Frederick Adams

Profile

Education

University of Baylor, 1981

Admitted to Practice

1981

Legal Organizations

  • Texas Academy of Family Law Specialist Trial Institue Planning Committee and Presenter 2009, 2010
  • State Bar of Texas Family Practice Manual Form Book Committee
  • Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation
  • College of the State Bar of Texas, 1996 to present
  • American Bar Assn., 1981 through present/Family Law Section
  • Dallas Bar Assn./Family Law Section
  • Certified Mediator, December 1990
  • Certified Arbitrator/American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers 2007
  • Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists
  • Fellow of the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
  • Director/Family Law Section of Dallas Bar Assn. (2000 through 2003)
  • Chairman/Media Relations committee of Family Law Section of Dallas Bar Assn. (2003)
  • CLE Committee/American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (2002/2003)
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee/American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (2000-2009)
  • State Bar of Texas-Family Law Section
  • Founding Member-Annette Stewart American Inn of Court (Master)
  • 2008 Texas Academy of Family Law Specialist Trial Institute Planning Committee and Presenter
  • State Bar of Texas Family Practice Manual Form Book Committee
  • Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation.

CLE Presentations

  • 1.”Everything You Always Wanted to know About Family Law, But Were Afraid To Ask”, Dallas 1997
  • 2. “Do You Have A Cigar? It’s A Baby!”, Recent Developments in Paternity Law, Dallas/Fort Worth Bar Assn., 1997
  • 3. “Walk or Don’t Walk”, A review of Family Law contempt cases in Texas, Dallas/Fort Worth Bar, 1998
  • 4. “Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Custody and Child Support, Before You Need to Know”, Dallas Chapter of the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants, 1998
  • 5. “Walk or Don’t Walk (updated)”, A review of Family Law contempt cases in Texas, Dallas Bar Family Law Section, 1999
  • 6. “Interesting Cases and Things You May Not Have Known Regarding Enforcement of Temporary Orders”, Dallas/Fort Worth Bar Assn.-Family Law Section, 1999
  • 7. “Enforcement/Contempt-Pitfalls and Problems for the Practitioner”, Advanced Family Law Seminar, 1999
  • 8. “Enforcement of Direct and Indirect Contempt”, Advanced Family Law Seminar, 1999
  • 9. “Enforcement of Temporary Orders in Family Law”, Solo & Small Firm Section, 1999
  • 10. “Firearms and Family Law”, Dallas/Ft. Worth Bar Assn.-Family Law Section, 2000
  • 11. “Guns and Order (Firearms and Family Law)”, Advanced Family Law Seminar, 2000
  • 12. “Enforcement and Firearms Legislation”, Texas Family Law Practice for Paralegals Seminar, 2001
  • 13. “Enforcement/Contempt”, Dallas Bar Assn. Family Law Section, 2001
  • 14. “Federal Gun Control Laws and Temporary Orders and Family Violence Orders”, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Chicago, 2002
  • 15. “What’s New with Guns and Contempts?”, Family Law Section Summer Bar Seminar, 2003
  • 16. “Lawyers, Guns and Money, What Every Texas Lawyer Needs to Know About Firearms Law”, Course Director, State of Texas, 2003
  • 17. “Federal Gun Control Act (18 USC s 922) Including Malpractice Traps for the Family and Criminal Lawyer”, State Bar of Texas Seminar, Houston, Texas, 2003
  • 18. “Federal Gun Control Act (18 USC s 922) Including Malpractice Traps for the Family and Criminal Lawyer”, State Bar of Texas Seminar, Dallas, Texas, 2004
  • 19. “Beyond Contempt-Innovative Enforcement”, Marriage Dissolution Institute, State Bar of Texas, Galveston, Texas, 2005
  • 20. “Enforcing the Property Division”, Advanced Family Seminar, State Bar of Texas in Dallas, Texas, 2005
  • “The Supreme Court and the Second Amendment: the Impact on Texas Gun Law” a live webcast, in Austin, Texas, August 20, 2008.

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