First Admitted: 1996, Texas

Bar/Professional Activity:

Texas Bar Foundation, Fellow, 2015-Present
San Antonio Family Lawyers Association, Member, 2010 – Present; Vice-President, 2015-2016
U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1996
Bexar County Women’s Bar Association, Bench Brunch Volunteers Chair, 2007 – Present
Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists, Member, 2010 – Present
San Antonio Bar Association, Family Law Section, Sergeant at Arms, 2009 – Present
College of the State Bar of Texas, Member, 2001 – Present
San Antonio Bar Foundation, Member, 2004 – Present
U.S. District Court Western District of Texas, 1997
Bexar County Women’s Bar Association, Chair, Judicial Liaisons, 2002 – 2005
TACA (Texas Association of Court Administrators), Member, 2010 – Present
Bexar County Women’s Bar Association, Member
San Antonio Bar Association, Family Law Section, Vice President, 2013 – Present
State Bar of Texas, Family Law Section, Member, 2000
Extreme Family Law Makeover, Course Director, 2008 – 2010
State Bar of Texas, 1996
CASA of San Antonio, Board Member, 2001 – 2006
U.S. Supreme Court of Texas, 1996
Bexar County Women’s Bar Association, Bench Brunch Volunteers Chair, 2003 – 2005
San Antonio Family Lawyers Association, Treasurer, 2010 – Present
San Antonio Bar Association, Family Law Section, Board Member, 2006 – Present
Texas Association of Family Law Specialists, Member, 2010 – Present

Representative Clients:

Special Licenses/Certifications:

Honors/Awards:

Best Lawyers in America, Family Law, 2018-2021
Texas Super Lawyers by Thomson Reuters, 2013-2020
Texas Rising Stars by Thomson Reuters, as published in Texas Monthly, 2008-2010
San Antonio’s Top Attorneys, S.A. Scene Magazine, 2007–2010, 2012–2017
Outstanding Young Lawyer of the Year, Women’s Bar Association of Bexar County, 2003
President’s Award, San Antonio Bar Association - Family Law Section, 2012-2013

Educational Background:

Scholarly Lectures/Writings:

When Your Opponent Has a Fool for a Client: Facing the Pro Se Party and Getting Through a Jane Doe Application from Beginning to End: The Parental By-Pass Notification Act 2000 Judicial Seminar
Featured, Texas Bar Journal, ”The San Antonio Pro Se Assistance Program,” October 2000
Speaker: 2001 and 2002 Judicial Section Annual Conference
Presenter, Reconciling the Interdisciplinary Model with the Texas Lawyer’s Creed, Kids First, Parents Second, September 25, 2015
Speaker: Texas Association of Domestic Relations Office, 2014; Texas Association of Court Administrators, 2009-2011; Corpus Christi Bar Association Annual CLE, October 2009; Texas Post Adoption Professionals Annual Meeting, 2000-2005; various San Antonio Bar Association CLE Lunches, 2002-2004; Advanced Family Law Course, 2000; State Bar Leaders Seminar, 2000; Texas Wills & Estates Seminar, 1997
Co-Course Director, Extreme Family Law Makeover, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2018
Surviving Presiding Court in Bexar County, Texas, presented annually to St. Mary's University School of Law Students and at Trying a Custody Case on a Shoestring Budget and The Anatomy of a Civil Trial
Understanding Real Value, 2008 Advanced Family Law Course
Using Summary Judgments in Family Law, 2006 Advanced Family Law Course

Other Outstanding Achievements:

Amber Liddell Alwais