Dallas, Texas
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- Certification/Specialties:
- Family Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization
- A.V. Rated, Martindale Hubbell
- Bar Admissions:
- Texas, 1981
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas, 1982
- U.S. District Court Western District of Texas, 1987
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1982
- U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1982
- Education:
- Baylor University School of Law, Waco, Texas,
1981
Doctor of Jurisprudence - University of Texas, Austin, Texas,
1978
B.B.A.
Major: Finance
- Classes/Seminars Taught:
- Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Family Law, But Were Afraid to Ask, Dallas Bar Association Small Firm Section, 1997
- "Do You Have a Cigar? It's A Baby!" Recent Developments in Paternity Law, Written by Fred Adams / Presented by Marilea Lewis, Associate Judge of the 330th District Court, Dallas/Fort Worth Bar Association - Family Law Section, 1997
- "Walk or Don't Walk", A review of Family Law contempt cases in Texas, Dallas/Fort Worth Bar Association, 1998
- Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Custody and Child Support, Before You Need to Know, Dallas Chapter of the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants, 1998
- "Walk or Don't Walk (updated)" A review of Family Law contempt cases in Texas, Dallas Bar Family Law Section, 1999
- Contempt Workshop, Belo Mansion with Honorable Craig Fowler, Honorable Richard Johnson, John Turner, 1999
- Interesting Cases and Things You May Not Have Known Regarding Enforcement of Temporary Orders, Written by Fred Adams / Presented by Marilea Lewis, Associate Judge of the 330th District Court, Dallas/Fort Worth Bar Association - Family Law Section
- Enforcement/Contempt - Pitfalls and Problems for the Practitioner, Co-Written by Fred Adams and Honorable John Elder, Presented by the Honorable John Elder, Associate Judge of the 255th District Court, Advanced Family Law Seminar, 1999
- Enforcement of Direct and Indirect Contempt - A Panel Discussion (Enforcement of Temporary Orders), Advanced Family Law Seminar, 1999
- Enforcement of Temporary Orders in Family Law, Solo & Small Firm Section, 1999
- Firearms and Family Law, Dallas/Ft. Worth Bar Association - Family Law Section, 2000
- Guns and Orders (Firearms and Family Law), Advanced Family Law Seminar, 2000
- Enforcement and Firearms Legislation, Texas Family Law Practice for Paralegals Seminar, 2001
- Enforcement/Contempt, Dallas Bar Association Family Law Section, 2001
- Federal Gun Control Laws and Temporary Orders and Family Violence Orders, American Academy of Matrimonial Law Attorneys, 2002
- What's New with Guns and Contempts, Family Law Section Summer Bar Seminar, 2003
- "Lawyers Guns and Money, What Every Texas Lawyer Needs to Know About Firearms Law" Course Director, State of Texas, 2003
- Federal Gun Control Act (18 USC section 922) Including Malpractice Traps for the Family and Criminal Lawyer, State Bar of Texas, 2003
- Prosecuting and Defending Protective Orders, Presented by Fred Adams / Written by Patricia J. Lasher, Family Law Essentials, 2004
- Confused About Contempt, Family Law Essentials, 2004
- Federal Gun Control Act (18 USC section 922) Including Malpractice Traps for the Family and Criminal Lawyer, State Bar of Texas, 2004
- Beyond Contempt - Innovative Enforcement, Marriage Dissolution Institute, State Bar of Texas, 2005
- Enforcing the Property Division, Advanced Family Seminar, State Bar of Texas, 2005
- Professional Associations and Memberships:
- Dallas Bar Association/Family Law Section
- American Bar Association/Family Law Section, 1981 - Present
- Member
- College of the State Bar of Texas, 1996 - Present
- Member
- Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists
- Member
- Certified Mediator, 1990 - Present
- American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
- Fellow
- International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
- Fellow
- Family Law Section of Dallas Bar Association, 2000 - 2003
- Director
- Media Relations Committee of Family law Section of Dallas Bar Association
- Chairman
- American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, 2002 - 2003
- CLE Committee
- State Bar of Texas - Family Law Section
- Annette Stewart American Inn of Court (Master)
- Founding Member
- Languages:
- English
- Fraternities/Sororities:
- Delta Theta Phi
- Delta Sigma Pi
