Christine G. Albano
Work in Albano Law, PLLC
Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 26 years of experience
Child Custody, Guardianship, Family Law
8105 Rasor Blvd., Suite 208, Plano, TX 75024
About Christine G. Albano
Practice Areas
- Child Custody
- Guardianship
- Family Law
Education
- University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, Kansas City, Missouri, May, 1996J.D.
- Honors: Deans List, Fall 1993, Spring 1994, Fall 1995
- Honors: Phi Delta Phi, Magister (President) 1995-1996, Historian, 1994-1995
- Honors: ABA, Law Student Division, Liaison to the Commission on Homelessness and Poverty, 1995-1996
- Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, May, 1993B.A.
- Major: Music, Piano Performance
- Honors: Chi Omega Sorority
- Honors: SMU Marching Band
- Minor: Sociology
Representative Cases
- Cited in Fawzy v. Fawzy, 2009-NJ-0702.293
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Texas, 1997
- U.S. Supreme Court, 2010
Other Affiliations
- American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (Fellow, 2012 - Present)
- American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Historical Committee 2014-2016: Chair 2015-17
- American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Membership Committee 2013-2014
- American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Spousal Maintenance Committee 2013-2014
- American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Board of the AAML Foundation 2016-17
- Collin County Collaborative Law Alliance (Member, 2010 - Present)
- Collin County Young Lawyer’s Association, 1998 - 2008 (Member)
- Collin County Young Lawyer’s Association, 2007 - 2008 (Immediate Past President and Historian)
- Collin County Young Lawyer’s Association, 2006 - 2007 (President)
- Collin County Young Lawyer’s Association, 2005 - 2006 (President-Elect)
- Collin County Young Lawyer’s Association, 2002 - 2003 (Treasurer)
- Collin County Young Lawyer’s Association, 2001 - 2002 (Secretary)
- Collin County Young Lawyer’s Association, 2000 - 2001 (Board Member)
- Collin County Young Lawyer’s Association, 2003 - 2005 (Email Chair)
- Collin County Young Lawyer’s Association, 2004 - 2005 (Liaison to Collin County Bar Association)
- Collin County Young Lawyer’s Association, 2002 - 2003 (Chair of Call to Protect Project)
- Collin County Young Lawyer’s Association, 2002 - 2003 (Membership Committee)
- Collin County Young Lawyer’s Association, 2001 (CCYLA Liaison to CCBA for Joint Holiday Party)
- Collin County Young Lawyer’s Association, 2001 (CLE Committee)
- Collin County Young Lawyer’s Association, 2000 - 2003 (Newsletter Committee)
- Collin County Young Lawyer’s Association, 2001 - 2003 (Judicial Reception Committee 2001-2003)
- Collin County Young Lawyer’s Association, 2002 (Chair of Pro Bono Clinic)
- Collin County Young Lawyer’s Association, 2007 - 2008 (Chair They Had a Dream Too Committee)
- Collin County Bar Association (Member, 1998 - Present)
- Liaison to Collin County Young Lawyer’s Association 2003-2005
- Collin County Bar Association (Social Chair, 1999, 2000, 2004)
- Curt B. Henderson American Inns of Court, Member since 2011, Member of Inaugural Class, 2011 (Barrister 2011-2014, Master 2014 - Present)
- Denton Bar Association Member since 2008
- Plano Bar Association, Member since 1998
- Frisco Bar Association, Member since 2002
- Grayson County Bar Association, Member 2002-2006
- State Bar of Texas, Member since 1997, Access to Justice Delegate to the 2001 and 2002 Bar Leaders Conference, College of the State Bar of Texas 2004-Present, General Practice, Solo and Small Firm, 2003 - Present, Family Law Section, 1997- Present, Family Law Foundation, 2005 – Present, Local Bar Services Committee 2009-2015, Women and the Law Section, 1997-Present
- Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists, since 2011
- Texas Bar Foundation, Fellow 2004-Present, District 1 Nominations Chair 2007-2008, Co-Chair 2012-2016, District 1 Nominations Committee 2009 - 2012
- Texas Women Lawyers Association, 2015 - Present (Member)
- Texas Young Lawyer’s Association, Member 1997-2007, Outstanding Young Lawyer Committee 2009-2010, Liberty Bell and Outstanding Mentor Committee 2008-2009, Liberty Bell and Outstanding Mentor Committee 2007-2008, Secretary 2006-2007, Director 2004-2006, At Large Small City Minority Director (Board of Directors) 2002-2004, Executive Committee Advisor to Law Focused Education Committee 2006 -2007
