Holly Draper

Managing partner at The Draper Law Firm, P.C., Holly Draper is a family law attorney. With an office in McKinney, Texas, Ms. Draper represents clients in Collin County, Denton County and other surrounding counties in matters of mediation, divorce, child support, child custody, termination of parental rights, paternity, adoptions, and grandparents’ rights.  The Texas Board of Legal Specialization has board certified Ms. Draper in family law.Ms. Draper also handles family law appellate matters.  In February of 2019, the Fort Worth Court of Appeals granted a mandamus filed by Ms. Draper in a case related to grandparent standing(In reClay, No. 02-18-00404-CV). In April of 2020, Ms. Draper argued on behalf of a fit father in an important parental rights case in the Texas Supreme Court (In re C.J.C., No. 19-0694). Multiple groups from around the state and country filed briefs as amicus curiae supporting Ms. Draper's position, including the State of Texas.  On June 26, 2020, the Texas Supreme Court ruled 9-0 in Ms. Draper's favor and issued what may be the most important parental rights opinion in Texas history. Since that time, Ms. Draper has become the go-to expert in Texas on the issue of parent vs. non-parent child custody litigation, speaking regularly at state and local seminars.Ms. Draper is a member of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, the Curt B. Henderson American Inn of Court, the Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists, the Collin County Women Lawyers Association, the Collin County Bar Association and the Family Law Sections of the State Bar of Texas and the Collin County Bar Association.  She served on the leadership team for the Collin County Bar Association's Family Law Section in 2019-2020.  Ms. Draper is currently serving her second two-year term on the State Bar of Texas Law Practice Management Committee.Ms. Draper is admitted to practice in the state of Texas and has set a goal of providing personalized, high-quality legal services for families while balancing a professional and personal life of her own.  Over the fifteen years, she has found her passion is in helping her clients through difficult situations to guide them to a successful, stable future.In 2001, Ms. Draper graduated summa cum laude from Texas Tech University with a Bachelor of Arts in public relations. She then attended law school at The University of Texas School of Law, where she obtained her Juris Doctor in 2004. During law school, she was The Review of Litigation’s notes editor and a Teaching Quizmaster.