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140 Texas attorneys certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in Child Welfare Law.
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140 attorneys certified in Child Welfare Law
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Cleburn Don Taylor
RETIRE JUDGE SITTING BY ASSIGNMENT
· 55 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No disciplinePracticing remotely
William B. Connolly
CONNOLLY & SHIREMAN LLP
Houston, Harris County · 46 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Rhonda F. Hunter
MEDIATOR/TRIAL AND JURY CONSULTANT
Dallas, Dallas County · 45 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Morton V. Rucker
SENIOR DISTRICT JUDGE
Midland, Midland County · 45 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Karen Jean Langsley
LANGSLEY MILLS LAW, LLC
Denver · 42 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No disciplinePracticing remotely
Elisa Maloff Reiter
CALABRESE BUDNER, LLP
Dallas, Dallas County · 41 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Betsy Figer Lambeth
JUDGE, 425TH DISTRICT COURT
Georgetown, Williamson County · 40 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Robin O. Dettmer
TARRANT COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFIC
Fort Worth, Tarrant County · 40 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
John Edward Neill
JUDGE-JOHNSON COUNTY COURT AT LAW 1
Burleson, Johnson County · 39 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Faye Gordon
LAW OFFICE OF FAYE GORDON
Angleton, Brazoria County · 37 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Jeffery Randall Shelton
279TH DISTRICT COURT
Beaumont, Jefferson County · 36 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Sheelah M. Wooten
HARRIS COUNTY ATTORNEY
Houston, Harris County · 36 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Andrea Lopes James
ASSOCIATE JUDGE - 2ND REGION CHILD PROTE
Bryan, Brazos County · 35 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Tracy A. Gilbert
418TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT
Conroe, Montgomery County · 34 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Eileen Marie Gaffney
HARRIS COUNTY DISTRICT COURTS
Houston, Harris County · 33 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law⚠ Prior discipline
Tiffany L. Haertling
442ND DISTRICT COURT
Denton, Denton County · 32 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Kathleene Dennise Garcia
5TH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEALS
Dallas, Dallas County · 32 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Cheryl Brewer Vaughan
OFFICE OF COURT ADMINISTRATION
Gainesville, Cooke County · 31 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Mark Gregory Briggs
BRIGGS & ASSOCIATES PC
El Paso, El Paso County · 31 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
David D. Farr
FARR MEDIATION SERVICES
Bellaire, Harris County · 31 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Tracy Lynn Harting
WILLIAMSON COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE - FA
Georgetown, Williamson County · 31 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Amy Alline Luhrs
IV-D ASSOCIATE JUDGE
San Angelo, Tom Green County · 31 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Patrick Allen Wright
THE WRIGHT FIRM, L.L.P.
Flower Mound, Denton County · 31 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
John Terrence Eck
TARRANT COUNTY CHILD PROTECTION COURT NO
Fort Worth, Tarrant County · 31 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Michelle Finger Cantoni
MICHELLE FINGER CANTONI, ATTORNEY AT LAW
Conroe, Montgomery County · 31 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Lori Kathleen Duke
CHILDREN'S RIGHTS CLINIC
Austin, Travis County · 30 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Leslie Lenore Strauch
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF LAW CHILDR
Austin, Travis County · 30 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Kaye Martin Alderman
LAW OFFICE OF KAYE M. ALDERMAN
Lufkin, Angelina County · 30 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Emily Miller
EMILY MILLER, ATTORNEY & MEDIATOR, P.C.
Brownwood, Brown County · 29 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Heather Martin Hughes
LAW OF OFFICE HEATHER M HUGHES
Houston, Harris County · 29 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Tammy Simien Moon
SCHLANGER SILVER
Houston, Harris County · 29 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Bobbie Young
THE LAW OFFICE OF BOBBIE YOUNG, RN, JD,
Houston, Harris County · 29 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Cristi M. Trusler
TRUSLER LEGAL PLLC
W Lake Hills, Travis County · 29 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Margaret Cecilia Hellrung
DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERV
San Antonio, Bexar County · 29 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Anna Maria Ford
SJRC TEXAS / BELONG
Bulverde, Comal County · 28 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
R. Charles Griffin
OFFICE OF COURT ADMINISTRATION
Houston, Harris County · 28 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Natalie Denise Bennett
NATALIE WALLACE BENNETT P.C.
