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 Problem Solver Award at the American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution Awards Luncheon in Washington, D.C. [...]
Christopher Michael Farish is a collaboratively trained family law attorney who works as an associate at the firm of Quaid & Quaid, LLC. Chris is a past three-term president of the Collaborative Professionals of Dallas, the President of the Collin County Young Lawyers Association, and has served on special committees for CLI-TX and IACP.
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Earlier this week, the Houston Chronicle’s Amy Biancolli wrote an excellent article on compromise — and, specifically, what lessons for children could be applied to members of Congress. Faith Wilson, a Houston-based mental health professional who serves on the Collaborative Law Institute of Texas board, contributed to the article with her observations on compromise, informed [...]
The recent news about divorce proceedings starting up between one of America’s most famous couples – Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver – now includes input from Collaborative Law Institute of Texas board member Tracy Stewart, who was quoted in this CNNMoney article which ran this past Friday:
The story focused on Schwarzenegger’s wealth – tied, [...]
Today is a day to celebrate the first meeting of the Collaborative Law Section of the State Bar of Texas, which took place at the State Bar Convention in Fort Worth this morning. Texas was the first state in the nation to pass legislation recognizing Collaborative Law as an alternative means of dispute resolution back [...]
For lawyers across the state, the State Bar of Texas is an important organization. Every lawyer in Texas is a member. The Collaborative Law Institute of Texas has had a strong relationship with the State Bar, which co-sponsors our annual spring conference. That meeting has become an outstanding forum where Collaborative professionals gather to be brought up-to-date [...]
We had a successful first day at our Spring 2010 Conference in Austin, leading a group of professionals new to Collaborative Law through what we call the “nuts and bolts” of Collaborative Law — how it works in Texas to provide couples with an alternative to traditional courtroom divorces, and how the process brings couples [...]
We’re pleased to announce that the Collaborative Law Institute of Texas is co-hosting (along with the State Bar of Texas) a statewide conference for attorneys, mental health professionals, and financial professionals from across Texas who practice Collaborative Law. The March 3-5 conference will be held at the AT&T Executive Education & Conference Center in Austin. [...]
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