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Keith Nelson

Orsinger, Nelson, Downing & Anderson, LLP
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  • 5950 Sherry Ln Ste 800
    Dallas, TX
    75225-6563
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Profile

Education

Baylor/1983/J.D.

Admitted to Practice

1983

Legal Organizations

  • Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists, 1988-present
  • American Bar Assn., Family Law Section
  • State Bar of Texas, Family Law Section
  • Dallas Bar Assn., Family Law Section
  • Texas Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Child Support and Visitation Guidelines
  • Texas Trial Lawyers Assn.
  • National Assn. of Counsel for Children (NACC)
  • Former Consultant, Lawyers Against Domestic Violence
  • Member of Barrister, Annette Stewart American Inn of Court, 2003-2005
  • Board of Directors, Dallas Bar Assn., Family Law Section, 1992-1995
  • Board of Directors, Childrens Hope Chest, 1999-2002
  • Fellow, AAML, 1993-present.

CLE Presentations

  • • Co-Author, -Amicus Attorney: Protecting The Best Interest Of The Child”, State Bar of Texas 39th Annual Advanced Family Law Course, San Antonio, Texas, August 5-8, 2013.• Speaker and Co-Author, -Experts and Their Issues”, Annette Stewart American Inn of Court Meeting, April 15, 2013.• Speaker and Co-Author, -More than Sex, Drugs and Rock & Roll: Evaluating Your Custody Case from a Psychiatric, Psychological and Legal Perspective”, The University of Texas School of Law AAML Texas Chapter, Innovations – Breaking Boundaries in Custody Litigation, January 20, 2012.• Speaker and Co-Author, -The Use, Misuse, and Abuse of Psychological Testing and Diagnosis in Evaluations”, State Bar of Texas 37th Annual Advanced Family Law Course, San Antonio, Texas, August 3, 2011.• Speaker and Co-Author, -Custody Evaluation Standards”, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, November 5, 2010.• Speaker and Co-Author with Dr. Benjamin Albritton on -Talking to Children and Youth in Chambers,” Texas Judicial Summit, Fort Worth, Texas, May 26, 2010.• Speaker and Co-Author on -How Attorneys and Mental Health Personnel Can Work Together Ethically on Behalf of the Mental Health of Infants,” Texas Association for Infant Mental Health and Texas Parents as Teachers, Dallas, Texas, January 9, 2010.• Speaker and Co-Author on -Reimbursements Revisited: Separate Property Companies
  • Jenson Claims
  • Alter Egos
  • Reverse Piercing
  • and Representing the Spouse Who Does Not Run the Company”
  • State Bar of Texas 35th Annual Advanced Family Law Course, San Antonio, Texas, August 5, 2009.• Speaker and Co-Author on -Effective Cross-Examination of Mental Health Experts: Re-Shrinking the Experts”
  • The University of Texas Law School
  • 2009 Family Law on the Front Lines Seminar, San Antonio, Texas, June 18 – 19, 2009.• Speaker and Co-Author on -Working with the Psychologist”
  • State Bar of Texas 34th Annual Advanced Family Law Course, San Antonio, Texas, August 11, 2008.• Speaker and Co-Author on -Daubert / Experts”
  • Ultimate Trial Notebook: Family Law, New Orleans, Louisiana, December 7-8, 2006.• Speaker and Co-Author on -Parenting Plans (Who, What, When, Where & Why)”
  • State Bar of Texas 32nd Annual Advanced Family Law Course, San Antonio, Texas, August 15, 2006.• Speaker with Honorable Debra Lehrmann: -Giving the Children a Voice in Court”
  • SMU Law School, Dallas, Texas, October 12, 2005.• Speaker and Co-Author on -How Handle a Custody Case on an Unlimited Budget”
  • State Bar of Texas 31st Annual Advanced Family Law Course, San Antonio, Texas, August 10, 2005.• Speaker on -Forensic Psychiatry: Pitfalls and Practices”
  • UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, February 15, 2005.• Speaker and Co-Author on -Rubbish or Rembrandt: The Art of Evaluating a Custody Case”
  • State Bar of Texas 30th Annual Advanced Family Law Course, San Antonio, Texas, August 11, 2004.• Speaker on -Forensic Psychiatry: Pitfalls and Practices”
  • UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, April 6, 2004.• Speaker on -Child Custody Evaluation Pitfalls, Including Daubert and Relocation Issues”
  • American College of Forensic Psychology, 20th Annual Symposium in Forensic Psychology, San Francisco, California, April 1-4, 2004.• Expert Testimony, Final Hearing concerning common law marriage, State of Florida, Division of Administrative Hearings, Office of the Judge of Compensation Claims, District GNS, December 10, 2003.• Course Director, Texas Bar Continuing Legal Education Advanced Family Law Drafting and Advocacy: Art and Form, Austin, Texas, December 4 – 5, 2003.• Speaker and Co-Author on -The Good, The Bad and the Ugly: A Complex Review of Psychological Testing in Custody Evaluations”
  • State Bar of Texas 29th Annual Advanced Family Law Course, San Antonio, Texas, August 19, 2003.• Speaker on -Attorney Perspectives on Family Law – Custody and Divorce”
  • Forensic Psychiatry Presentation, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, March 25, 2003.• Speaker on -Attorney Perspectives on Child and Adolescent Forensic Psychiatry”
  • Presentation to Forensic & Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Residents, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, January 29, 2002.• Speaker and Co-Author on -Use and Abuse of Mental Health Professionals after Daubert,” 28th Annual Advanced Family Law Course, 2002.• Speaker and Co-Author on -Reliability and Validity of Psychological Testing for Custody Determination”
  • 26th Annual Advanced Family Law Course, San Antonio, Texas, August 21 – 24, 2000.• Speaker and Co-Author on -Psychological Testing in Child Abuse Custody Cases: Risks and Precautions
  • ” 16th Annual Symposium in Forensic Psychology, April 6-9, 2000, Newport Beach, California.• Speaker and Co-Author on -Promoting Infant Mental Health in the Family Court”
  • The Texas Association for Infant Mental Health, Dallas, Texas, January 7 and 8, 2000.• Speaker and Co-Author on -Creative Decision Making in Custody Arrangements
  • Psychological Theories
  • Their Admissibility After Daubert
  • And Alternatives to Trial”
  • American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers 1998
  • Annual Meeting, Chicago, November 12, 1998.• Speaker and Co-Author on -Creative Decision Making in Custody Arrangements”
  • 14th Annual Symposium in Forensic Psychology, American College of Forensic Psychology, San Francisco, California, May 2, 1998.• Speaker and Co-Author on -Common Law Marriage and the Putative Spouse”
  • Marriage Dissolution Seminar, 1997.• Speaker and Co-Author on -Favoring Unrestricted Relocation”
  • 11th Annual Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists, January 29-31, 1997.• Speaker and Co-Author on

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