Honors and Awards:

• National Moot Court and Mock Trial Teams
• Order of the Barristers
• Associate Editor, Texas Law Review

Special Licenses/Certifications:

• Board Certified, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, Family Law;  Board Certified, Texas Board of Legal Specializaton, Civil Trial

Bar/Professional Activity:

• Pattern Jury Charge Committee, Family Law Section
• Houston Bar Foundation Fellow
• Family Law Section of the Houston Bar and Texas Bar Associations
• Texas State Bar, 1984
• Gulf Coast Family Law Specialists, 2009
• Elected to the International Association of Matrimonial Lawyers, 2011

Pro bono/Community Service:

• Advisory Board Member, Houston Urban Debate League
• Founding Member of the Center for Women in Law, University of Texas School of Law, 2011

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• Enforcement By Contempt of Custody and Visitation Orders, 2000 and 2001, NBI seminar speaker and author
• Trial Issues in Custody Cases, 2000 and 2001, NBI seminar speaker and author, NBI
• Divorce by the Numbers: Tracing, Valuation and Tax Questions, paper prepared for and presented at: CPE Seminar, 2009, Houston, Texas
• Federal and International Law Governing Parental Rights and Responsibilities, NBI, 2001
• Family Law Evidence, South Texas Ciollege of Law Family Law Seminar for the General Practitioner, 2005
• Property Division in a Texas Divorce:  Getting Your Fair Share, Taking Control Seminar, 2009
• American Jurisprudence supports the notion that a partnership may be created 1) without documentation; 2) without associating it with the name “partnership;” and 3) without even the intent of the parties to the partnership to create a partnership entity.    In other words, regardless of the paperwork, the name or whether the parties involved intended to have a partnership, a partnership may nevertheless come into existence on a de facto basis. Family law practitioners and their experts may apply partnership law and theory to  access property and property values that otherwise appear to be beyond the jurisdiction of the court and outside the parameters of the property to be divided between the parties to the case., Speaker and Author, CLAIM OF DE FACTO PARTNERSHIP IN A DIVORCE PROCEEDING , AAML/AICPA National Conference on Financial Issues in Divorce, Divorce Attorneys And CPA's, 2010

Other Outstanding Achievements:

• She represented the University of Texas School of Law as a member of its National Moot Court Team and National Mock Trial Team.
• Associate Editor, Texas Law Review, University of Texas

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Educational Background:

• BA, Baylor University, 1981