Roberto Cañas
4807 Gaston Avenue, Dallas, TX 75246
About Roberto Cañas
Practice Areas
- Family Law
Education
- Texas Tech University School of Law, Lubbock, TexasJ.D.
- Honors: cum laude
- University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TexasB.A.
- Honors: cum laude
Classes and Seminars
- Texas Council on Family Violence, Judicial Summit, August 2019
- Hot Topics in Criminal Law, March 2019
- Assessing Risk in Domestic Violence Cases, National Trial College, 2018
- Professionalism in Court, Dallas Bar Association, 2018
- Assessing Risk, Offender Accountability, and Ethical Issues in Domestic Violence Cases, General Jurisdiction, 2018
- Professionalism in Court, Ethics Fest, 2018
- The Intersection of Domestic Violence Dockets and Procedural Justice, 13th Annual Conference on Crimes Against Women, 2018
- Webinar: Courts and Abusive Partner Intervention Programs: Strategies for Increasing Accountability through Collaboration, 2017
- Assessing Risk in Court, Indiana Annual Judicial Conference, 2017
- Gun Forfeiture, BIPP and Referral Source Relations, Tools for Transformation: 14th Annual BIPP Conference, 2017
- Domestic Violence, Enhancing Judicial Skills in Domestic Violence Workshop, 2017
- Delaware Annual Judicial Conference, Recognizing Responsibility and Risk of Abusers in Court, 2017
- Firearm Protocols in Domestic Violence Cases, Family Justice Conference, 2017
- Domestic Violence Mentor Courts, Annual Statewide Domestic Violence Symposium, 2017
- Assessing Risk in Court, 12th Annual Conference on Crimes Against Women, 2017
- Enhancing Judicial Skills Workshop, NCJFCJ, 2016
- Justice Institute on Gender-Based Violence, Vital Voices, 2016
- Domestic Violence, The Justice Institute on Gender-Based Violence, 2016
- Domestic Violence, Enhancing Judicial Skills in Domestic Violence Cases Workshop, 2016
- A Conversation About Firearms and Family Violence, Family Law Conference, 2015
- How a Domestic Violence Court Works, Partner to Protect: A Leadership Summit for Family Violence Programs and Law Enforcement, 2010
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Texas, 1997
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas, 1997
Other Affiliations
- Chair of the Ethics Advisory, 2019 - Present (Commission to the City of Dallas)
- Vice Chair to the Animal Shelter Advisory Commission
- College of the State Bar of Texas, 2018 - Present (Member)
- Texas Bar, 2017 - Present (Criminal Justice Section, Council Director)
- Former Board of Directors for the Dallas Bar Association
- State Bar of Texas, 2017 - 2019 (Criminal Justice Section, Board Member)
- Former Board Member for the Texas Young Lawyers Association, 2002 - 2008
- American Bar Association, 2002 - 2005 (Young Lawyers Division, District Representative)
- State Bar of Texas, 1997 - Present (Member)
- Dallas Association of Young Lawyers, 1997 - 2008 (Former Board Member)
Past Positions
- County Criminal Court #10, Judge, 2007 - 2018
- Dallas County District Attorney's Office, Assistant District Attorney, 1999 - 2006
- Haynes & Boone, Attorney, 1997 - 1999
Articles
Published Works
- Supreme Court's Rule on Testimonial Hearsay, Dallas Association of Young Lawyers, The Dicta, 2007 Short article about the meaning of the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Crawford v. Washington. The main issue was the interpretation of the Confrontation Clause in the Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Office Info
Other Colleagues
- Guardianship, Family Law
Nearby Lawyers
- Family Law
- 1.5 miles away
- 1.5 miles away
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