Mary Johanna McCurley - Family Attorneys: Dallas TX

Our Family Law Practice
* Divorce
* Child Related Issues
* Paternity & Parental Rights
* International Disputes
* Appeals
* Alternate Dispute Resolution
* Collaborative Law
* Personal Enhancement Coaching

McCurley Orsinger McCurley Nelson & Downing, L.L.P., a nationally prominent law firm, is committed to providing our clients with personalized legal services in all family law matters. While we are all experienced trial lawyers, we make every effort to resolve disputes by alternative methods such as mediation or arbitration. We recognize that settlement efforts sometimes fail and we prepare ourselves for trial should litigation prove necessary. Many of our attorneys have special training in the new field of collaborative law, which affords cooperative parties a means of resolving their differences in a confidential manner. Our years of experience, both in and out of the courtroom, have given us skills that enable us to apprise our clients of all realistic options at every stage of a family law case.

One of the largest firms in Texas dedicated solely to family law, McCurley Orsinger McCurley Nelson & Downing, L.L.P. has offices in Dallas, Fort Worth and San Antonio. Each of our partners is Board Certified in Family Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, and each is a member of the Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists. Members of our firm have held leadership positions in family law bar associations and on family law committees at both the state and local levels. Our Firm is highly acclaimed and our attorneys have won various awards for Best in Family Law practice.

Fellow - American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers

Mary Johanna McCurley
McCurley Orsinger McCurley Nelson & Downing LLP
5950 Sherry Ln #800
Dallas TX 75225
Tel: 214 273-2400
Fax: 214 273-2470

Areas of Practice:
Family Law

Mary Johanna McCurley has the experience to knowledgeably address all matrimonial issues, including asset tracing; family-owned business entities and corporate involvement; interspousal torts; and psychological issues of the family related to divorce and custody, including interactions with experts.

Mary Johanna is a widely published author and frequent lecturer before such forums as the State Bar of Texas, New York Bar Association, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML), American Bar Association, National Business Institute and colleges of law throughout Texas. She has been Board Certified in Family Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization since 1984.

Mary Johanna has earned recognition on every Texas Super Lawyers listing, receiving special recognition among the Top 50 Women Lawyers in Texas for five consecutive years. She also has been recognized in Best Lawyers in America, Who's Who in the World and Who's Who of American Women.

Mary Johanna is a Past-Chair of the Family Law Section of the State Bar of Texas. She was elected May 2003 to serve a term through May 2004. She is also an active member of a number of other professional organizations serving as Vice-president of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers - National, Secretary/Treasurer of American Inns of Court (Annette Stewart Chapter), President of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers - Texas Chapter, Co-Director of the 2005 Advanced Family Law Course for the State Bar of Texas and has been a member of the Family Law Council since 1987, before which time she was an adjunct member for three years.

Mary Johanna has chaired the Mediation Study Committee and the Special Concerns for Children Committee for the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, and has been Co-Coordinator of the organization's continuing legal education program on multiple occasions. She also served as President of the Texas Chapter of the AAML. For nearly a decade, she shared editing responsibilities for the Family Law Practice Manual, a publication of the State Bar of Texas. In keeping with her concern for children, Mary Johanna was Co-Chair of the Child Support and Child Visitation Guidelines Committee for the Supreme Court of Texas for 1992-93 and served on the committee in 1997.

Mary Johanna began her distinguished career after graduating from St. Mary's University School of Law in 1979, where she was Student Body Vice President and President of the Senate. She also holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Centenary College, where she served as Student Body President.