- Co-Chair, Family Law & Children’s Rights Committee 2002-2006, Member, Long Range Planning Committee 2005-2006, Chair, Public Service Subcommittee 2005-2006, Vice Chair, Minority Committee 2002-2004, Vice Chair, Leadership TYLA 2002-2003, Vice Chair Low Income Texans 2003-2004, 2005-2006, Vice Chair Senior Citizens Outreach Committee 2004-2005
- American Bar Association, Member since 1993, Family Law Section 1996-Present, Family Law Domestic Violence Committee 2006 – Present, Family Law Domestic Violence Committee 2006 – Present, Family Matters Symposium Committee 2008 – 2011, Family Matters Symposium Committee 2008 – 2011
- American Bar Association, Family Law Section, Annual Meeting Host Committee, Executive Member 2010-11, Member Benefit Development Committee, Executive Member 2010-Present, Midyear Host Committee 2012-13, Nominating Committee 2011-2012, Publications Board 2011 - 2014
- American Bar Association, General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Division 2003 – Present, GP/Solo Division 3 Director 2015-2016, GP/Solo Division 2 Director 2014-2015, GP/Solo Leadership Committee Co-Chair 2013-2016, GP/Solo Long Range Planning Committee 2012-2016, GP/Solo Council 2009 – 2014
- American Bar Association, General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Division, GP/Solo Membership Committee 2009 – Present, Vice-Chair 2016-17, GP/Solo National Solo Small Firm Conference Committee 2013-2015, GP/Solo Long Range Planning Committee 2013-2017, GP/Solo Young Lawyer Fellowship Program, Mentor 2013-2014, GP/Solo Division Young Lawyer Fellow 2007- 2008
- American Bar Association, Young Lawyer’s Division 1996 - 2008, YLD Family Law Committee 2007 – 2008, YLD Foundation Fellow 2008 - Present
- American Bar Association, Law Student Division 1993-1996, LSD Liaison to Commission on Homelessness and Poverty, 1995-1996
- American Bar Foundation, Fellow since 2005
- Dallas Bar Association, Member 1997-1999, 2012 – Present
- Dallas Bar Association, Bar None Show Cast Member 2010-Present, Family Law Section
- Dallas Association of Young Lawyers, Member 1997-1999
- Dallas Association of Young Lawyers Foundation, Fellow 2007 - Present
- Dallas Women Lawyer’s Association, Member 1997-2000, 2004-Present
- Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, Member 1993-1996
- Kaufman Bar Association, Member 1998-2001
- Rockwall Bar Association, Member 1998-2001
- University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law Foundation Board, Director 2014-2016
- American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Fundraising and Publicity Committee for the AAML Foundation, 2019
- American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Board of the Journal of the AAML, 2015 - 2018
- Attorneys Serving the Community, 2003 - Present (Member)
- Collin County Collaborative Law Alliance, 2012 - 2013 (President)
- Collin County Young Lawyer’s Association, 2009 - Present (Alum Member)
- Collin County Bar Association, Judicial Liaison Committee, 2017 - 2018
- Collin County Bar Association, Liaison to Collin County Young Lawyer’s Association, 2003 - 2005
- Collin County Bar Association, 1998 - 2001 (Social Committee)
- Collin County Bar Association, 1999 (Silent Auction Chair)
- Collin County Bar Association, Family Law Section, 1999 - Present
- Collin County Bar Association, 2005 - 2006 (Vice President)
- Collin County Bar Association, 2003 - 2004 (Estate Law Section)
- Collin County Bench Bar Foundation, Fellow since 2000
- Collin County Bench Bar Foundation, Special Advisor to the Chair 2015-2016, Immediate Past Chair 2014-2015, Chair 2013-2014
- Collin County Bench Bar Foundation, Treasurer 2002-2004, Board of Trustees 2002 - 2007, Board of Directors 2001-2002, 2009-2013, Bench Bar Conference, Social Chair, 2004-2005
- Collin County Bench Bar Foundation, Attendee and committee member 1999-Present, Entertainment and games committee 1999-2002, Bench Bar Players 2000, Conference Planning Committee 2000-Present, Assisted Conference Chair with Coordination of Conference 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005
