I am very excited to announce that effective today, July 1, 2014, I am joining the firm Godwin Lewis, P.C. in downtown Dallas as a shareholder. After 20+ total years of practice, and 10+ years with O’Neil & Attorneys, I am excited for the new opportunities ahead of me.
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Best Divorce Lawyers in Texas listed in Texas Monthly
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Michelle May O’Neil has been named one of the best divorce lawyers in Texas by Texas Super Lawyers Magazine.
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Learning How To Do a Rain Dance
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Posted in Divorce, Michelle May O'Neil News
Here’s why you should hire my lawyers to represent you in your Dallas area divorce:
We have a been-there, done-that perspective based on our extensive experience in divorce, child custody, and complex marital property litigation.
We have hands-on real world experience from the ground up in family law matters in Texas.
Our experience allows us to distinguish the real, meaningful issues from the ones that don’t matter.
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Appellate Lawyers are the Chess Club of the Law World
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Posted in Family Law Appellate Issues
As with other areas of law, the family law appellate lawyer can help get a case ready for trial. The family law appellate lawyer can handle disputes over legal issues so the trial lawyer can focus on the fact issues. The family law appellate lawyer can draft motions, briefs, or even the jury charge to fine-tune the really important legal issues. The family law appellate lawyer can advise the trial lawyer as to what parts of the case really matter, and what can be left on the editing room floor.
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Dallas Kids Expo Features O’Neil’s book All About Texas Law and Kids
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Dallas Family Law attorney Michelle May O’Neil previewed her book All About Texas Law and Kids with her co-authors Bobbi Sheahan and Sharon Ramage at the Dallas Kids Expo on Saturday. The audience submitted general questions…
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Toddler Tug of War Article Quotes Dallas Family Law Attorney O’Neil
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Dallas Family Law Attorney Michelle May O’Neil was cited in an article published today in the Texas Lawyer news magazine. The article entitled Toddler Tug of War: Mother and Couple at Odds in Parental Rights Termination Case by John Council discusses a case pending in the Houston 1st Court of Appeals seeking to terminate a mother’s parental rights when the baby was secreted from the mother by the father and unknowingly placed with a prospecitve adoptive family.
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Co-parenting Goes Online
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Posted in Children and Parenting
Parents can now coordinate parenting time schedules, health records, immunization histories, expense sharing, school information, virtual document storage and much more on a website specifically designed to deal with the issues that arise in co-parenting situation. OurFamilyWizard.com is intended to remove conflict and improve the lives of children.
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Dallas divorce specialist teaches lawyers at seminar
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Dallas divorce lawyer Michelle May O’Neil presented a speech on pretrial appellate remedies entitled Mandamus and More. The continuing education conference for Texas divorce lawyers was titled Family Law on the Front Lines and it was held at the Hyatt Regency Hill Country Resort June 18-19, 2009.
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Constitutionality of Termination Law — Video Interview
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Today I was interviewed by John Council with Texas Lawyer Magazine about the In re JOA opinion issued recently by the Texas Supreme Court for the Video Blog Reversed and Remanded. Seriously, you should go look at the video. (I wish I had worn a different shirt!) The Texas Supreme Court declared Texas Family Code section 263.405(b) unconstitutional…
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