This is my favorite quote about life and I apply it to my work as a lawyer:

As a lawyer, I solve problems in Texas Courts … often, problems not solved by other lawyers.

I’m a family lawyer because I love family law — it’s broad, deep, exciting and often complicated.  It’s high-stakes in a highly personal way.  There’s no wealth to shift from an insurance company to an accident victim, or from a corporation to an injured worker, etc.

It’s about mom, dad, their baby and their tomorrows: their paths, together.

That motivates me because, in my opinion, parent-child relationships entail spiritual lessons for us at the soul level.  We are spirit beings involved in human struggles which shape/instruct our souls.

The most rewarding experiences in my career have come from helping parents to protect their kids.  I’ve been a divorcing Dad with a very young daughter (who is still my heart and soul, 17 years later).  So I sympathize with the Mom or Dad who simply seeks to secure that eternal bond.

My role is to work harder and smarter than any other lawyer on your behalf.  Advocacy is what I prefer. Working for you is what makes me want to come to work every day.

I Solve Problems

I enjoy solving problems because I grow in that process.  There are always mutual lessons for each of us in the journeys we share.   It’s my job to give you good counsel along the way.   As my client, you come to me for a reason, and I treat our relationship with the dignity inherent in the mystery of why we choose certain friends, teachers and counselors.

We find one another for a reason.

I’m nothing special.  But I do love my work, jealous mistress that she is.   I also remember that I come from good stock — we work in my family.  But (if you’re interested) I am the first lawyer, judge and would-be polico in my own family and I’m grateful to have been spoiled with those opportunities.

I want to give back … and help as much as I can.

I love the diversity of my clientele and the lessons you teach me along the way.  If there’s a journey for us to share, then let’s get going.

How I Practice Law

I focus on people. The product I produce is your future, informed by the experience of your past choices.  I work to deliver the highest quality legal counsel in a professional, approachable and common sense manner.  I like to win and tend to do so.

You’ll have my personal cell phone number and we’ll talk and text at will.  You’ll find that I return calls, texts and email promptly.  We’ll get to know each other well, which makes direct, honest communication (counsel) more likely.

But I prefer the cases in which a client is somehow ‘stuck‘ or, honestly, has their ‘ass in a crack‘ (so to speak).  Maybe, you’re at your wits end.  I look for real, viable stakes — problems and puzzles.  I want your case to make me think, contemplate and ask lots of questions.  So I rarely handle ‘routine‘ anything.

Your case will keep us both awake at night, anyway.  Let’s make sure that our lost sleep and our episodic anxiety and fears are a worthy price.

If you have a simple case, I probably won’t take it, but I probably know someone who can help.