- Texas Young Lawyer’s Association, Family Law & Children’s Rights Committee, 2002 - 2006 (Co-Chair)
- Texas Young Lawyer’s Association, Long Range Planning Committee, 2005 - 2006 (Member)
- Texas Young Lawyer’s Association, Public Service Subcommittee, 2005 - 2006 (Chair)
- Texas Young Lawyer’s Association, Minority Committee, 2002 - 2004 (Vice Chair)
- Texas Young Lawyer’s Association, Leadership TYLA, 2002 - 2003 (Vice Chair)
- Texas Young Lawyer’s Association, Low Income Texans, 2003 - 2006 (Vice Chair)
- Texas Young Lawyer’s Association, Senior Citizens Outreach Committee, 2004 - 2005 (Vice Chair)
- American Bar Association, General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Division (GP/Solo Division 3 Director, 2015-2016)
- American Bar Association, General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Division (GP/Solo Division 2 Director, 2014-2015)
- American Bar Association,General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Division (GP/Solo Leadership Committee Co-Chair, 2013-2016)
- American Bar Association, General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Division (GP/Solo Long Range Planning Committee, 2012-2016)
- American Bar Association, General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Division (GP/Solo Council, 2009 – 2014)
- American Bar Association, General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Division (GP/Solo Membership Committee, 2009 – Present, Vice-Chair, 2016-17, Chair, 2017-18)
- American Bar Association, General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Division (GP/Solo Membership Benefits Committee, Vice-Chair, 2018-19)
- American Bar Association, General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Division (GP/Solo Diversity Committee, 2017-2018)
- American Bar Association, General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Division (GP/Solo Fall Conference Host Committee, 2018-2019)
- American Bar Association, General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Division (GP/Solo Disaster Assistance Committee, 2018-19)
- General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Division (GP/Solo National Solo Small Firm Conference Committee, 2013-2015)
- American Bar Association (Fam Law Young Lawyer Committee 2007 – 2010, Fam Law Sponsorship Committee 2010)
- American Bar Association, General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Division, GP/Solo Pro Bono and Public Service Committee, Vice-Chair, 2018 - 2019
Past Positions
- Law Office of Christine G. Albano, Frisco/Plano, TX, Sole Practitioner, Family Law and Estate Planning, McKinney/Frisco, TX, 2003 - 2014
- Legal Services of North Texas, McKinney, TX, Staff Attorney, Family Law, Domestic Violence, Poverty Law, 1988 - 2003
- Loughmiller & DePlaza, PC, Dallas & McKinney, TX, Associate, Family Law, Personal Injury, 1997 - 1998
- Welch, Martin, Albano & Manners, PC, Independence, MO, Law Clerk, Family Law, Personal Injury
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Dallas, TX, - 1995
- McCurley, Webb, Kinser, McCurley & Nelson, Dallas, TX, Law Clerk, Family Law, - 1994
- McCurley, Webb, Kinser, McCurley & Nelson, Dallas, TX, File Clerk, Family Law, - 1993
Articles
Published Works
- Urban Lawyer Journal, Case Digest Published, Vol. 26, No. 2, February 4, 1994
- Journal of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Comment, “Binding Arbitration, A Proper Forum for Child Custody?” Vol. 14, Issue No. 2, 1997. Note: “The Intersection of Sharia and Family Law: A Policy and Case Summary” Vol. 30, Issue No. 1, 2017
- Texas Young Lawyers Association Publications, Co-Author, “Pro Se Divorce Handbook”, Booklet, 2003, Lead Co-Author, “What to Expect in Texas Family Law Court”, Booklet, 2005, Lead Co-Author and Lead Co-Producer, “Kids in the Crossfire, Helping Parents Understand the Impact of Divorce, 20 minute video and brochure, 2006, Executive Committee Advisor to the Emmy Award Winning, “They Had a Dream Too: Student Leaders of the Civil Rights Movement,” Video and School Curriculum, 2006
- The Intersection of Sharia and Family Law; A Policy and Case Summary
- Sharia and Family Law, Public Policy and Recent Cases
Office Info
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