Texas Family Law Insiders

Today, we’re excited to welcome Larry Praeger of Lawrence J. Praeger PC, to the Texas Family Law Insiders podcast. Larry’s Dallas based practice focuses on family law, with a specialty in mediation, and professional licensing issues. For twenty-five years, he has been preparing and defending mental health professionals in family law matters and helping them prepare for the litigation process.  Lar...

Today on the Texas Family Law Insiders podcast, our guest is Ruby Powers. The child of a Mexican immigrant, Ruby has both a passion for service and a cultural understanding of issues that are of concern for immigrants. Board Certified in Immigration and Nationality Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, her firm, Powers Law Group, P.C., is an immigration law firm focused 100% on U.S. Immi...

Today we’re excited to welcome Esther Donald to the Texas Family Law Insiders podcast. A graduate of The University of Texas, Esther is a Partner at Goranson Bain Ausley Family Law. She has immersed herself in the collaborative law model and was recently distinguished as a Credentialed Collaborative Divorce Lawyer, one of a select few in the state. Today she sits down with us to discuss the distin...

We’re excited to welcome Audrey Blair as our guest today on the “Texas Family Law Insiders” podcast. Audrey has been practicing family law in Texas since 2002. In 2014 she was burned out on family law litigation, so she took an epic road trip which led to her pivoting her practice to family law appeals and legal research and writing.  Audrey sits down with me today to talk about arbitration, what...

Today we welcome Natalie Koehler to the Texas Family Law Insiders podcast. Natalie has been practicing family law for 20 years and currently serves as the elected Bosque County Attorney.  After her own divorce, she transitioned her firm, Koehler Law Firm P.C. to mediation, finding it was a fit for her peacemaker personality. A sixth-generation rancher, Natalie is sitting down with us today to shar...

Today we are excited to welcome attorney Kate Bihm to the Texas Family Law Insiders podcast. Kate has been practicing law since 2007. Her firm, The Bihm Firm, PLLC, focuses their efforts on family law and criminal defense. Known for her ready smile, salty language, and love of bright colors, Kate loves providing her services to her clients involved in high conflict cases.  We’re sitting down with...

We’re excited to welcome Kathleen Schofield to the Texas Family Law Insiders podcast. Kathleen is a Licensed Professional Counselor with Clear View Counseling Group in Dallas. She specializes in working with high-conflict families and enjoys the challenge of stepping in and helping everyone to communicate differently. Kathleen says, “I really genuinely think people don’t like to be in that mental...

Today we are excited to welcome attorney Leigh de la Reza to the Texas Family Law Insiders' podcast. Leigh has been practicing family law for 16 years and is Board Certified in Family Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. Leigh’s husband is an Assistant Chief in their local fire department, which led her to specialize in working with first responders. Through this work, she learned about...

Today we’re excited to welcome Sandra Dodson Roland, Ph. D., ABPP, to the Texas Family Law Insiders podcast.  Dr. Roland is Board Certified in Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. She’s licensed in the State of Texas as a Psychologist and Licensed Specialist and has spent nearly 25 years working with children, adolescents and their families. She provides evaluations including   autism spectru...

We’re excited to welcome Victoria T. Harvey, PhD, as our guest today on the “Texas Family Law Insiders” podcast. Dr. Harvey is a licensed clinical psychologist and holds a Masters of Science in Criminal Justice. She provides child custody and psychological evaluations.  She says, “Psychological evaluations have a wealth of information that they can offer the court.” She’ll walk us through the psyc...

Today, we’re excited to welcome David Brunson, CFA®, CFP®, CDFA®, President of Lifeway Financial Corporation, to the Texas Family Law Insiders podcast. David has over three decades of experience in both the financial planning and investment management fields and holds several financial services designations. He’s also a frequent speaker on the collaborative divorce process.    David says, “Just ab...

We’re excited to welcome Sam Thornal, CFP®, CDFA® , ChFC® , CRPC® as our guest today on the “Texas Family Law Insiders” podcast. Sam is a graduate of Baylor University and is the CEO of Encircle Wealth Advisors, Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC.  Early in his career, Sam met many people who were bankrupt within 5 years of their divorce. Right then, he knew he wanted to help people reach past the...

Today we are excited to welcome attorney Karen Marvel to the Texas Family Law Insiders podcast. Karen practices family law and has held many leadership positions during her career. In each year from 2017-2020 she was named one of the top 50 family law attorneys by S.A. Scene magazine.  Karen’s passion is collecting past due child support no matter how old the case.  She says, “One of the things Te...

