Alan Haston

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Alan Haston

The Haston Law Firm, P.C.
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Education

South Texas College of Law 1992 JD

Admitted to Practice

Texas 1992

Legal Organizations

  • Fellow – American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers 2016 – present Co-Chair – Practice and Technology Committee 2019 – presentMember – State Bar of Texas Family Law Council – 2012 – 2017 Co-Chair – Website and Technology Committee 2013 – 2016 Course Director – State Bar of Texas Marriage Dissolution Institute, 2013, Galveston, Texas Course Director – State Bar of Texas Pro Bono Family Law Program, September 2013, San Marcos TexasMember – Houston Bar Association – Family Law Section Board of Directors 1997-2000 and 2005 – 2012, Treasurer 2007 – 2009, Chair 2010 – 2011Member – Gulf Coast Family Law Specialists 2000 – present Board of Directors 2004 – 2011, 2014-2016, 2022-2025, Treasurer 2005-2007, Chair 2008-2009Fellow – Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists (TAFLS) Board of Directors – 2014-2017Member – Collaborative Divorce Texas Board of Trustees – 2019 – present Chair – Fundraising and Finance Committee 2021 – presentMember – Collaborative Divorce Houston Board of Directors 2019 – present Chair – 2021-2024

CLE Presentations

  • MAKING IT EASY FOR THE JUDGE TO RULE IN YOUR FAVOR: PREPARING AND TRYING A PROPERTY CASE TO THE BENCH, Family Law for the General Practitioner and Legal Assistant, South Texas College of Law, Houston, Texas, 1998.HANDLING GENDER BIAS IN FAMILY LAW, American Inns of Court – Family Law Section, Houston, Texas February 1999.RULES OF EVIDENCE IN FAMILY LAW, Litigation Services Presentation to the Houston CPA Chapter, Houston, Texas, February 1999.INVENTORY PREPARATION AND RELATED ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS, Family Law for General Practitioners and Legal Assistants, South Texas College of Law, Houston, Texas, February 2001.INVENTORY NOTEBOOK AND ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTION, Family Law Conference for General Practitioners and Legal Assistants, South Texas College of Law, Houston, Texas, February 2002.STOCK OPTIONS – BOOM OR BUST? 5th Annual Family Law Institute, Houston Bar Association, March 2002.PROPERTY ISSUES – QUESTION AND ANSWER, Family Law Boot Camp 2002 at the State Bar of Texas Advanced Family Law Course, State Bar of Texas, August 2002.CHILD SUPPORT AND VISITATION ESTABLISHMENT, MODIFICATION AND ENFORCEMENT – Guest Speaker on Public Service Video, -Learn About Law Series”, produced by the Houston Bar Association, January 2003.INVENTORY NOTEBOOK AND PROPERTY DIVISION – Family Law Conference for the General Practitioner and Paralegal, South Texas College of Law, Houston, Texas, March 2006.MARITAL PROPERTY RIGHTS IN RETIREMENT AND OTHER EMPLOYEE BENEFITS (Presenter of paper by Angela Pence) – Family Law Practice Seminar, University of Houston, Texas November 2006.TRYING A PROPERTY CASE TO THE BENCH – Family Law Conference, South Texas College of Law, Houston, Texas, February 2007.ALIMONY AND MAINTENANCE – South Texas College of Law, Family Law Conference, Houston, Texas, March 6-7, 2008ALIMONY AND SPOUSAL SUPPORT – Family Law Conference, South Texas College of Law, Houston, Texas, March 5, 2009.ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTION IS GONE, WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? – Family Law Conference, South Texas College of Law, Houston, Texas March 11, 2010.MEDIATION OF A FAMILY LAW CASE – Northwest Collaborative Lawyers Luncheon, Houston, Texas October 21, 2010.MEDIATING PROPERTY ISSUES – Houston Bar Association 2011 Family Law Institute, South Texas College of Law, Houston, Texas March 4, 2011.ELECTRONIC EVIDENCE IN FAMILY LAW (Co-presenter on article by Reginald Hirsch) – Houston Bar Association – CLE Family Law Seminar, Houston Bar Association, Houston, Texas March 31, 2011.MAKING YOUR LAW PRACTICE PORTABLE – PDF’s AND BEYOND – State Bar of Texas Family Law Technology Course: No Tech to High Tech in Two Days, Austin, Texas, December 13, 2012.iPADs FOR LAWYERS – A MARRIAGE MADE IN HEAVEN, Technology Workshop – Basic, Intermediate and Advanced – State Bar of Texas Advanced Family Law Seminar, San Antonio Texas, August 6, 2013.ENFORCEMENT MOCK TRIAL – Trial Demonstration, State Bar of Texas Advanced Family Law Seminar, San Antonio Texas, August 7, 2013, State Bar of Texas Judicial Conference, Horseshoe Bay, Texas, January 23, 2014.CLIENT COMMUNICATION AND PRACTICE MANAGEMENT IN THE DIGITAL AGE – State Bar of Texas Marriage Dissolution Institute, Austin, Texas, April 24, 2014.CREATIVE DEMONSTRATIVE EVIDENCE ON A SHOESTRING – Panel Moderator – State Bar of Texas Marriage Dissolution Institute, Austin, Texas, April 24, 2014.THE PAPERLESS LAW OFFICE: Author and Presenter – Why It’s Important and How to Do It – State Bar of Texas Advanced Family Law Seminar, San Antonio Texas, August 7, 2014.WELCOME TO THE AGE OF ELECTRONIC FILING (Mandatory E-Filing in Texas) – Co-Author and Presenter – State Bar of Texas Advanced Family Law Seminar, San Antonio Texas, August 7, 2014.SAVING TREES/PRACTICING LAW: CREATING THE PAPERLESS LAW OFFICE FOR YOUR DIVORCE PRACTICE – State Bar of Texas Family Law Technology Course, Austin, Texas December 4, 2014.60 TIPS, TRICKS AND APPS – Co-Author and Co-Presenter – State Bar of Texas Family Law Technology Course, Austin, Texas December 5, 2014.USING TECHNOLOGY IN HARRIS COUNTY COURTS – Author & Co-Presenter – Gulf Coast Family Law Specialists, January 8, 2015.BEST PRACTICES FOR LESS PAPER – Author and Presenter – State Bar of Texas Advanced Family Law Seminar, San Antonio Texas, August 3-6, 2015.
  • DRAFTING EFFECTIVE TRIAL EXHIBITS – Co-Author and Presenter – State Bar of Texas Advanced Family Law Drafting Course, December 10-11, 2015.
  • COURTROOM TECHNOLOGY: Presentation of Evidence – Author and Co-Presenter – State Bar of Texas Advanced Trial Strategies Course, New Orleans, Louisiana, February 18-19, 2016.
  • DEALING WITH THE NEED FOR SPEED (During the Process) AND GETTING ACROSS THE FINSH LINE – Author and Presenter – State Bar of Texas Collaborative Law Course, Dallas, Texas, February 25-26, 2016.
  • FOLLOWING A ROADMAP TO RESOLUTION WHILE KEEPING YOUR CLIENT AWAY FROM DETOURS – Author and Presenter – State Bar of Texas Marriage Dissolution Institute, Marriage Dissolution 101, Galveston, Texas, April 26, 2016.
  • TAKING YOUR SHOW ON THE ROAD – Author and Presenter – State Bar of Texas Advanced Family Law Seminar, San Antonio Texas, August 4, 2016, Chapter 51.
  • REMOTE LAW PRACTICE AND PLATFORM CONVERGENCE – State Bar of Texas Family Law Technology Course, Austin, Texas December 8, 2016.
