Credentials

• More than 25 years of experience as a lawyer

• Board Certified in Family Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, since 2009

• Juris Doctor, St. Mary’s University School of Law, San Antonio, Texas, 1996

• Bachelor of Arts, Magna Cum Laude, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas, 1993

• Admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Texas since 1996

• Admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas since 1997

• Admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit, since 1996

 Recognition

• Best Lawyers in America, Family Law, 2018-2023, Best Lawyers, LLC

• Texas Super Lawyers, Thomson Reuters, Legal Division, 2013 - 2021

• Top 50 Central and West Texas Lawyers, Texas Super Lawyers, 2021, Thomson Reuters

• San Antonio’s Top Attorneys, S.A. Scene Magazine, 2007 – 2010, 2012 – 2014

• Texas Rising Stars, Thomson Reuters, Legal Division, 2008 – 2010

• Outstanding Young Lawyer of the Year, Women’s Bar Association of Bexar County, 2003

 Publications

Law Review Articles

• The San Antonio Pro Se Assistance Program, Texas Bar Journal, October 2000

Continuing Legal Education

• Surviving Presiding Court in Bexar County, Texas, presented to St. Mary’s University School of Law Students 

• Trying a Custody Case on a Shoestring Budget, presented to St. Mary’s University School of Law Students

• The Anatomy of a Civil Trial, presented to St. Mary’s University School of Law Students 

• Presenter, Reconciling the Interdisciplinary Model with the Texas Lawyer’s Creed, Kids First, Parents Second, September 25, 2015

• Corpus Christi Bar Association Annual CLE, October, 2009 

• Understanding Real Value, Advanced Family Law Course, 2008

• Using Summary Judgments in Family Law, Advanced Family Law Course, 2006

• Presenter, CLE Lunches 2002–2004

• Here Comes Grandma and She is One Tough Customer, Judicial Section Annual Conference, 2002

• Speaker, National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, 2002

• She is a Minor. She is Pregnant. She Doesn’t Want to Tell Her Parents, Judicial Section Annual Conference, 2002

• Speaker: 2001 and 2002 Judicial Section Annual Conference

• Speaker, Judicial Section Annual Conference, 2001

• Texas Post Adoption Professionals Annual Meeting, 2000-2005

• State Bar Leaders Seminar, 2000

• Advanced Family Law Seminar, 2000

• Getting Through a Jane Doe Application from Beginning to End: The Parental By-Pass Notification Act, Judicial Seminar , 2000

• When Your Opponent Has a Fool for a Client: Facing the Pro Se Party, Judicial Seminar , 2000

• Texas Wills & Estates Seminar, 1997

Board Membership and Professional Activities

• President, San Antonio Family Lawyers Association (2021-2022)

• Member, College of the State Bar of Texas (since 2001)

• Member, San Antonio Bar Foundation (since 2004)

• Speaker, Texas Association of Court Administrators (2010 – 2011)

• Course Director, Extreme Family Law Makeover (2008 – 2010)

• Sergeant at Arms, San Antonio Bar Association, Family Law Section (2009 – 2010)

• Member, Texas Association of Family Law Specialists (2010)

• Member, San Antonio Family Lawyers Association (2010)

• Board Member, Bexar County Women’s Bar Association (2004 – 2008)

• Board Member, San Antonio Bar Association, Family Law Section (2006 – 2008)

• Board Member, CASA of San Antonio (2001 – 2006)

• Chair, Judicial Liaisons, Bexar County Women’s Bar Association (2002 – 2005)

• Volunteers Chair, Bexar County Women's Bar Association Bench Brunch (2003 – 2005)