Jimmy Vaught
Work in Vaught Law Firm, P.C.
Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 43 years of experience
Family Law, Collaborative Law
5929 Balcones Drive, Suite 201, Austin, TX 78731
About Jimmy Vaught
Practice Areas
- Family Law
- Collaborative Law
Education
- Baylor University School of Law, Waco, Texas, 1980J.D.
- Honors: cum laude
- Law Review: Law Review, Editor in Chief, 1980 - Present
- University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, 1974B.A.
- Major: Liberal Arts
Representative Cases
- Fish v. Lebrie, 2010 WL 5019411 (Tex. App. - Austin 2010, no pet.).
- Izzo v. Izzo, 2010 WL 1930179 (Tex. App. - Austin 2010, pet. denied).
- Cox v. Cox, 298 S.W.3d 726 (Tex. App. - Austin 2009, no pet.).
- Barina v. Barina, 2008 WL 4951224 (Tex. App. - Austin 2008, no pet.).
- Holmes v. Kent, 221 S.W.3d 622 (Tex. 2007).
- Zeifman v. Sheryl Diane Michels, 229 S.W.3d 460 (Tex. App. - Austin 2007, no pet).
- Fox v. Fox, 2006 WL 66473 (Tex. App. - Austin 2006, no pet.).
- Hart v. Webster, 2006 WL 1707975 (Tex. App. - Austin 2006, no pet.).
- Zeifman v. Michels, 212 S.W.3d 582 (Tex. App. - Austin 2006, pet. denied).
- Sheshunoff v. Sheshunoff, 172 S.W.3d 686 (Tex. App. - Austin 2005, pet. denied).
Classes and Seminars
- Member, Planning Committee, Advanced Family Law Course (2003, 2007, and 2011), State Bar of Texas
- Member, Planning Committee, Marriage Dissolution Seminar (2011), State Bar of Texas
- Member, Planning Committee, Advanced Family Law Drafting Course (2008 and 2010), State Bar of Texas
- Course Director, 33rd Marriage Dissolution Seminar, San Antonio, Texas, May 2010, State Bar of Texas
- Co-Course Director, Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists Trial Institute (2010), Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists
- Co-Chair, Family Law on the Front Lines (2003-2007), University of Texas
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Texas, 1980
- U.S. District Court Western District of Texas, 1982
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1985
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1986
- U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit, 1996
Other Affiliations
- American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (Fellow)
- Texas Chapter, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, 2007 - Present (President Elect, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer)
- State Bar of Texas, Family Law Section, Council, Legislative Committee, Strategic Planning Committee, Pro Bono Committee, 2006 - Present (Member)
- State Bar of Texas Family Law Section, Membership and Member Services Committee, 2009 - Present (Chair)
- State Bar of Texas, Family Law Section, Board of Editors, Family Law Section Report, 2007 - Present (Member)
- State Bar of Texas, Family Law Section, Family Law Pattern Jury Charge Committee, 2009 - Present (Member)
- Austin Bar Association, Family Law Section, Board of Directors (Member (2003-2007); Treasurer (2004-2005); President Elect (2005-2006); President (2006-2007))
- The Collaborative Law Institute of Texas (Member)
- Professionals for Collaborative Law (Member)
- Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists (Member)
- Texas Family Law Foundation (Sustaining Lifetime Member)
- State Bar of Texas, Family Law Section, June 1, 2011 - Present (Treasurer)
Past Positions
- Shareholder, Vaught Law Firm, P.C., 2010 - Present
- Shareholder, McCullar Vaught, P.C., 2003 - 2010
- Associate, Law Offices of Edwin (Ted) J. Terry, P.C., 1995 - 2002
- Staff Attorney, Hon. Jack Hightower, Justice, The Supreme Court of Texas, 1989 - 1995
Articles
Published Works
- Alternative Drafting Orders and Decrees to Those Found in the Family Law Practice Manual, State Bar of Texas Advanced Family Law Drafting Course, Houston, Texas, December, 2010
- The Future of Premarital, Postmarital, and Cohabitation Agreements, New Frontiers in Marital Property Law, Scottsdale, Arizona, October, 2010
- Take This House and Shove It, Texas Advanced Paralegal Seminar, 2010
- Appellate Purgatory: Actions You Can Take During Appeal and After Remand, 36th Annual Advanced Family Law Course, San Antonio, Texas, August, 2010
- Appellate Practice From Every Angle, State Bar of Texas 36th Annual Advanced Family Law Course, San Antonio, Texas (with Georganna Simpson), August, 2010
- Different Ways to Trace Separate Property, State Bar of Texas 35th Annual Advanced Family Law Course, Dallas, Texas, August, 2009
- Marital Property Agreements: And You Know It Don’t Come Easy, State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting, Dallas, Texas, June, 2009
- Different Ways to Trace Separate Property, New Frontiers in Marital Property Law, Napa, California, October, 2008
- The Marital Residence: There’s No Place Like Home, State Bar of Texas 31st Marriage Dissolution Seminar, Galveston, Texas, April, 2008
- Dealing with Unusual Trusts, State Bar of Texas New Frontiers in Marital Property Law, Memphis, Tennessee, October, 2007
- The Road to Settlement: Rule 11 Agreements, Informal Settlement Agreements and Mediated Settlement Agreements, State Bar of Texas 34th Annual Marriage Dissolution Institute, April, 2011
- The Road to Settlement: Rule 11 Agreements, Informal Settlement Agreements and Mediated Settlement Agreements, State Bar of Texas 34th Annual Marriage Dissolution Seminar, April, 2011
- Appellate Practice from Every Angle, State Bar of Texas 37th Annual Advanced Family Law Course, August, 2011
- Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover: Appellate Style, State Bar of Texas 35th Annual Marriage Dissolution Seminar, April, 2012
- Summary Judgments in Divorce, State Bar of Texas 38th Annual Advanced Family Law Course, August, 2012
- Time Keeps on Slippin', Slippin', Slippin' into the Future: Post-trial and Appellate Deadlines, Austin Bar Association Seminar: Handling Your First (or Next) Divorce Case, January, 2013
- Know When to Hold 'Em, Know When to Fold 'Em: Settlement Agreements, Rule 11 Agreements, Informal Settlement Agreements and Mediated Settlement Agreements, State Bar of Texas 36th Annual Marriage Dissolution Seminar, April, 2013
- What We Have Here is a Failure to Communicate: Attacking and Defending Settlement Agreements, State Bar of Texas 39th Annual Advanced Family Law Course, August, 2013
Office Info
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- Family Law, Military Divorce, Child Custody, Mediation
- Family Law
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