients for Custody Evaluation: A Call for Critical Examination” Co – Author with Dr. Johnathan W. Gould, Litigation and Settlement, Washington, D.C., 2013
  
• Speaker and author, “Daubert and the Mosaic of Child Custody Assessment,” AFCC Conference on Advanced Issues in Child Custody: Evaluation, Litigation and Settlement, Washington, D.C., 2013
  
• Moderator, Advanced Family Law Course, San Antonio, Texas, 2013
  
• Speaker and author, “Handling Your First Divorce Case,” Austin, Texas, 2013
  
• Speaker and author, Advanced Family Law, Houston, Texas; “Welcome to the Future: Child Custody Evaluations”, 2012
  
• Speaker and author, Advanced Family Law, “Predicates”, Houston, Texas, 2012
  
• Speaker and author, Innovations – Breaking Boundaries in Custody Litigation, “Trial Strategies”, Houston, Texas, 2012
  
• Speaker and author, Advanced Drafting, Dallas, Texas; “New legislation”, 2011
  
• Speaker and author, AAML/ AFCC, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; “What Lawyers Can Teach Mental Health Professionals”, 2011
  
• Speaker and author, Advanced Family Law, San Antonio, Texas; “Legislative Update”, 2011
  
• Speaker and author, Marriage Dissolution Institute, Austin, Texas; “Legislative Issues and Resources”, 2011
  
• Speaker and author, 36th Annual Advanced Family Law Course, San Antonio, Texas “The Art of Negotiation: How to get what you want while making the other side believe you have “given up the farm:””, 2010
  
• Speaker and author, state Bar of Texas Bar Convention, Fort Worth, Texas; “Practicing Family Law for Fun and Profit”, 2010
  
• Speaker and author, Marriage Dissolution Institute, San Antonio, Texas; “Finalizing the Deal: Rule 11 Agreements, Mediated Settlement Agreements and the Importance of Getting Orders Timely Signed”, 2010
  
• Speaker and author, 35th Advanced Family Law Course, Dallas, Texas “Equitable Remedies: Getting Out of Traps, messes and Other Problems”, 2009
  
• Speaker and author, 35th Advanced Family Law Course, Family Law Boot Camp, “Temporary Orders”, Dallas, Texas, 2009
  
• Speaker and author, 34th Advanced Family Law Course, San Antonio, Texas “Professionalism”, 2008
  
• Speaker and author, AICPA-AMML National Conference on Divorce “Maintaining the Chain of (Electronic)Evidence and Spoliation of (Electronic) Evidence”, Las Vegas, NV, 2008
  
• Speaker and author, Kentucky Bar Association, 11th Annual Family Law Seminar “Mediation: Be Prepared”, Louisville, KY, 2007
  
• Speaker and author, Northeast Tarrant County Bar Association, “Effective Preparation and Final Trail of a Suit Affecting the Parent Child Relationship”, 2007
  
• Speaker and author, 33rd Annual Advanced Family Law Course, “How to Get What You Got (In the Decree) Securing and Enforcing The Property Division”, San Antonio, Texas, 2007
  
• Speaker and author, Marriage Dissolution, “The Complex Case”, El Paso, Texas, 2007
  
• Speaker and author, 2007 Ely Family Law Conference, state Bar of Nevada “Temporary Orders and Witness Preparation” “Substance Abuse and Bad Facts in a Custody Case” “Preserving Error at Trial and Top Ten Mistakes at Trial”, 2007
  
• Speaker and author, Ultimate Trial Notebook, Family Law, “Exhibits”, New Orleans, LA, 2006
  
• Speaker and author, Advanced Family Law Seminar, “Hot Tip: Balanced Life”, San Antonio, Texas, 2006
  
• Speaker and author, Advanced Family Law Seminar, San Antonio, Texas “Effective Preparation and Presentation at the Final SAPCR Hearing”, 2006
  
• Speaker and author, South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association Seminar Hilton Head, South Carolina “Practicing Law for Fun and Profit”, 2006
  
• Speaker for Marriage Dissolution Seminar, Boot Camp, “Enhancing the Practice”, Austin, Texas, 2006
  
• Speaker, Family Law with Texas Stars – Pro Bono Seminar, Abilene, Texas “Handling the Custody Case on a Shoestring”, 2006
  
• Speaker and author for Advanced Family Law Drafting, “Using Outside Resources”, San Antonio, Texas, 2005
  
• Co-Moderator on a panel, Advanced Family Law Course, Dallas, Texas “Science and Law: What is Best for Children of Divorce?”, 2005
  
