Associate Attorney, Law Offices of Joel A Nass, 2009–2023
Associate Attorney, Bailey & Galyen Attorneys at Law, 2007–2009
Education
South Texas College of Law Houston, J.D., 2000–2003
The University of Texas at Austin, B.A., 1996–2000
Associations & Memberships
Board Certified in Family Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 2012–Present
State Bar of Texas, Family Law Section
Houston Bar Association, Family Law Section, Board of Directors, 2015–2018
Houston Bar Association, Judicial Polls Committee, 2015–2016
Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists, Member, 2013–Present
Gulf Coast Family Law Specialists, Member, 2013–Present
Burta Rhoads Raborn Family Law American Inns of Court, Member, 2010–Present
America Inns of Court, Member, 2010–Present
Family Bar of Fort Bend
Texas Bar Foundation
Leadership Pearland, Member, 2006–2007
President of Student Bar Association, South Texas College of Law Houston, 2002–2003
Certified Mediator, University of Texas Conflict Resolution Center, 2000
Honors
American Inns of Court, Achieving Excellence Program, 2019–2020
Burta Rhoads Raborn Family Law American Inns of Court, Best Team Overall Presentation, 2012–2014
Burta Rhoads Raborn Family Law American Inns of Court, Best Team Presentation, 2013–2014
South Texas College of Law Houston, Dean’s Citizenship Award, 2003
South Texas College of Law Houston, Most Outstanding Female Graduate, 2003
State Bar of Texas, Oustanding Individual Achievement in the Furtherance of Democracy, Diversity, and Freedom, 2003
Leadership
Presentations
Presenter/Co-Publisher,” An Evening in the 1000th District Court: Discovery Issues,” 2022
Presenter/Co-Publisher, “Lead, Follow, or Get Out of the Way!,” 2022
Moderator of Continuing Legal Education, Burta Rhoads Raborn Family Law American Inns of Court Program, “Stay the BLEEP at Home: A Crash Course on COVID-19 Concerns like Mental Health, Domestic Violence, and Applying for Emergency Relief,” 2020
Presenter/Co-Publisher, “Back to the Future: The English Model, American Inns of Court, Burta Rhoads Raborn Inn of Court & the Promise of Promoting Ethics in Family Law,” 2019
Presenter, “Preparing the Client for Mediation,” at the Family Law Essentials sponsored by the State Bar of Texas, 2017
Presenter/Co-Publisher, “Sex, Drugs and Family Law,” 2019
Presenter/Co-Publisher, “Love Will Keep Us Together – Bounds of Advocacy as a Superior Guide for Professionalism and Excellence in Family Law,” 2018
Presenter/ Co-Publisher, “Back to Basics with Burta,” 2014
Publications
Publisher, “Inn the News – The Burta Rhoads Raborn Family Law American Inn of Court,” The Bencher, The Magazine of the American Inns of Court, May/June 2020 Edition