To be successful in parental alienation litigation you need to work with an experienced psychologist, someone trained in forensic psychology, high conflict divorce, and who has a working knowledge of the law and the judicial system. We are so happy to welcome just such an expert to the show this week. Susan Fletcher, PhD, is an author, licensed psychologist, and member of the Texas State Board of...

Today, we’re excited to welcome Cory Montfort of the Montfort Group to the Texas Family Law Insiders podcast. Cory is a Licensed Professional Counselor and a board-approved Counselor Supervisor for the State of Texas. The Montfort Group provides couples counseling and individual therapy. Today, we’re sitting down with Cory to discuss what family lawyers need to know about the impact of COVID-19 on...

We’re very excited to welcome Kala Arevalo to the show today. Kala began working in family law in 2008 as a paralegal, then worked her way through college and law school, becoming a licensed attorney in the state of Texas in 2018.  Today she’s going to share with the Texas Family Law Insiders podcast listeners the two different facets of social media for attorneys – dealing with the social media c...

Today, we’re excited to welcome Melinda Eitzen to the Texas Family Law Insiders podcast. Melinda is a partner at Duffee + Eitzen.   The daughter of a retired Judge, Melinda is in her 27th year of practicing family law. She is a licensed mediator and has spent twenty years practicing collaborative law. She’s co-authored two books: “Divorce The Collaborative Way. Is It The Way For You?” and “Conside...

Today we’re excited to welcome Chad Ruback to the Texas Family Law Insiders podcast. Before opening his own appellate law firm in 2005, Chad practiced appellate law at a medium-sized law firm and at a large law firm. Now he works on appeals of trial court judgments in every type of case imaginable. He attributes his success to the fact that he has limited his practice to handling appeals and trial...

We welcome attorney Melody Petitt to the Texas Family Law Insiders podcast. Ms. Petitt is a graduate of Baylor University School of Law and has been a family law attorney for over 20 years. She is a partner at Hargrave Family Law.  Today we sit down with Melody to talk about the Texas Citizens Participation Act which is often referred to as the “Anti-SLAPP law.” Additionally, we discuss: Anti-SLAP...

Today, we’re excited to welcome Shailey Gupta-Brietzke to the Texas Family Law Insiders podcast. Shailey is a board certified family law attorney who has handled cases in all stages of litigation, including acting as a mediator and judge. Now back in private practice in her own firm, Shailey Gupta-Brietzke PLLC, she represents individuals and children in all aspects of divorces, custody cases, mod...

I’m excited about today’s episode of the “Texas Family Law Insiders” podcast. On the show, I sit down with Steve Gordon for an interview about C.J.C. , my landmark Texas Supreme Court case protecting the constitutional rights of fit parents.   I walk Steve through the journey of that case to the Texas Supreme Court, where they ruled 9-0 in favor of my client and in favor of protecting parental rig...

On this episode of the Texas Family Law Insiders podcast I sit down with Brad LaMorgese of Orsinger, Nelson, Downing and Anderson, LLP. Brad is known for his experience and excellence in complex litigation involving interpretations of law and cases regarding jurisdictional disputes. Brad is one of the few appellate family lawyers in Texas. During his nearly two decades in practice, he has achieved...

We’re excited to welcome Aida Montanaro as our guest today on the “Texas Family Law Insiders” podcast. From the beginning of her law career Aida was seeking ways to help victims of domestic violence. Prior to opening her own practice she worked as an assistant DA and supervisor at her local district attorney's office.  Now at her firm, Montanaro Law Firm, in Brownville, she works at the intersecti...

On this episode of the Texas Family Law Insiders podcast, I talk to Vonda Bailey, the managing partner of the Law Office of Vonda Bailey, PLLC. Vonda successfully sat for the Texas Bar Exam prior to receiving her law degree from Texas Southern University's Thurgood Marshall School of Law. In the courtroom, Vonda is a force to be reckoned with, often referred to as a "pit bull in a skirt." She is r...

We’re excited to welcome Noel Cookman as our guest today on the “Texas Family Law Insiders” podcast. Noel is a Divorce-Lending Specialist and is the Founder & President of The Mortgage Institute.  Noel sits down with us to talk about his process for working with attorneys and their clients at the intersection of divorce and mortgage finance. He also offers CLE-Accredited courses for family law...