• Speaker and author for Advanced Family Law Course, Dallas, Texas “Handling the High Dollar Property Case on an Unlimited Budget”, 2005
  
• Speaker and author for Marriage Dissolution Seminar, Galveston, Texas “ABC’s of Trying the Simple or Complex Case”, 2005
  
• Chair and Moderator, Advanced Family Law Course, San Antonio, Texas Property Trial Demonstration, 2004
  
• Speaker and author, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, “Family Law for Fun and Profit”, Lahaina, HI, 2004
  
• Speaker and author for Advanced Family Law Drafting course, Austin, Texas “Relief is Just an Appeal Away: Drafting with Appeal”, 2003
  
• Speaker and author for Advanced Family Law Course, San Antonio, Texas “Family Law for Fun and Profit: Practical Tips for Avoiding Pitfalls, and Enjoying Success, Solvency and Sanity in the Practice of Family Law”, 2003
  
• Speaker and author for Marriage Dissolution Seminar, House Texas “Characterization and Tracing on a Budget”, 2003
  
• Speaker and author for Advanced Family Law Course, Dallas, Texas “Mediation: When is it Really Over?”, 2002
  
• Speaker and author for the 16th Annual Trial Institute, Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists, Cancun, Mexico, “Why Am I A Family Law Layers?”, 2002
  
• Speaker, New Frontiers in Marital Property Law, Santa Fe, NM “Developing Trial Strategies for the Complicated Property Case”, 2001
  
• Speaker, Advanced Family Law Course, San Antonio, Texas “Effective Use of Legal Assistants in a Family Law Practice”, 2001
  
• Speaker and author for Advanced Family Law Course, San Antonio, Texas “Principles of Characterization and Tracing”, 2001
  
• Speaker and author for Marriage Dissolution Seminar, Corpus Christi, Texas “Characterization Reimbursement and Tracing”, 2001
  
• Speaker and author, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, “The Basic Family Law Trial Manual, 2001”, Palm Springs, CA, 2001
  
• Speaker and author, Corpus Christi Bar Association 2001 Family Law Seminar “Temporary Orders”, 2001
  
• Speaker and author, The Ultimate Family Law Trial Notebook, “Temporary Orders”, New Orleans, LA, 2000
  
• Speaker and author, The Fort Worth Chapter TSCPA “Ethics and Privilege Consideration for CPA’s”, 2000
  
• Speaker and author for Marriage Dissolution Seminar, Fort Worth, Texas “Divorce 2000: Taking Care of Your Client and Yourself”, 2000
  
• Speaker and author, Amarillo Bar Association Spring Institute, “Practicing Law for Fun and Profit”, 2000
  
• Speaker, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Kohala, HI “Qualifying or Disqualifying the Psychological Expert Witness Using Daubert Principles”, 2000
  
• Speaker, New Frontiers in Marital Property Law, San Diego, CA “Defending Against Exotic Property Division Theories”, 1999
  
• Speaker for Advanced Family Law Course, Dallas Texas “Practicing Law for Fun and Profit”, 1999
  
• Speaker and author for Advanced Family Law Course, Dallas Texas “Characterization and Tracing”, 1999
  
• Speaker and author for Marriage Dissolution Seminar, San Antonio, Texas “The Family Lawyer’s Essential Tool Kit”, 1999
  
• Speaker and author for the 13th Annual Trial Institute, Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists, “Daubert Examination of a Valuation Expert” Las Vegas, NV, 1999
  
• Speaker and author, 1998 Wining Techniques Seminar, “Expecting the Unexpected”, Houston, Texas, 1998
  
• Speaker and author, 1998 Divorce Conference, Dallas, Texas “Daubert Schmaubert – What the Heck is Daubert?”, 1998
  
• Speaker, New Frontiers in Marital Property Law, Santa Fe, New Mexico “Entities and Divorce – Family Limited Partnerships, Business Organizations, Trusts”, 1998
  
• Speaker, Advanced Family Law Course, San Antonio, Texas “Family Law for Fun and Profit: Practical Tips for Avoiding Pitfalls and Enjoying Success, Solvency and Sanity in the Practice of Family Law”, 1998
  
• Speaker and author for Advanced Family Law Course, “Special Problems for Divorcing Professionals and Valuation of Professional Practices”, San Antonio, Texas, 1998
  
• Speaker and author for Marriage Dissolution Seminar “Daubert Issues (Questioning Reliability of the Methodology of Custody Expert, An Asset Valuation Expert, etc.; Motions and Procedures to Attack/Exclude; Defending Such Attacks on Methodology)”, Austin, Texas, 1998
  
