Dennis Marston Slate

In short, I don’t believe you can find a better qualified or more caring attorney in family law. I know we couldn’t. We were initially referred to Dennis because there were both civil and criminal components to our case. Dennis Slate is able to handle both. Our case spanned over 5 years. I don’t know if that is typical or not, but I do know that we were partially at fault for waiting too long to go on the offensive. (This was when we chose to hire Dennis.) The other reason it took so long was that we had the misfortune of having an opponent with newly acquired resources who was able to delay, delay, delay by outspending us 3-1. Dennis will be forthright with you about where you stand, what you can expect and what you may have already done that could hurt your prospects in the family court system. He’s nobody’s fool and is wise to the legal and psychological maneuvers a parent set on alienation will pull. Time is not your friend in family law matters. Every day that you’re away from your children is a day you don’t get back, no matter who ultimately “wins”. It has taken a long time to think about what to write in this review. I write reviews all the time – hotels, shopping, etc. Your relationship with your lawyer is more intimate and longer than you’ll expect. Dennis will be your voice and your representative in what is a very complex system. It’s impossible to convey in an online review the depth of our gratitude to Dennis Slate and his firm for the manner in which they handled our case. I don’t think our situation was typical, as our case was so long. That’s a long time to be working with an attorney, in territory that you’re unfamiliar with. You could not choose a better partner.

Dennis and his associates were an absolutely impressive team of people. We were blindsided by a family member trying to seek custody of our child after my significant other had a horrifying incident. Mr. Slate and his team were always on hand in the drop of a hat to help us through this process. When the day of court finally came, it was the most impressive thing I have ever seen someone do. Mr. Slate is absolutely worth every single penny. He is the hardest working individual I have ever met and his scope of knowledge is uncanny. He is no nonsense and very blunt, but if you do what he says and follow his instructions he will absolutely get the job done. We can not thank him enough and if you ever need a lawyer for family law there is no one in Houston that can match his caliber.