Practice Areas
Family Law
Selected To
• Texas Super Lawyers 2010
• Texas Super Lawyers 2009
• Texas Super Lawyers 2008
• Texas Super Lawyers 2005
• Texas Super Lawyers 2004
• Texas Super Lawyers 2003
At the law firm of Laurence A. DePlaza, PC, in Plano, Texas, clients find a family law attorney with 20 years of experience in handling complex legal issues. Mr. DePlaza's practice is focused on finding positive resolutions to the difficult problems that can arise during the dissolution of a marriage. He regularly handles cases divorce cases involving significant disputes over child custody, visitation rights, the division of family business assets and other issues.
Rated as an AV Preeminent* attorney, Mr. DePlaza also holds a board certification in family law from the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. He uses his education, skills and energy to provide strong and strategic representation for his clients throughout Dallas and the surrounding areas.
Mr. DePlaza earned his law degree from the University of Florida College of Law in 1986. Since then, he has been a member of multiple legal associations, including serving as co-director of the Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists Trial Institute in both San Antonio, Texas, and in Las Vegas, Nevada. He has also been honored as a fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.
*AV Preeminent and BV Distinguished are certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the bar and the Judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings fall into two categories - legal ability and general ethical standards.
Law School: University of Florida Levin College of Law
Admitted: 1987, Texas
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