- Family Law
- South Texas College of Law, Houston, Texas, Juris Doctor, 2005
- Licensed to practice law in the State of Texas since 2005; awarded Dean’s Honors Scholarship; Pro Bono Honors Program Certificate; and competed in numerous moot court tournaments.
- The University of Texas at Austin, Bachelor of Arts, History, 2002
- Libera Arts Honors Program
- Marital Property and Homestead Reporter, Real Estate, Probate, and Trust Litigation
- (“REPTL”) Section of the State Bar of Texas, 2018-Present
- Board of Directors, Family Law Section of the Houston Bar Association, 2017-2020
- Outstanding Legal Article Award, Houston Bar Foundation, 2017
- Individual Award, Harris County Pro Bono Bench Bar Conference, 2017
- Outstanding Team Presentation, Burta Rhoads Family Law Raborn American Inn of Court, 2015
- Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation (2014-Present) and Houston Bar Foundation (2018-Present)
Co-Presenter/Co-Author, “Over the Obergefell Rainbow: A Pot of Gold, a Minefield, or a Bit of Both?” Gulf Coast Family Law Specialists, May 2021
Co-Author, “Obtaining and Using Substance Abuse Records,” Innovations: Breaking Boundaries in Custody Litigation, AAML and State Bar of Texas CLE, January 2020
Co-Author, “Same-Sex Marriage Issues,” The REPTL Reporter, Volume 57, No. 2, May 2019
Co-Presenter/Co-Author, “Taking Care of Business: Entities, Divorce, and Claims Outside the Family Code,” Gulf Coast Family Law Specialists, April 2019
Co-Presenter/Co-Author, “A Not-So-Sexy Discussion About Civility,” Burta Rhoads Raborn Family Law American Inn of Court, October 2018
Co-Author, “Same Sex Marriage Issues,” 41st Annual Marriage Dissolution Institute, April 2018
Author, “Arguments for and Against the Retroactive Application of Obergefell in Texas,” Texas Bar College 19th Annual Summer School, July 2017
Co-Author, “Arguments for and Against the Retroactive Application of Obergefell in Texas,”
Houston Lawyer Magazine (official magazine of the Houston Bar Association and winner of Houston Bar Foundation’s Outstanding Article Award), January/February 2017
Co-Presenter/Co-Author, “Deposition Disaster: The Do’s and Don’ts of Professionalism,” Burta Rhoads Raborn Family Law American Inn of Court, February 2017
Co-Presenter/Author, “Real Property and Housewives of Harris County,”, Family Law Section of the Houston Bar Association, hosted by the Petroleum Club, September 2016
Presenter, “How to Handle a Family Law Case,” Norton Rose Fulbright LLP (training for new Associates), October 2015
Presenter, “Nuts and Bolts of Handling a Divorce,” Houston Volunteer Lawyers, hosted by Beirne, Maynard & Parsons, LLP, May 2015
Co-Presenter/Co-Author, “Social Media in the Courtroom,” Burta Rhoads Family Law Raborn
American Inn of Court, April 2015 Meeting (Awarded Best Team Presentation for 2015)
Presenter, “How To Handle a Family Law Case,” Norton Rose Fulbright, LLP (training for new Associates), October 2014
Presenter, “Nuts and Bolts of Handling a Divorce,” LyondellBassell (family law training for in-house corporate counsel), October 2014
Presenter, “Nuts and Bolts of Handling a Divorce,” Houston Volunteer Lawyers, hosted by Beirne, Maynard & Parsons, LLP, September 2014
Co-Presenter, “Tort Issues in Family Law,” Houston Bar Association Seminar, April 2014
Presenter/Author, “This Old House: Home Valuation Issues in Divorce Litigation,” 28th Annual Family Law Conference, South Texas College of Law, March 2014
Presenter/Author, “Dirt and Divorce: There’s No Place Like Texas,” Houston Bar Association Seminar, hosted by the Junior League of Houston, January 2014
Co-Presenter/Co-Author, “Practicing Before the Texas Supreme Court,” Burta Rhoads Raborn Family Law American Inn of Court, October 2013