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Attorneys are Board Certified, Family Law - Texas Board of Legal Specialization

Attorneys Mark S. Cochran and Philip D. Phillips exclusively practice Family Law, which includes divorce, visitation establishment and enforcement, child support establishment and enforcement, modification, custody, paternity, contempt, pre-marital agreements, step-parent adoption, QDRO preparation, and other child and family-related matters.  The attorneys share office space but there is no partnership, LLP or PC entity due to the new Texas Franchise Tax law.

Mark S. Cochran and Philip D. Phillips are both AV® rated by Martindale-Hubbell.
(CV, BV and AV are registered certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies.  Martindale-Hubbell is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the confidential opinions of members of the Bar and the Judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell Ratings fall into two categories - legal ability and general ethical standards.)

 Each attorney has extensive litigation experience, and is qualified and capable of the trial of complex or large estates.  We believe it is essential that a client be fully informed of his or her options and the progress of the case.  We zealously represent our clients' interests while frankly advising as to the reality of the clients' expectations, given the specific circumstances of the case.

Although we are trial attorneys, we acknowledge that most family law matters are best settled and resolved prior to trial.  Settlement, when fairly done, can save a client significant time and money.  Settlement also allows the parties to have total control over the decision-making involving their children and property.  Each attorney, therefore, has extensive experience in alternate dispute resolution, including mediation, settlement conferences, access facilitation and old-fashioned negotiation between lawyers.  While encouraging alternate dispute resolution, we recognized that certain cases and issues must be tried by a Judge or jury, and are prepared to do so.

Most importantly, we believe that an effective family law attorney must work to resolve problems, not create conflict and escalate hostilities. 

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