Burnet, Burnet County · 28 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Stephani Lynn Logue
NORTH TEXAS CHILD PROTECTION COURT
Wichita Falls, Wichita County · 28 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Stefanie Lynn Adams
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIV
Beaumont, Jefferson County · 27 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Stephanie J. Proffitt
PROFFITT FAMILY LAW, P.C.
Houston, Harris County · 27 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Katherine Noelle Argabright
BEXAR COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
San Antonio, Bexar County · 27 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Ellen Griffith
ASSOCIATE JUDGE, CHILD PROTECTION COURT
Midland, Midland County · 27 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Robert Galvin
ROB GALVIN, P.C.
Austin, Travis County · 26 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Derek C. Hampton
LAW OFFICE OF DEREK C. HAMPTON
Abilene, Taylor County · 26 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Chad Dwayne Bradshaw
300TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, BRAZORIA
Angleton, Brazoria County · 26 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Lynn Marie Lecropane
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Round Rock, Williamson County · 26 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Nadine Almarie Davis Orrell
LAW OFFICE OF NADINE ORRELL, PLLC
Austin, Travis County · 26 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Amy Marie Tucker
COUNTY COURT AT LAW NUMBER THREE
Conroe, Montgomery County · 25 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Brenda Liz Kinsler
TEXAS CHILDREN'S COMMISSION
Austin, Travis County · 25 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Whitney Mccormick Clotfelter
JOHNSON COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
Cleburne, Johnson County · 25 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Jennifer James Robin
410TH DISTRICT COURT
Conroe, Montgomery County · 25 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Dennis Marston Slate
SLATE & ASSOCIATES ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Houston, Harris County · 25 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Elizabeth Christine Watkins
ASSOCIATE JUDGE, CHILD PROTECTION COURT
San Angelo, Tom Green County · 25 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Alma Rivera Benavides
LAW OFFICE OF ALMA R. BENAVIDES
Plano, Collin County · 24 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Krista Balekian Hayes
BALEKIAN HAYES, PLLC
Dallas, Dallas County · 24 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Christine Rosetta Thrash
LAW OFFICE OF CHRISTINE R. THRASH, PLLC
Houston, Harris County · 24 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Derbha Ann Houston Jones
JUDGE OF 467TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT
Denton, Denton County · 24 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Stacey Michele Mansker Auvenshine
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
Atlanta · 23 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No disciplinePracticing remotely
Cynthia Elaine Palmer
DENTON COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY OFFICE
Denton, Denton County · 23 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Charity K Pontow Borserine
BORSERINE LAW
Allen, Collin County · 23 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Kathleen M Drummond
TRAVIS COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
Austin, Travis County · 23 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Alicia Franklin York
FRANKLIN YORK MEDIATIONS
Houston, Harris County · 22 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Lucinda Garcia Valdez
SJRC TEXAS/BELONG
San Antonio, Bexar County · 22 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Jolei Ann Bayard Shipley
SMITH SHIPLEY LAW, L.L.P.
Beaumont, Jefferson County · 22 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Eric Tek Tai
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIV
Austin, Travis County · 22 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Mauro Valdez
BEXAR COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY
San Antonio, Bexar County · 22 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Dylan Spencer Moench
TRAVIS COUNTY OFFICE OF CHILD REPRESENTA
Austin, Travis County · 22 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Janet Rene Gilger-Vanderzanden
OFFICE OF PARENTAL REPRESENTATION
Austin, Travis County · 22 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Mary Alison Gutierrez
EL PASO COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
El Paso, El Paso County · 21 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Tamika Lashun Jones Abendroth
DALLAS COUNTY
Dallas, Dallas County · 21 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
James Douglas Saint
LAW OFFICE OF JAMES D. SAINT
Georgetown, Williamson County · 21 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Katherine Brown Mcanally
TEXAS INDIGENT DEFENSE COMMISSION
Bertram · 21 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Scharlene White Valdez
JUDGE, MONTGOMERY COUNTY COURT AT LAW NO
Conroe, Montgomery County · 20 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
David Alan Barkley
EIGHTH REGION SOUTH CHILD PROTECTION COU
Cleburne, Johnson County · 20 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Caren Sahar Presley
