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Handling family law matters with superior strategy and knowledge of the law is my strong point. Rita Boyd handles cases in Tarrant, Rockwall, Dallas, and surrounding counties. Rita is a trained Mediator and has the facilities available at her office to conduct mediations.. Rita Boyd has volunteered at Fathers for Equal Rights/Grandparents United, “FER”, since 1993, the longest time of any attorney on it’s network and has helped refer qualified attorneys to serve on the network.. Rita Boyd possesses a unique understanding of stepparent, Father and Husband issues. She enjoys working with grandparents as well.. Rita Boyd has taken the Guardianship Training Course, Family Violence Course and is trained in Collaborative Law.

Edel Cuadra practices in the area of labor and employment law. He represents and counsels clients with respect to federal and state labor and employment laws, including local and municipal ordinances and regulations affecting Texas employers. Mr. Cuadra also represents clients in federal and state litigation and arbitrations. He appears on behalf of clients in courts from the Texas Panhandle to the Gulf of Mexico. His experience includes collective actions, class actions, and other complex multi-party litigation involving wage and hour, overtime, discrimination, non-compete agreements, trade secrets, non-subscriber/workplace-injury and employment taxes. Mr. Cuadra has defended clients and prosecuted claims in more than 10 bench and jury trials in state and federal courts. Additionally, Mr. Cuadra regularly works with federal and state agencies tasked with enforcing labor and employment laws. He represents clients in administrative hearing and proceedings before federal and state agencies, such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, United States Department of Labor, the National Labor Relations Board, Internal Revenue Service, Department of Homeland Security, Texas Workforce Commission, Fort Worth Human Relations Commission, City of Austin Equal Employment and Fair Housing Office, and Dallas Office of Housing Compliance Fair Housing. Under the TWC, Mr. Cuadra has pursued clients’ interests with state representatives from the Civil Rights Division, Commission on Human Rights, Labor Law Section, Tax and Labor Section, Unemployment Insurance Benefits Division, and Texas Department of Insurance. Mr. Cuadra’s experience with federal labor and employment laws includes:. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act; Fair Labor Standards Act; Family & Medical Leave Act; Americans with Disabilities Act; Equal Pay Act; Pregnancy Discrimination Act; National Labor Relations Act; Internal Revenue Code; Employee Retirement Income Security Act; Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act; Fair Credit Reporting Act; 42 U.S.C. §1981; Occupational Safety & Health Administration; Electronic Communications Privacy Act; Age Discrimination in Employment Act; Stored Communications Act; Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification Act; Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act.. Mr. Cuadra also works with clients on Texas labor and employment laws, including the Texas Labor Code, Payday Act, Equal Pay Act, Uniform Trade Secret Act, Workers Compensation Act, Occupation Code, Health and Safety Act, Electronic Transactions Act, Unemployment Compensation Act, Theft Liability Act, Civil and Criminal Wiretapping Acts, Business and Commerce Code, Public Information Act, Administrative Code, Minimum Wage Act and Government Code. In addition to his litigation practice, Mr. Cuadra works with human resources professionals, in-house counsel and clients on best practices and compliance for employment terminations, leaves and absences, executive compensation and agreements, unfair competition, labor, classification for tax purposes, internal investigations, garnishments, policies and procedures, human resources guidelines, handbooks, pay and benefits, investigations, employee disputes, employee claims, litigation prevention, workplace injuries, employment actions (e.g., hiring, firing) and more. He has drafted, updated and amended employer health and welfare plans in compliance with federal benefits and tax laws. His work with pension plans and executive agreements includes profit sharing plans, employee stock option plans, 401(k) plans, equity compensation plans, and qualified and non-qualified plans. Clients also ask Mr. Cuadra to train their management, supervisory and human resources personnel on labor and employment issues that affect their workplace. He has also spoken at labor and employment law conferences on unfair competition, breach of contracts, wage-and-hour issues under the Fair Labor Standards Act, collective actions, employee privacy versus employer rights, the prevention of discrimination, harassment and retaliation based on discrimination, among others. Mr. Cuadra has also been asked to write on labor and employment law issues in nationally-circulated newsletters and publications, and nationally-recognized legal resources. Media outlets have also asked Mr. Cuadra to opine on up-to-the-minute labor and employment law issues. Mr. Cuadra works with clients in healthcare, insurance, retail, automobile, energy, real estate, tax-exempt charitable organizations, restaurant and hospitality, transportation and logistics, manufacturing, technology, gaming and casinos, education, financial and banking industries. In so doing, he has become experienced with the Texas Transportation Code, the Federal Motor Carrier Regulations, the Texas Medical Liability and Insurance Improvement Act, the Texas Health and Safety Act, the Texas Insurance Code, the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code, the Texas Business Organizations Code, the Texas Education Code, and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.

Conveniently located near Southlake Town Square, the law office of Charles F. Holmans, III, offers a wide range of legal services to individuals and corporations. Charles has been a member of the Texas State Bar Association for nearly three decades and carries the honor of an "AV Preeminent" Martindale-Hubbard Peer Review rating.. In his spare time, Charles Holmans is busy beekeeping and working on classic cars. He also enjoys traveling around the globe and attending various music performances. He looks forward to attending the symphony with friends and family to see his favorite classical musician- Dr. Iris Messinger on viola; and supporting the study of music as a board member of the non-profit organization, Melange Musical.

Board Certified - Family Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization.  Graduated as the Highest Ranking Student from Baylor University School of Law in July, 1990. While in law school, he served as Notes and Comments Editor for the Baylor Law Review, and was on the ABA National Appellate Advocacy Team twice. He received numerous awards, including the Matt Dawson Trial Advocacy Award, the Abner McCall Senior Award, and was named Baylor Outstanding Law Student. Prior to law school, Eric served as an Officer in the United States Marine Corps. He is currently in private practice at the Beal Law Firm, where he practices Exclusively Family Law.

