Christine Albano

Albano Law, PLLC

Refer Profile

Profile

Education

UMKC School of Law 1996 JD

Admitted to Practice

Texas 1997

AAML Position(s) Held

National

History Committee Chair and Vice Chair, JAAML Bd of Editors. AAML Foundation Board Ex Officio, Fundraising Committee and Fundraising PR Committee

Legal Organizations

Attorneys Serving the Community, Member since 2003
Collin County Collaborative Law Alliance, Member since 2010: President 2012-13
Collin County Young Lawyer’s Association, Member since 1998: Immediate Past President and Historian 2007-2008, President 2006-2007, President-Elect 2005-2006, Treasurer 2002-2003, Secretary 2001-2002, Board member 2000-2001, Email Chair 2003-2005, Liaison to Collin County Bar Association 2004-2005, Chair of Call to Protect Project 2002-2003, Membership Committee 2002-2003, CCYLA Liaison to CCBA for Joint Holiday Party 2001, CLE Committee 2001, Newsletter Committee 2000-2003, Judicial Reception Committee 2001-2003, Chair of Pro Bono Clinic 2002, Chair They Had a Dream Too Committee 2007-2008
Collin County Bar Association, Member since 1998: Family law Section 1999-Present, Vice President, 2005-2006, Estate Law Section, 2003-2004, Liaison to Collin County Young Lawyer’s Association 2003-2005, Social Chair 1999, 2000, 2004, Social Committee 1998-2001, Silent Auction Chair 1999
Collin County Bench Bar Foundation, Fellow since 2000: Treasurer 2002-2004, Board of Trustees 2002-2007, Board of Directors 2001-2002, 2009-2012, Bench Bar Conference, Social Chair, 2004-2005, Attendee and committee member 1999-Present, Entertainment and games committee 1999-2002, Bench Bar Players 2000, Conference Planning Committee 2000-Present, Assisted Conference Chair with Coordination of Conference 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005
Curt B. Henderson American Inns of Court, 2011: member of Inaugural Class 2011, Barrister Level
Denton Bar Association, Member since 2008
Plano Bar Association, Member since 1998
Frisco Bar Association, Member since 2002
Grayson County Bar Association, Member 2002-2006
State Bar of Texas, Member since 1997: Access to Justice Delegate to the 2001 and 2002 Bar Leaders Conference, College of the State Bar of Texas 2004-Present, General Practice, Solo and Small Firm, 2003-Present, Family Law Section, 1997-Present, Family Law Foundation, 2005-Present, Local Bar Services Committee 2009-Present, Women and the Law Section, 1997-Present
Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists, since 2011
Texas Bar Foundation: Fellow 2004-Present, District 1 Nominations Chair 2007-2008, District 1 Nominations Committee 2009-Present
Texas Young Lawyer’s Association, Member 1997-2007: Outstanding Young Lawyer Committee 2009-2010, Liberty Bell and Outstanding Mentor Committee 2008-2009, Liberty Bell and Outstanding Mentor Committee 2007-2008, Secretary 2006-2007, Director 2004-2006, At Large Small City Minority Director (Board of Directors) 2002-2004, Executive Committee Advisor to Law Focused Education Committee 2006-2007, Co-Chair, Family Law & Children’s Rights Committee 2002-2006, Member, Long Range Planning Committee 2005-2006, Chair, Public Service Subcommittee 2005-2006, Vice Chair, Minority Committee 2002-2004, Vice Chair, Leadership TYLA 2002-2003, Vice Chair Low Income Texans 2003-2004, 2005-2006, Vice Chair Senior Citizens Outreach Committee 2004-2005
American Bar Association, Member since 1993: Family Law Section 1996-Present, Fam Law Domestice Violence Committee 2006-Present, Fam Law Young Lawyer Committee 2007-2010, Family Matters Symposium Committee 2008-Present, Fam Law Sponsorship Committee 2010, Annual Meeting Host Committee, Executive Member 2010-11, Member Benefit Development Committee, Executive Member 2010-Present, Midyear Host Committee 2012-13, Nominating Committee 2011-2012, Publications Board 2011-Present, General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Division 2003-Present, GP/Solo Council 2009-2013, GP/Solo Membership Committee 2009-Present, GP/Solo Division Young Lawyer Fellow 2007-2008, Young Lawyer’s Division 1996-2008, YLD Family Law Committee 2007-2008, YLD Foundation Fellow 2008-Present, Law Student Division 1993-1996, LSD Liaison to Commission on Homelessness and Poverty, 1995-1996
American Bar Foundation, Fellow since 2005
Dallas Bar Association, Member 1997-1999, 2012-Present
Dallas Association of Young Lawyers, Member 1997-1999
Dallas Association of Young Lawyers Foundation, Fellow 2007-Present
Dallas Women Lawyer’s Association, Member 1997-2000, 2004-Present
Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, Member 1993-1996
Kaufman Bar Association, Member 1998-2001
Rockwall Bar Association, Member 1998-2001.

CLE Presentations

2013 Collin County Bar Making Your Practice Work Seminar
August 2012 Texas Advanced Family Law Course, Panel, Preparing for the Board Certification Exam
Spring 2011 Moderator: ABA Family Law Section Domestic Violence: A View from the Bench
Spring 2012 Performer: ABA Family Law Section Miami Vice Ethics Musical Skit
2006 Texas Bar New Lawyers Course, Setting up your Practice
2005 Texas Judges Seminar, Kids in the Crossfire.

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