Austin, TX
Family Lawyer at Austin, TX
Practice Areas: Family, Divorce & Separation ... +2 more
OUTCOME: Father got a final order increasing his custody to a 50/50 possession schedule.
The opposing party petitioned to modify a previous order to gain extensive custody over the father. Father fought long and hard, worked with a Guardian Ad Litem, and actually increased his overall cust ... ody and possession rights.
OUTCOME: Father counterpetitioned to modify, sought primary custody and won it, and had an order which returned the child promptly to Texas to live with Father. No reimbursement for any expenses and no support was awarded against Father.
Mother filed a petition to modify to increase child support and seek reimbursement of unilaterally made and extensive expenses resulting from sending the child, of whom she had primary custody, after s ... ending the teenage son to a special therapeutic boarding school out of state, without consulting the Father.
OUTCOME: With only one final trial hearing to rectify the scenario, Father was named a joint managing conservator, and was granted an expanded standard possession order which was customized and modified to better suit his personal and unique work schedule.
Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship ("SAPCR") where Mother was fighting to restrict father's visitation to supervised visitation only. The Guardian Ad Litem, who had spent little to no time wi ... th Father around the child, made assumptions based on Mother's representations, and recommended the same restricted visitation for Father, as well that Father not share in the rights regarding decision-making for the little girl. Father bad been restricted during the pendency of the case to supervised visits, and was not spending meaningful time with his young baby daughter. I was hired just weeks before the final trial.
OUTCOME: Father got primary custody, child support, and health care provided for young son.
Modification of divorce decree.
OUTCOME: Trial Court judgment awarding all requested economic damages and all attorney's fees was upheld in Appellate Court.
Defendants appealed Trial Court judgment in Plaintiff's case for numerous claims regarding faulty construction of Plaintiff's small business establishment.
OUTCOME: Faither (my client) kept the family home, valued at his proposed value, and received a 50/50 possession schedule.
Divorce with property and custody issues. Both parties sought the right to determine the child's residence, and each party asserted contrary claims to the marital home, savings accounts and retirement. ...
OUTCOME: Plaintiff recovered all economic damages sought against Defendant and Defendant's business, jointly, and was also awarded all attorney's fees expended. Trial Court decision was upheld on appeal, and Plaintiff has fully recovered entire judgment.
Plaintiff sued contractor for faulty and deteriorating construction of Plaintiff's small business establishment.
OUTCOME: Claimant recovered full amount of unpaid wages, paying less than $2,000.00 in total attorney's fees.
Self employed contractor made breach of contract claim against established local restaurant for unpaid labor and services of approximately $20,000.00.