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Alma Benavides

Law Office of Alma R. Benavides, PLLC

Plano

 

Member profile details

First Name
Alma
Initial
R.
Last Name
Benavides
Organization
Law Office of Alma R. Benavides, PLLC
Phone
972-578-2600
Office Fax
972-586-7790
Address (Street-Suite)
4690 McDermott Road, Suite 100
City
Plano
State
TX
Zip Code
75024
 

Member Info

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Practice Region(s)
  • TX
  • NTX – North Texas
Practice County
Collin, Denton, Dallas, Tarrant, Rockwall, Ellis, Kaufman, Grayson
Judge
no
Law School
Texas Tech School of Law
Degree
Juris Doctorate
Bar State
TX
Year Admitted To Bar
2001
First Year To Mediate
2001
Mediation Total Range
201-500
Mediation Trainings - Indicate the 40-Hr Basic Mediation Training Facility Attended, Date and Others
South Plains Dispute Resolution Center - 40 Basic Mediation Training - August 1999; Dispute Mediation Service, Inc. - 30 Hour Family Mediation Training which included 6 hours of Domestic Violence - May 2008; El Centro College - Child Welfare Training for Mediators - November 2012; Continuing Legal Education Training sponsored through several ADR sections / TMCA / TAMS
Mediation Practice Areas
  • Business/Commercial/Contracts
  • Family
  • Family Business Disputes
  • Probate
  • Real Estate
Languages Other Than English
Spanish
Additional Qualifications
Biographical Information: Licensed to practice law since May 2001, shortly after graduating from Texas Tech School of Law. She served as a council member for the State Bar of Texas Child Protection Law Section in the past and is double Board Certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in Family Law and also in Child Welfare Law, a fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, a TMCA Credentialed Distinguished Mediator, a Full Member of the Texas Association of Mediators and is trained as a Collaborative Law Attorney. She has been a sole practitioner since 2009.

Board Certified, Child Welfare Law – Texas Board of Legal Specialization, December 2018
Board Certified, Family Law – Texas Board of Legal Specialization, December 2011

Honors:
Top Latino Lawyers – 2022, 2023
Texas Super Lawyers – 2022, 2023
Texas Super Lawyers – Rising Star 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
American Institute of Family Lawyers
AV Rating, Martindale-Hubbell
PRR AV Preeminent Attorney - Judicial Edition
Bar Register Women’s AV Preeminent Attorney

Professional Associations:
Fellow, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, 2022
Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation
Fellow, Texas Bar College, 2006
State Bar of Texas, Child Protection Law Section, Council Member, Term expired 2023
Member, Texas Association of Mediators, 2022
Texas Mediator Credentialing Association - Texas Credentialed Distinguished Mediator
Chair, Dallas Bar Association Family Law Section, 2011
Vice-Chair, Dallas Bar Association Family Law Section, 2010
Treasurer, Dallas Bar Association Family Law Section, 2009
Secretary, Dallas Bar Association Family Law Section, 2008
President, Collin County Bar Association Family Law Section, May 2007 – June 2008
Member, State Bar of Texas (Family & Child Welfare Sections)
Member, Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists
Member, Dallas Bar Association (Family & Collaborative Law Sections)
Member, Dallas Bar Association Family Law Section Pro Bono Committee (2001 – 2008)
Member, Dallas Hispanic Bar Association
Member, Collin County Bar Association
Member, Collin County Bar Association Family Law Section
Member, Collin County Bar Association Alternative Dispute Resolution Section
Alumnus, The Annette Stewart American Inn of Court
Master, The Curt B. Henderson American Inn of Court

I have also presented / written several articles
TMCA Credentialing - Current Year - (Applies to Texas Only)
  • Credentialed Distinguished
Certified Mediator by State/Date
Texas

CONTACT US

Association of Attorney-Mediators
P. O. Box 741955, Dallas, TX 75374-1955 
Toll-free:  800-280-1368 
 Fax:  972-669-8180
aam@attorney-mediators.org

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