Betsy Branch - Rockwall, TX

Overview

Awards and Honors

Education

• Legal Education

  • Mississippi College School of Law, Jackson, Mississippi, 1990
    J.D.
    Law Review: Law Review

• Non Legal Education

  • University of Texas at Austin , 1978
  • Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas, 1987
    B.A.

Current Employment Position(s)

• Owner/Principal

Past Positions

• McCurley, Orsinger, McCurley, Nelson & Downing, L.L.P., Partner, 2004 - 2012
• Office of the Attorney General of Texas Child Support Litigation Division - Assistant Attorney General, 2000 - 2004
• Bexar County District Attorney Family Violence Unit Assistant District Attorney, 1999 - 2000
• Guadalupe County Attorney Assistant County Attorney, 1993 - 1999
• Schertz and Seguin, Texas, Private Practitioner, 1990 - 1999

Languages

• English

• Spanish

Classes and Seminars

• Making Sense of Child Support: Crunchong numbers, Filling out Forms Half Moon Seminars - May 11, 2007 - Arlington, TX
  
• Enforcing and Modifying Family Law Orders and Decrees Half Moon Seminars - February 8, 2008 - Arlington, TX
  
• Getting a head start: Statutory Presumptions in the Family Code Marriage Dissolution Seminar 2009 Fort Worth, TX
  
• Attorneys Ad Litem, Amicus Attorneys and Guardians Ad Litem: Representing the very young Infant Mental Health Advocacy Conference - January 8-9, 2010 - Dallas, TX
  
• Obtaining Financial information Half Moon Seminars - February 5, 2010 - Arlington, TX

Pro Bono Activities

• Texas Pediatric Society Foundation Board, 2016 - 2017

Representative Cases

• Ortega v. State, 974 S.W.2d 361 (Tex.App.-San Antonio, 1998)

Published Works

Articles

• Making a Silk Purse out of a Sow's Ear: Making the best of LLCS, LLPS, FLPS AND TRUSTS New Frontiers In Marital Property Law - October 2004 - Colorado Springs, CO (co-authored)
  
• The Ultimate Trial Notebook 2004: Family Law - Expert Witnesses
  
• Protecting Children from Incompetent Forensic Evaluations and Expert Testimony (2005) 19 J. AM. ACAD. MATRIM. LAW 277 (edited)
  
• Be Careful what you ask for, you may get it: Common Senses Discovery Requests and Responses; Advanced Family Law - August 2006 - San Antonio, TX (co-authored)
  
• Making Summary Judgement Relevant Again Advanced Family Law - August 2007 - San Antonio, TX (co-authored)
  
• Family Law Year in Review, 72 Texas Bar Journal 98 (February 2009)
• The family law jury trial Advanced Family Law - August 2009- Dallas, TX (co-authored)
• When two worlds collide: Pediatrics and Family law Pediatric Society of Greater Dallas - November 3, 2009 - Dallas, TX
• The Art of Persuasive Speaking Advanced Family Law - August 2010 - San Antonio, TX (co-authored)

Specialties and Certifications

• Board Certified in Family Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, since December 2006
• Certified in Alternate Dispute Resolution and Family Law Mediation, since April 2015

Other Affiliations

• Rockwall County Bar Association, 2012 - 2017
• State Bar of Texas, 1990 - 2017
• Family Law Section of the State Bar of Texas, 1991 - 2017
• Annette Stewart Inns of Court, Barrister, 2004 - 2017 (Barrister)
• Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists, 2006 - 2017
• Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 2006 - 2017
• Rockwall County Bar Association Bar Board, 2016 - 2017
• Women in Need Advisory Board, 2017