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Emily E. Landeros has practiced family law since 2015, focusing on complex divorces, child custody litigation, modification actions, pre- and post-marital agreements, termination and adoption, and other family law matters.. Emily is an experienced attorney and litigator. She honed her trial advocacy skills while working for the Hays County District Attorney’s Office as an Assistant District Attorney, where she represented the Department of Family and Protective Services in cases involving abuse and neglect of children.. Emily earned her J.D. with honors from Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law in 2015. During law school, she served as Managing Editor of the SMU Law Review Association and as a judicial extern for the Honorable Catharina Haynes of the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. She also worked as a student attorney in the Child Advocacy Clinic, where she represented children as attorney and guardian ad litem in suits involving Child Protective Services.. Today, Emily is involved in several professional organizations, including the Junior League of Austin, the Austin Young Lawyers Association, and the Travis County Women Lawyers Association.. Education. Licenses. Practice Areas. Professional Activities & Associations. Civic & Community Involvement

Michael Burnett has been included by Texas Super Lawyers in the Top 100 attorneys in Texas, a very rare and prestigious distinction. Michael is Board Certified in Family Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, and he focuses his practice on complicated, high asset marital estates and significant and contentious custody cases.. Michael is an experienced trial lawyer in the areas of both family and commercial law. He spent his first decade of legal practice in complex commercial and business litigation, giving him a unique advantage in dealing with marital estates involving valuation, tracing, and characterization issues. Michael is the only family lawyer in the Austin area to be named to the Top 100 attorneys in Texas. In addition to being named as a Top 100 attorney in Texas, Michael is listed in the 2015 - 2017 editions of the The Best Lawyers in America by Woodward White for his work in the areas of Family Law and Commercial Litigation. Michael has also been selected by Thomson Reuters to the Texas Super Lawyers every year from 2011 to 2016, and in 2015 & 2016 was additionally honored as one of the Top 50 Central/West Texas Super Lawyers by Thomson Reuters. And this year Michael was the only family lawyer in Austin to be included in Super Lawyers list of the Top 100 attorneys in Texas.

Philip Friday has practiced law in Austin, Texas, since 1970. He was in the first class of lawyers to be certified as a Family Law Specialist by the Texas Board of Legal Certification in 1975. He is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court;  and the U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas.

Erin C. Leake brings her client-focused approach and attention to detail to Vaught Law Firm. She has practiced family law with a focus on divorce, child custody, modifications, child support, enforcements, and drafting of marital agreements since 2013.. Erin has helped guide clients through a variety of family law cases by providing assistance to minimize conflict and cost. She also advocates zealously for her clients to ensure the best possible outcome. Her goal is to reach a favorable resolution for their case, whether it be advocating for them or by facilitating settlement.. Erin graduated from Westlake High School and is a native Austinite. From there she studied at the University of Texas at Austin, receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in Government and a certification in the school’s Business Foundations Program.. Erin graduated from the University of Houston Law Center in 2013. Her final year in law school was used to build her family law skills with real clients. She did this while working for the University of Houston Civil Clinic as a student attorney.. Erin was then selected for a fellowship with the CPS Division of the Harris County Attorney’s Office advocating for the State of Texas and Child Protective Services. From there she moved to the Dallas area and continued to practice family law as the head of the family law division at Leake Law Firm, PLLC.. Erin is an active member of the Junior League of Austin and Austin Young Lawyers Association Community Service Days. She is a fourth generation attorney and is married to her husband Blair, who is a civil trial attorney at Wright & Greenhill, P.C. They both volunteer at local Austin community programs.

Novert A. Morales earned his bachelor’s degree from Southwest Texas State University and his law degree from Texas Southern University. He has been in private practice since 1995 and is licensed to practice law by the State Bar of Texas.. Novert Morales is the founding partner of Morales Law Office, Attorneys at Law.  Morales Law Office have offices in Austin, Midland and San Marcos Texas and has lived in Austin since 2005.. Novert Morales practices primarily in the areas of Criminal, Personal Injury and Family law.  Novert Morales is a Board Member of the Austin Criminal Defense Lawyers Association and member of the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association. He is also a former Director with the Texas Young Lawyer Association and former member of the Bar Leadership Committee of the State Bar of Texas.. He is currently a member of the College of the State Bar and has been awarded “Business Man of the Year” by the Midland Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and is currently an Ambassador with the Greater Austin Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.

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