Bill De La Garza
President and Owner
Areas of Practice
- Child Custody
- Divorce
- Family Law
Litigation Percentage
- 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Certified Legal Specialties
- Board Certified, Family Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 1980
Bar Admissions
- Texas, 1973
Education
- South Texas College of Law, Houston, Texas
- J.D. - 1973
- Law Journal: South Texas College of Law Law Journal, Research Editor, 1972 - 1973
- Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas
- B.A. - 1969
- Honors: With Honors
Classes/Seminars
- Family Law, State Bar of Texas, Lecturer, 1991
Honors and Awards
- Recipient, Dave Gibson Award for Professionalism and Excellence in the Practice of Family Law, Gulf Coast Family Law Specialists, 1997
- Texas Super Lawyer 2006 - 1010
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Texas Family Law Council, Adjunct Member and Past Member
- Texas Family Practice Manual Revision Committee, Family Law Council, Past Member
- Houston Bar Association (Director, Family Law Section, 1981; Member, Mentor Society, 1985-1990; Family Law Section, 1985; Chairman, Family Law Section, 1999-2000)
- Houston Bay Area Bar Association(Vice-President, Programs, 1982)
- American Bar Association, Member
- State Bar of Texas, Member
- Gulf Coast Family Law Specialists Association (Director, 1982-1983; Secretary-Treasurer, 1983-1984; President, 1984-1985)
- Texas Academy of Certified Family Law Specialists (Director, 1988)
- American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Member
- Houston Bar Foundation, Fellow
- College of the State Bar of Texas, Member
- Royal Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (UK), Member
Past Employment Positions
- South Texas College of Law, Adjunct Professor of Law, 1978
- U.S.A.R., 2nd Lieut., 1972 - 1977
Fraternities/Sororities
- Blue Key
- Delta Theta Phi
- Phi Eta Sigma
- Phi Kappa Phi
