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Donna Lucile Phillips
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Practice Area
Mediation
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22 years
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Licensed in Texas for 20 years
State: Texas
Acquired: 2005
No misconduct found
Location
McLennan County Dispute Resolution Center (DRC)
900 Austin Avenue, Suite 502, Waco, TX, 76701
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Experience
Honors
2013
Distinguished Credentialed, Texas Mediator Credentialing Association
2012
Advanced Credentialed Mediator, Texas Mediator Credentialing Association
2011
Rule of Law Delegation to Rwanda, Africa, People to People Citizen Ambassador Program
2010
Scholarship, Child Abuse & Neglect Workshop, Advanced Family Law, Supreme Court of Texas, Children's Commission
2009
Family Law Attorney Delegation to South Africa, International People to People Citizen Ambassador Program
2004
Regional Champion, "Representation in Mediation", American Bar Association
2004
Regional Champion, "Client Counseling", American Bar Association
2004
National Order of Barristers' Award, Order of Barristers
2001
Quarter-finalist, Moot Court, Texas Wesleyan University School of Law
Work Experience
2012 - Present
Executive Director and Attorney-Mediator, McLennan County Dispute Resolution Center (DRC)
2010 - 2011
Juvenile Victim-Offender Mediator, Dispute Resolution Services of North Texas
2008 - 2008
Presenter: Child Development Stages & Parenting Plans, Texas Women's University, Professor Kay Elliott, Family Mediator Training
2008 - 2011
Family Law Mediator, Law Offices of Donna Phillips, PLLC
2008 - 2011
Child Welfare and Foster Care Mediator, Law Offices of Donna Phillips, PLLC
2007 - 2011
Judge: Intramural Competition, Texas Wesleyan Univ. School of Law, Prof. Kay Elliott
2006 - 2013
Coach: Client Interviewing, & Representation in Mediation Teams, Texas Wesleyan Univ. School of Law, Prof. Kay Elliott
2006 - 2012
Client Counseling and Interviewing: Guest Presenter, Texas Wesleyan Univ. School of Law, Prof. Kay Elliott
2005 - 2011
Attorney, Mediator and Counselor, Law Offices of Donna Phillips, PLLC
2003 - 2005
Extern/Legal Assistant, Law Office of Annette R. Loyd Vanicek
2003 - 2011
Volunteer Attorney-Mediator, Dispute Resolution Services of North Texas
Associations
2012 - Present
Texas DRC Directors' CouncilOfficer
Texas Lawyers for Children
State Bar of Texas, Family Law Section
State Bar of Texas, ADR Section
American Bar Association Advisory Panel
Association of Attorney-Mediators
Texas Mediation Trainers Roundtable
Texas Association of Mediators
McLennan County Bar Association
2011 - 2011
Dallas Bar Association, Alternative Dispute Resolution Section
2005 - 2011
Tarrant County Bar Association
Sample of Legal Cases
In re Juan Jose Escamilla, Sr. and Olga Escamilla
Supreme Court of Texas granted Emergency Stay 8/11/2006, lifted 9/22/2006; Petition for Writ of Mandamus denied without oral argument (Attorney Phillips' clients successfully mediated desired outcome)
Education
N/A
Texas Wesleyan University
JD - Juris Doctor
N/A
University of Texas, Arlington
MSSW
N/A
University of Texas, Arlington
BA - Bachelor of Arts
Speaking Engagements
2008
International Assoc. of Administrative Professionals, North Tarrant Chapter Education Session
Where There's a Will, There's a Way
2007
WestWind Christian Church Education Session, Keller, TX
If You Don't Have Plans for your Estate, the State of Texas "Will"
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