Cindy Diggs - Houston, TX

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • The University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas, 1984
    J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
    Honors: Order of Barristers, Member
    Honors: National Moot Court Team, Member
    Honors: National Mock Trial Team, Member
    Honors: Advisory Board of the Houston Urban Debate League, Founding member
    Law Review: The Texas Law Review, Associate Editor

• Non Legal Education

  • Baylor University, Waco, Texas, 1981
    B.A., Bachelor of Arts
    Honors: With Honors

Current Employment Position(s)

• Founder

Classes and Seminars

• Speaker, The Breast Cancer Symposium of the Health Law Section and Women and the Law Sections of the 2013 Annual Texas Bar Association Meeting. Dallas, Texas. June, 2013
  
• Preserving Evidentiary Error in Family Cases, paper prepared for and presented at the NBI seminar, November 2012
  
• Divorce by the Numbers: Tracing, Valuation and Tax Questions, paper prepared for and presented at: CPE Seminar, 2009, Houston, Texas
  
• Family Law Evidence, paper prepared for and presented at: Family Law Conference: February 3-4 2005, South Texas College of Law
  
• Speaker, Trial Issues in Custody Cases, 2000 and 2001, NBI seminar
  
• Speaker, Federal and International Law Governing Parental Rights & Responsibilities, 2000 and 2001, NBI seminar
  
• Speaker, Enforcement By Contempt of Custody and Visitation Orders, 2000 and 2001, NBI seminar

Published Works

Articles

• Author, Trial Issues in Custody Cases, 2000 and 2001
  
• Author, Federal and International Law Governing Parental Rights & Responsibilities, 2000 and 2001
  
• Author, Enforcement By Contempt of Custody and Visitation Orders, 2000 and 2001
  
• Author, Do I Need a Prenuptial Agreement, Article
  
• Author, Visitation for Children Under Three, Article
  
• Author, Standard Visitation, Article
• Author, Winter Holiday Visitation, Article
• Author, Divorce and the Holidays, Article

Bar Admissions

• Texas, 1984
• U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit, 1985
• U.S. Federal Courts, 1984

Specialties and Certifications

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

Other Affiliations

• Texas Bar Association (Member)
• American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), 2012 - Present (Member)
• National Board of ABOTA, 2016 - Present
• International Academy of Family Lawyers (Member)
• IAFL's National Board, August 1, 2017 - Present (Board member)
• Houston Bar Association (Member)
• Gulf Coast Family Law Specialists (Member)
• Texas Association of Civil Trial and Appellate Specialists (Member)
• State Bar of Texas, Family Law Section (Member)
• Houston Bar Association, Family Law Section (Member)
• Gulf Coast Family Law Specialists, Family Law Section (Member)
• Texas Association of Civil Trial (Member)
• Appellate Specialists (Member)
• Texas Association of Family Law Specialists (TAFLS) (Member)
• Pattern Jury Charge Committee, Family Law, State Bar of Texas, 2001 - 2002
• Association of Women Attorneys in Houston (Past-president)