• Speaker and author at the 1990 Meeting of the Council of Community Property States “Cohabitant Relationships and Community Property”, Las Vegas, NV, 1998
  
• Speaker and author for Family Law Art and Advocacy Law Course “Preparation of the Client as a Witness in Temporary Orders Hearing, Depositions and Trial”, Houston, Texas, 1997
  
• Speaker and author for New Frontiers in Marital Property Law, “The Characterization of Punitive Damages”, San Diego, CA, 1997
  
• Speaker and author for Advanced Family Law Course, “Handling a Custody Case Involving Allegations of Sexual Abuse”, San Antonio Texas, 1997
  
• Speaker and author for Marriage Dissolution Seminar, “Practicing Law for Fun and Profit”, Dallas Texas, 1997
  
• Speaker and author for American College of Family Trial Lawyers, “Cross Examination of a Mental Health Professional”, Laguna Nigel, CA, 1997
  
• Speaker and author for the Blackstone Seminar “Relocation: Where can Children Go After Divorce?”, Fort Worth, Texas, 1997
  
• Speaker and author for the Fort Worth Chapter, Texas Society of Certified Public Accounts, “An Overview of the Texas Divorce Process”, 1996
  
• Speaker, New Frontiers in Texas Marital Property Law “Dealing with Special Problems Attendant to Division of Closely Held Businesses”, San Diego, CA, 1996
  
• Speaker and author for Marriage Dissolution Seminar, “Sexual Abuse Allegations and Domestic Relation Proceedings: Practice Guidelines for Attorneys”, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1996
  
• Speaker and author for American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Mid-Winter Meeting, “Practicing Law for Fun and Profit: Practical Tips For Avoiding Pitfalls and Enjoying Success, Solvency and Sanity in the Practice of Family Law”, Koloa, Hawaii, 1996
  
• Speaker and author for the Tarrant County Family Bar Association “Defending Against Enforcement”, 1995
  
• Speaker and author for Advanced Family Law Drafting Course, “Defending Against Enforcement”, Austin, Texas, 1995
  
• Speaker and author for Advanced Family Law Course, “Practicing Law for Fun and Profit”, Dallas, Texas, 1995
  
• Speaker and author for Advanced Family Law Course “Temporary Orders”, Dallas, Texas, 1995
  
• Speaker and author for Marriage Dissolution Seminar, “Trying the Final Trial at the Temporary Hearing”, El Paso, Texas, 1995
  
• Speaker and author for N.E. Tarrant County Bar Association “Family Law Updates”, Fort Worth, Texas, 1995
  
• Speaker and author for Life Lawyering and Pursuit of Happiness Seminar Speaker on Ethics Panel, Galveston, Texas, 1995
  
• Speaker and author for Texas Legal Assistants Division- Family Law Seminar, “Obtaining Child Support Outside the Guidelines”, Dallas, Texas, 1995
  
• Speaker and author for Marriage Dissolution, “Special Child Support Problems (For Net Resources Below $6,000.00 per Month)” South Padre Island, Texas, 1994
  
• Speaker and author for State Bar of Texas, Marriage Dissolution Seminar, “Interesting Cases”, Fort Worth, Texas, 1993
  
• Speaker and author for West Texas Legal Services Family Law Seminar, “The Proper Use of Forms and Form Book”, 1993
  
• Speaker and author for Parker County Bar Association Family Law Seminar, “Interesting Cases”, Weatherford, Texas, 1993
  
• Speaker and author for Tarrant County Lawyers Against Domestic Violence “Drafting of a Protective Order”, Fort Worth, Texas, 1992
  
• Speaker and author for National Business Institute, “Custody and Visitation” Fort Worth, Texas, 1992
  
• Speaker and author for seminars entitled “Family Law” sponsored by Parker County Bar Association, 1992
  
• Presentation to Parker County Bar Association on Protective and Temporary Orders, 1991
  
• Speeches to Fort Worth Chapter Texas Society of CPA’s regarding the legal Requirements of a small business, 1990

Pro Bono Activities

• Texas Family Law Foundation, President, 2010 - 2012
• Texas Family Law Foundation, Life Member, 1999 - Present

Published Works

Articles

• New Legislation, Advanced Drafting, Dallas, TX, 2011
  
• What Lawyers Can Teach Mental Health Professionals, AAML/AFCC, Philadelphia, PA, 2011
  
