Honors and Awards:

• Best Lawyers in America (Collaborative Law), Best Lawyers
• Best Lawyers in America (Collaborative Law - Family Law), Best Lawyers
• "AV" rated attorney, Martindale Hubbell
• Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers, Martindale Hubbell, 2005
• Top 50 Women Lawyers, Texas Super Lawyer, 2005
• Top 50 Women Lawyers, Texas Super Lawyer, 2006
• Top 100 Texas Lawyers (Dallas-For Worth Region), Texas Super Lawyers, 2006
• Bar Register of Preeminent Law Firms, Martindale Hubbell, 2006
• Best Lawyer in Dallas, D Magazine, 2007
• Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers, Martindale Hubbell, 2007
• Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers, Martindale Hubbell, 2008
• Best Lawyer in Dallas, D Magazine, 2008
• Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers, Martindale Hubbell, 2009
• Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers, Martindale Hubbell, 2010
• Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers, Martindale Hubbell, 2011

Special Licenses/Certifications:

• Board Certified in Family Law - Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 1988

Bar/Professional Activity:

• Member of The Collaborative Alliance
• Member of the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals
• Member and past Trustee of the Board (2006-2007) of the Collaborative Law Institute of Texas
• Past Volunteer Associate Judge for Dallas County Family Law Courts
• Member of the District 6 Grievance Committee (1995 - 2001)

Pro bono/Community Service:

• Participant in Dallas Alliance of Collaborative Law Professionals Dallas County Pro Bono Project

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• I have spoken on many occasions to professional organizations, and at various family law seminars to other family law practitioners on various substantive family law and collaborative law topics.  Please contact me directly for detailed information.

Verdicts and Settlements:

• The vast majority of my clients resolve their family law issues by settlement or confidentially in the the collaborative law process and prefer that their settlements be kept confidential.

Representative Clients:

• I represent a wide variety of clients from various backgrounds, including homemakers, professional men and women, business owners, professional athletes, and grandparents

Educational Background:

• B.A., University of Minnesota (Phi Beta Kappa), 1980