Betsy Branch
679 Justin Road, Rockwall, TX 75087
About Betsy Branch
Practice Areas
- Child Custody
Education
- Mississippi College School of Law, Jackson, Mississippi, 1990J.D.
- Law Review: Law Review,
- University of Texas at Austin , 1978
- Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas, 1987B.A.
Languages
- English
- Spanish
Representative Cases
- Ortega v. State, 974 S.W.2d 361 (Tex.App.-San Antonio, 1998)
Classes and Seminars
- Making Sense of Child Support: Crunchong numbers, Filling out Forms Half Moon Seminars - May 11, 2007 - Arlington, TX
- Enforcing and Modifying Family Law Orders and Decrees Half Moon Seminars - February 8, 2008 - Arlington, TX
- Getting a head start: Statutory Presumptions in the Family Code Marriage Dissolution Seminar 2009 Fort Worth, TX
- Attorneys Ad Litem, Amicus Attorneys and Guardians Ad Litem: Representing the very young Infant Mental Health Advocacy Conference - January 8-9, 2010 - Dallas, TX
- Obtaining Financial information Half Moon Seminars - February 5, 2010 - Arlington, TX
Qualifications
Other Affiliations
- Rockwall County Bar Association, 2012 - 2017
- State Bar of Texas, 1990 - 2017
- Family Law Section of the State Bar of Texas, 1991 - 2017
- Annette Stewart Inns of Court, Barrister, 2004 - 2017 (Barrister)
- Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists, 2006 - 2017
- Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 2006 - 2017
- Rockwall County Bar Association Bar Board, 2016 - 2017
- Women in Need Advisory Board, 2017
Past Positions
- McCurley, Orsinger, McCurley, Nelson & Downing, L.L.P., Partner, 2004 - 2012
- Office of the Attorney General of Texas Child Support Litigation Division - Assistant Attorney General, 2000 - 2004
- Bexar County District Attorney Family Violence Unit Assistant District Attorney, 1999 - 2000
- Guadalupe County Attorney Assistant County Attorney, 1993 - 1999
- Schertz and Seguin, Texas, Private Practitioner, 1990 - 1999
Articles
Published Works
- Making a Silk Purse out of a Sow's Ear: Making the best of LLCS, LLPS, FLPS AND TRUSTS New Frontiers In Marital Property Law - October 2004 - Colorado Springs, CO (co-authored)
- The Ultimate Trial Notebook 2004: Family Law - Expert Witnesses
- Protecting Children from Incompetent Forensic Evaluations and Expert Testimony (2005) 19 J. AM. ACAD. MATRIM. LAW 277 (edited)
- Be Careful what you ask for, you may get it: Common Senses Discovery Requests and Responses; Advanced Family Law - August 2006 - San Antonio, TX (co-authored)
- Making Summary Judgement Relevant Again Advanced Family Law - August 2007 - San Antonio, TX (co-authored)
- Family Law Year in Review, 72 Texas Bar Journal 98 (February 2009)
- The family law jury trial Advanced Family Law - August 2009- Dallas, TX (co-authored)
- When two worlds collide: Pediatrics and Family law Pediatric Society of Greater Dallas - November 3, 2009 - Dallas, TX
- The Art of Persuasive Speaking Advanced Family Law - August 2010 - San Antonio, TX (co-authored)
Office Info
Other Colleagues
Nearby Lawyers
- Child Custody
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