The only candidate for this bench Board Certified in Family Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization

Teresa Waldrop

While not a native Houstonian, I got here just as soon as I could. I moved to Houston from San Antonio in January 1996. 

I am a 1987 graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, where I received a degree in Political Science. I received my Juris Doctrate in 1991 from St. Mary’s University School of Law in San Antonio. While in law school I had the unique experience of being selected by Justice Oscar Mauzy to serve as his law student intern for a semester at the Texas Supreme Court. As a result, I spent my final law school semester living in Austin, and attending classes at the University of Texas School of Law.

Upon graduation and passing the bar, I went to work as an associate with a San Antonio general plaintiffs-oriented civil litigation firm, where I remained for 4 years. In 1996, I went to work as an associate in a Houston law firm handling both civil litigation and complex divorce cases. I ended the civil litigation part of my career as an associate with a Houston defense-oriented civil litigation firm at the close of 2000, to focus on divorce litigation.

Looking back after all these years, I can say, without a doubt, my decision to open my own shop to focus on divorce litigation, the practice of family law, and my clients, was one of the best decisions I have ever made.

When I passed the Texas bar exam in 1991, I swore I would never take another test. After years of resisting, and despite 18 years of litigation experience under my belt, in October 2009, I succumbed, sat for and passed the family law board certification examination in Austin.

Outside the office I enjoy several book clubs, a Looking at Art class I’ve taken since 2001 and raising Mary Catherine & Pippa, American pit mixes I adopted from the BARC animal shelter.

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