  • SOCIAL MEDIA and ELECTRONIC EVIDENCE – Author and Co-Presenter – American Bar Association Section of Family Law Spring CLE Conference, Savannah, Georgia May 3, 2017
  • TECHNOLOGY IN THE COURTROOM – Author and Presenter –National Family Law Trial Institute, Houston, Texas May 25, 2017
  • SOCIAL MEDIA and ELECTRONIC EVIDENCE Webinar – Author and Co-Presenter – American Bar Association Section of Family Law – Webinar, September 21, 2017
  • DIFFERENT STROKES FOR DIFFERENT FOLKS – EXPLORING WAYS WE COLLABORATE – Co-Author and Presenter in Panel Discussion – 11th Annual Collaborative Law Course – March 22, 2018
  • TEXAS ACADEMY OF FAMILY LAW SPECIALISTS – 34th Annual Trial Institute – Co-Author and Presenter – February 22, 2019, San Francisco, California
  • BREAKING THE LOGJAM IN YOUR CASE – Co-Author and Presenter in Panel Discussion – 12th Annual Collaborative Law Course – March 7, 2019
  • ALL THINGS ARBITRATION: RULES, PROCEDURES, AND CREATIVE USES – State Bar of Texas Advanced Family Law Seminar, San Antonio Texas, August 15, 2019, Chapter 68
  • PRACTICING LAW IN THE CLOUD – Family Lawyers of Texas, Houston Texas, September 26, 2019
  • THAT’S MY iPAD! DIVORCE IN THE AGE OF ELECTRONICS, Innovations: Breaking Boundaries in Custody Litigation, Houston, Texas, January 23-24, 2020, Chapter 7
  • BOOMER TO ZOOMER – A BASIC GUIDE TO ZOOM FOR LAWYERS – Houston Bar Association Family Law Section, Houston, Texas, April 20, 2020 https://youtu.be/H2lajvpd1MY
  • 2020 TECH TIPS – PRACTICE AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE – American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Spring Meeting, presented in live Webinar via ZOOM on May 8, 2020
  • A DAY IN THE LIFE: TECHNOLOGY THAT IMPROVES PRODUCTIVITY – HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, AND INTERNET RESOURCES THATALLOW YOU TO WORK SMARTER, NOT HARDER – State Bar of Texas Advanced Family Law Seminar, via ZOOM, August 3-6, 2020, Chapter 58.
  • EFFECTIVE ZOOMING – 14th Annual Collaborative Law Course – State Bar of Texas Collaborative Law Section and Collaborative Divorce Texas, presented in PowerPoint presentation format, March 4-5, 2021, Chapter 7.
  • WORKING WITH AN UNTRAINED COLLABORATIVE PROFESSIONAL – Collaborative Divorce Texas Lunch and Learn Series, via ZOOM, July 6, 2021.
  • LAW PRACTICE DEVELOPMENT DURING A PANDEMIC OR A LOW ECONOMY – State Bar of Texas Bar College, 23rd Annual Summer School, July 15-17, 2021, Chapter 14.
  • A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN: MAKING COLLABORATIVE ACCESSIBLE TO A WIDER AUDIENCE – State Bar of Texas and Collaborative Divorce Texas, 15th Annual Collaborative Law Course, Dallas Texas March 24, 2022.
  • GLAMPING: OFFICE TUNE UP, State Bar of Texas and Collaborative Divorce Texas, 16th Annual Collaborative Law Course, Austin, Texas March 30, 2023, co-writer and co-presenter.
  • DEPOSITION DO’s AND DON’TS – Houston Bar Association Family Law Section, co-writer and co-presenter, via ZOOM, April 5, 2023.
  • OPTIONS GENERATION AND NEGOTIATION IN A COLLABORATIVE LAW CASE – Collaborative Divorce Texas Lunch and Learn Series via ZOOM, May 2, 2023.
  • DISCOVERY -I DIDN’T LIE, I JUST DIDN’T TELL THE WHOLE TRUTH,” State Bar of Texas Advanced Family Law Seminar, Family Law 101 Course, San Antonio Texas, August 6, 2023, Chapter 3

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