The American Bar Association has just announced that Harry Tindall, a partner with Houston-based family law firm Tindall & England and Vice President of the Collaborative Law Institute of Texas’ Board of Trustees, will be receiving the organization’s Lawyer as Problem Solver Award at the American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution Awards Luncheon in Washington, D.C. this coming April.
According to the organization’s official announcement, Tindall is being honored for his longtime dedication to dispute resolution and negotiation, calling him “a role model for lawyers who wish to transition from litigators to peacemakers.”
In particular, the ABA noted his leadership in the movement to bring collaborative law to Texas, culminating in two historic bills passed by the Texas State Legislature: the first-in-the-nation statute allowing for collaborative law to be used in divorce, and last year’s passage of the Uniform Collaborative Family Law Act, expanding the guidelines for how collaborative law is used.
Tindall is only one of two recipients of the Problem Solver award this year; the award is a testament to the work he’s done and the principles he ascribes to, and the Collaborative Law of Texas is honored that such an important member has received an honor of this magnitude.