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIV
Houston, Harris County · 20 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Bryce Wayne Bedford
LAW OFFICE OF BRYCE W. BEDFORD
Buffalo Gap · 20 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Aaryn Landers Lamb
METHODIST JUSTICE MINISTRY
Ft Worth · 20 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Carrie Colleen Ward
THE LAW OFFICES OF CARRIE WARD PLLC
Pflugerville, Travis County · 20 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Christine Paige Rankin
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIV
Abilene, Taylor County · 19 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Piper Mccraw
469TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT
Mc Kinney · 19 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Pamela Denise Ferguson
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIV
Lubbock, Lubbock County · 19 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Amy Renee Cook Bythewood
BYTHEWOOD LEGAL SERVICES, PLLC
Woodville · 19 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Be'Atrice Michelle Randall
THE RANDALL LAW OFFICE, PLLC
Houston, Harris County · 19 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Tanya Marie Ochoa
TANYA OCHOA ATTORNEY AT LAW
Austin, Travis County · 19 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Belinda Jean Roberts
SOLO & TRAVIS COUNTY PROBATE COURT 2
Austin, Travis County · 19 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Leslie Jean Capace
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIV
Austin, Travis County · 19 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Rebecca Leigh Glaspie Safavi
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIV
Austin, Travis County · 19 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Deborah Rene' Hinds
PARKER COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
Weatherford, Parker County · 18 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Patricia Louise Cooke
THE COOKE LAW FIRM, P.C.
Burleson, Johnson County · 18 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Aurora Martinez Jones
126TH DISTRICT COURT- TRAVIS COUNTY
Austin, Travis County · 18 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Deanna Lynn Fornataro
HARRIS COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
Houston, Harris County · 18 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Cynthia Marie Dyar
TEXAS LEGAL SERVICES CENTER
Austin, Travis County · 18 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Kellie Starr Price
KELLIE PRICE LAW, PLLC
San Antonio, Bexar County · 18 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Jacquelyn Marie Wilson
OFFICE OF PARENTAL REPRESENTATION
Austin, Travis County · 18 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Melissa Korene Swan
SCHNEIDER LAW FIRM, PC
Fort Worth, Tarrant County · 17 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
April Renee Propst
CHILD PROTECTION COURT OF TAYLOR COUNTY
Abilene, Taylor County · 17 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Kacee D'Laine Harvey
SAINT FRANCIS MINISTRIES
Lubbock, Lubbock County · 17 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Jeanice Janee Dawes
THE LAW OFFICE OF J. DAWES, PLLC
Houston, Harris County · 17 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Amelia Beth Strickling
HARRIS COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
Houston, Harris County · 17 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Kimberly Anderson Dewey
LAW OFFICE OF KIMBERLY A. DEWEY
Colleyville, Tarrant County · 17 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Emily Ann Miskel
5TH COURT OF APPEALS
Mckinney, Collin County · 17 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Renee Marie Castillo-De La Cruz
SUPREME COURT OF TEXAS CHILDREN'S COMMIS
Austin, Travis County · 16 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Joshua Frank Andor
ANDOR, GOHEEN, O'TOOLE, WADAS & GONZALEZ
Allen, Collin County · 16 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Mae Rathbone Carter
TRAVIS COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
Austin, Travis County · 16 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Claire Ellen Lindsay
CLAIRE E. LINDSAY, PLLC
Conroe, Montgomery County · 16 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Lacey West Idziak
LAW OFFICE OF LACEY WEST, L.L.C.
Fort Worth, Tarrant County · 15 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Courtney Lynn Schmitz
SCHMITZ, LOYD & PAUL PLLC
Mckinney, Collin County · 15 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Robert Douglas Downing
SULLINS & JOHNSTON, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, P
Liberty, Liberty County · 15 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Gloria Elizabeth Lopez
JUDGE, 308TH DISTRICT COURT
Houston, Harris County · 15 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Brittany Lee Darby
BELL COUNTY DISTRICT COURTS
Belton, Bell County · 15 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Amanda Elizabeth Lockhart
PALMOS, RUSS, MCCULLOUGH & RUSS, LLP
Franklin · 14 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Amie Reynolds Serrano
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIV
San Antonio, Bexar County · 14 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
Sarah Capra Seltzer
SELTZER FAMILY LAW, PLLC
Fort Worth, Tarrant County · 13 years
★ TBLS — Child Welfare Law✓ No discipline
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