SUMMARY OF PRESENT PRACTICE AND LICENSURE
Probate & Estates, drafting wills, trusts, estate planning documents; serving as executrix for estates; serving as Court appointed Attorney Ad Litem for unknown heirs; representing clients in the probate of wills, heirships and administrations; Real Estate, drafting of deeds, deed of trusts, notes, transfer on death deed, drafting documents necessary for buying/selling of real estate property; Family Law, name changes, adoptions.
Spanish speaking
Supreme Court of Texas, licensed 1986
WORK EXPERIENCE SUMMARY
Private law practice since 1986: was counsel for several medical doctors, who had a range of matters involving bankruptcy, employees, collections, real estate, contracts and tax matters. Represented debtors in bankruptcy for about 20 years prior to Probate practice. Have enjoyed representing international clients from France, Mexico, Germany, Canada, Bolivia and Great Britain who had legal issues in Texas involving child abduction, bankruptcy, probate matters and real estate.
Worked for a physician’s outpatient radiology imaging facilities for about 6 years, planning for expansion, acquiring financing, negotiating commercial lease agreements and equipment acquisition, assisted with the management of these centers. Years: 1979--1985, most while attending law school.
Administrative Assistant, University of Colorado Medical Center, Denver, Colorado. Grant funded research project dealing with medical services for the elderly Hispanic population; telephone interviews in Spanish, translation of various documents, research and correlating data, 1977
Secretary, Colorado grant-funded program dealing with the American Indian population, Denver, Colorado, 1976.
EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
J. D., South Texas College of Law, Houston, Texas 1984
Presbyterian Medical Center, Denver, Colorado 1975-1976, Attended about 9 months R.N. nursing school, no degree
B.A., Colorado Women’s College, 1976. Major in Spanish, Minor in Science. Junior year of college spent studying in Madrid, Spain
Houston Bar Association, 1990 - present
Houston Association of Debtors Attorneys, 1997 - 2004
State Bar of Texas 1986 - present
Christian Legal Society 1988 - present
PRESENTATIONS & PARTICIPATORY EVENTS
Houston Volunteer Lawyers Program, Will-A-Thon 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2020. Provided elderly citizens with wills, medical directives, durable power of attorney, guardian forms.
Presented U.S. bankruptcy course to students at Beijing University of Chemical Technology (Law School) for one week in June 2012 and also presented one three-hour course of Texas Family Law.
“Wills and Trusts” June 2009 (Women’s organization) WM, Anderson Road Baptist Church, Houston, Texas
Judge, Fall 2008 Leroy Jeffers Memorial Moot Court Competition, South Texas College of Law, Houston, Texas
Judge, Spring 2006 Spurgeon Bell Intramural Moot Court Competition, South Texas College of Law, Houston, Texas
Judge, Spring 2005 Gallagher Lewis & Kim Mock Trial competition, South Texas College of Law, Houston, Texas
“Wills and Trusts” May 2005 presentation to employees of University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas
“Practice of Law as a Solo Practitioner” March 2005 to women law students South Texas College of Law, Houston, Texas
“What the Practice of Law Involves” 1997 Career Day for Awty International School, Houston, Texas
“Tenant Bankruptcy Implications for Landlords” 1994 for Residential Property Managers, Houston, Texas
“Necessity of Wills and the Probate Process” 1990 for Goodman Financial Services, Houston, Texas
HONORS
15 March 2002: Certificate of Appreciation from Houston Volunteer Lawyers Program, Inc. in recognition of outstanding pro bono work provided.
22 February 2005: Award of Merit from National Center for Missing & Exploited Children: In Recognition of and Appreciation for Outstanding Commitment to the Protection of Children and Knowledge of the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction.