• Legislative Update, Advanced Family Law, San Antonio, TX, 2011
  
• Legislative Issues and Resources, Marriage Dissolution Institute, Austin, TX, 2011
  
• The Art of Negotiation: How to get what you want while making the other side believe you have 'given up the farm', 36th Annual Advanced Family Law Course, San Antonio, TX, 2010
  
• Practicing Family Law for Fun and Profit, State Bar of Texas Bar Convention, Fort Worth, TX, 2010
• Finalizing the Deal: Rule 11 Agreements, Mediated Settlement Agreements and the Importance of Getting Orders Timely Signed, Marriage Dissolution Institute, San Antonio, TX, 2010
• Equitable Remedies: Getting Out of Traps, Messes, and Other Problems, 35th Advanced Family Law Course, Dallas, TX, 2009
• Temporary Orders, 35th Advanced Family Law Course, Family Law Boot Camp, Dallas, TX, 2009
• Professionalism, 34th Advanced Family Law Course, San Antonio, TX, 2008
• Maintaining the Chain of (Electronic) Evidence and Spoliation of (Electronic) Evidence, AICPA-AAML National conference on Divorce, Las Vegas, NV, 2008
• Mediation: Be Prepared, Kentucky Bar Association, 11th Annual Family Law Seminar, Louisville, KY, 2008
• Effective Preparation and Final Trial of a Suit Affecting the Parent Child Relationship, Northeast Tarrant County Bar Association, 2007
• How To Get What You Got (In The Decree) Securing and Enforcing The Property Division, 33rd Annual Advanced Family Law Course, San Antonio, TX, 2007
• The Complex Case, Marriage Dissolution, El Paso, TX, 2007
• Temporary Orders and Witness Preparation Substance Abuse and Bad Facts in a Custody Case Preserving Error at Trial and Top Ten Mistakes at Trial, Ely Family Law Conference, State Bar of Nevada, 2007
• Exhibits, Ultimate Trial Notebook, Family Law, New Orleans, LA, 2006
• Hot Tip: Balanced Life, Advanced Family Law Seminar, San Antonio, TX, 2006
• Effective Preparation and Presentation at the Final SAPCR Hearing, Advanced Family Law Seminar, San Antonio, TX, 2006
• Practicing Law for Fun and Profit, South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association Seminar, Hilton Head, SC, 2006
• Editor of Family Law Forum, 1994-1997

Bar Admissions

• Texas, 1972

Specialties and Certifications

• Family Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 1984

Other Affiliations

• American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, 2001 - 2006 (Vice-President)
• Matrimonial Lawyers Network, 2002 - Present (Member)
• International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, 1998 - Present (Member)
• American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Texas Chapter, 1996 - 1997 (Secretary)
• American College of Family Trial Lawyers, 1995 - Present (Diplomat)
• Family Law Golf Association, 1993 - Present (Co-Founder and Chairman)
• State Bar of Texas, Family Law Section, 1992 - Present (Family Law Council)
• Texas Supreme Court, 1991 - 1994 (Child Support/Visitation Guidelines Committee)
• Parker County Bar Association, 1991 - Present
• College of the State Bar of Texas, 1988 - Present
• American Bar Association, 1988 - Present
• Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists, 1984 - Present
• North Texas Family Law Specialists Association, 1984 - Present
• Tarrant County Family Law Bar Association, 1980 - Present
• Tarrant County Bar Association, 1973 - Present
• State Bar of Texas, 1972 - Present
• State Bar of Texas, Board of Directors, 2015 - 2018 (Elected Director– Region 7-A)
• State Bar of Texas, Board of Directors, 2013-2015 (Section Representative)
• State Bar of Texas, 1996-1998 (Chairman of the District 7A Professional Enhancement Program)
• State Bar of Texas, Grievance Committee, 1994 - 1998 (Member)
• Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists, 2000-2001 (President)
• Tarrant County Family Law Bar Association, 1993 (President)
• State Bar of Texas, Family Law Council of the Family Law Section, 2001 - 2002 (Chair)
• State Bar of Texas, Family Law Council of the Family Law Section, 1992-2003
• American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Texas Chapter, 1999-2000 (President)
• American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, National, 2008-2009 (President)
• American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Since 1992 (Fellow)
• State Bar of Texas, Family Law Practice Manual Revision Committee, 1991-1997
• Co-Course Director of the Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists, 9th Annual Trial Institute, New Orleans, LA, 1995
• Course Director Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists, 10th Annual Trial Institute, New Orleans, LA, 1996