Blake Bailey has over 25 years of experience in helping clients resolve complex commercial disputes in state courts, federal courts, and before arbitration panels throughout Texas as well as in Arizona, California, Illinois, Indiana, Florida, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, and Utah.. Mr. Bailey has represented clients in a wide range of matters including contract, easements and rights-of-way, director and officer liability, shareholder matters, employment practices, construction, civil and criminal antitrust, RICO, deceptive trade practices, protecting confidential information and trade secrets, covenants not to compete, franchise and distributor disputes, trademark infringement, professional liability, product liability, and grand jury proceedings.

Bill Meili received his undergraduate degree magna cum laude from Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. He studied law and graduated with a Juris Doctor (JD) degree from the nation's oldest law school at The College of William and Mary in Virginia, where he earned the American Jurisprudence Book Award in Evidence.  He then went on for further Military Law studies at the United States Army's Judge Advocate General's School in Charlottesville, Virginia, where he became certified as an Army Judge Advocate and Military Lawyer.. In addition to his civilian education, Bill is a graduate of the Army Judge Advocate General's Basic and Advanced Courses, The Army Command and General Staff College, the Army Civil Affairs Officer Advanced Course and was selected to attend the Army War College before he transferred to the Retired Reserve in December 2007 with the rank of Colonel. He served more than 26 years as an active duty and reserve Judge Advocate.. Today, Bill handles significant and complex legal matters in the following core areas:. Our principal offices are in Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas, and we have the capability, resources, and networks to handle cases effectively throughout the United States and globally.

Andrew Wambsganss served as the Mayor of Southlake, Texas through 2009 and previously served on the Southlake City Council and as Mayor Pro Tem prior to his service as a Judge in his community. Mr. Wambsganss worked for Dick Armey (Majority Leader, United States House of Representatives and Representative of the 26th Congressional District of Texas) in the Majority Leader’s initial congressional campaign (1984) and in various subsequent congressional campaigns as well as in Majority Leader Armey’s district and Washington, D.C., offices in the 1980's. Following this service, Mr. Wambsganss attended the University of Texas School of Law and worked briefly for the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) in Washington, D.C., prior to joining the Second Court of Appeals of Texas in 1991 as a briefing attorney for Justice Hal M. Lattimore. Following completion of his judicial clerkship, Mr. Wambsganss joined his firm as an attorney-- becoming a shareholder/partner in 1995. Mr. Wambsganss has obtained the highest possible peer review rating (“AV”)-- said peer review rating reflects the confidential opinions of the Bar and Judiciary in grading an attorney’s ethical standards and legal ability.  Mr. Wambsganss handles a broad spectrum of international matters as well as general corporate representation and commercial litigation.  He serves as legal counsel and/or general counsel to many local, regional and international businesses including among others Accent International Radio, Inc., ARN Consultants, L.L.C., United States Pharmaceutical Distributors, Inc., International Trade Partners, LP, National Pharmaceutical Packaging, Inc., International Trade Consultants, LLC, WRW Investments, United States Global Partners, Ltd., Metroport Cities Fellowship, International Business Partners, S.A. as well as numerous other domestic and international businesses and non-profit entities.

Alan Duncan’s practice involves complex estate planning and administration of estates and trusts, business succession planning, and federal and state income tax planning. Prior to practicing law, Mr. Duncan worked for several years as a Certified Public Accountant in the tax section of an international public accounting firm.

A proud Ohio native, Danielle DeFranco is a senior attorney at Barrows Firm, overseeing the group’s estate-planning and probate practice.. Danielle began her legal journey with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration at the University of Miami, Florida and began clerking for a prominent personal injury firm in Cleveland, Ohio during her summers. Following graduation from Miami, Danielle returned home to Cleveland to attend Cleveland-Marshall College of Law and Cleveland State University, where she earned her Juris Doctorate and Masters in Business Administration Degrees simultaneously. While at Cleveland State, Danielle clerked for the prestigious labor and employment law firm of Faulkner, Muskovitz and Phillips, LLP. After graduation from law school, Danielle joined Ritzler, Coughlin and Swansinger, Ltd. where she gained a broad base of experience in corporate law, business litigation, labor and employment law, and insurance defense.. From there, Danielle’s path led her to the Eighth District Court of Appeals for the State of Ohio, where she spent much of her career working for The Honorable Ann Dyke and The Honorable Kenneth Rocco. During her time as a judicial attorney, she provided legal support to the Judges in the adjudication of complex state appellate issues, including recommendation of the disposition of cases. She also extensively researched, analyzed, and interpreted state and federal law, statutes, and codes pertaining to both criminal and civil matters, as well as reviewed, advised, and drafted both judicial orders and opinions.. Following her time with the Court, Danielle stepped away from her legal career to embrace a new role — one as full-time mom to Tommy, Francesca, Christopher, and Gabriella, her four children.. Once the kids started school — presenting an opportunity for her to return to the profession she loves — Danielle transitioned back to the law in a private firm. She practiced labor and employment law at Faulkner, Hoffman, and Phillips, LLC until the DeFranco family left the cold of northern Ohio for their new adventure in Southlake, Texas.. She first joined Barrows in 2021, providing extensive and broad legal assistance in divorce, paternity, custody, child support, alimony, enforcement, modification, and debt and asset distribution cases. She’s thrilled to be able to now focus her attention on the estate-planning and probate cases handled by the firm.