"No task in fighting for my daughter was too much. I had a long, long battle, but there was nothing acceptable to them but to do the right thing."
-Molly Ann Huie
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Elizabeth Durso Branch
5950 Sherry Lane
8th Floor
Dallas, Texas 75225
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In serving as an advocate for her clients in all matters of Family Law, Elizabeth Durso Branch draws on her experience as a former Bexar County Assistant District Attorney and a former Assistant County Attorney in Guadalupe County. A successful prosecutor and appellate attorney, Elizabeth wrote the brief that resulted in the adoption of a community caretaking exception by the 4th Court of Appeals in Ortega v. State, 974 S.W.2d 361 (Tex.App.-San Antonio 1998).
Elizabeth has a unique perspective on cases involving children's issues, having served for more than four years as an Assistant Attorney General in the Child Support Litigation Division of the Texas Attorney General's Office.
Board Certified in Family Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization since 2006, Elizabeth is a frequent author, writing on a wide range of Family Law issues. She is a 1990 graduate of the Mississippi College School of Law, where she was on Law Review. She attended the University of Texas and earned her Bachelor's Degree from Lamar University in 1987.
- Partner
- Family Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 2006
- Texas, 1990
- Mississippi College School of Law, Jackson, Mississippi,
1990
J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
- Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas,
1987
B.A., Bachelor of Arts
- When Two Worlds Collide: Pediatrics and Family Law, Pediatric Society of Greater Dallas, November, 2009
- The Family Law Jury Trial, (Co-Author)Advanced Family Law, August, 2009
- Getting a Head Start: Statutory Presumptions in the Family Code, Marriage Dissolution Seminar, 2009
- Family Law Year in Review: 2008, 72 Texas Bar Journal 98, February, 2009
- Enforcing and Modifying Family Law Orders and Decrees, Half Moon Seminars, February, 2008
- Making Summary Judgment Relevant Again, (Co-Author), Advanced Family Law, August, 2007
- Making Sense of Child Support: Crunching Numbers, Filling Out Forms, Half Moon Seminars, May, 2007
- Be Careful What You Ask For, You May Get It: Common Sense Discovery Requests and Responses, (Co-Author), Advanced Family Law Course, State Bar of Texas, 2006
- Protecting Children from Incompetent Forensic Evaluations and Expert Testimony, Editor, J. Am. Acad. Matrim. Law, 2005
- Making a Silk Purse out of a Sow's Ear: Making the Best of LLCs, LLPs, FLPs and Trusts, (Co-Author), New Frontiers in Marital Property Law, 2004
- Family Law-Expert Witnesses, The Ultimate Trial Notebook, 2004
- Ortega v. State, 974 S.W.2d 361
(Tex.App.-San Antonio 1998)
- State Bar of Texas, Family Law Section
- Bexar County Bar Association
- Texas District and County Attorneys Association
- Dallas County Bar Association
- Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists
- Annette Stewart American Inn of Court Associate
- Phi Alpha Delta
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