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“Helping clients weigh the benefits of any given action, as well as the financial and emotional costs, is at the core of everything we do.” – Kathryn Murphy

A highly goal-oriented family attorney, Kathryn Murphy is skilled in answering one of the most important concerns clients have about divorce: seeing an efficient, satisfactory end to the process. Kathryn initially helps clients establish their priorities, then outlines their options for achieving resolution. Drawing on her extensive trial experience as a family lawyer, Kathryn helps clients anticipate the likely impact of their decisions so they can choose wisely.

Clients value Kathryn’s thoroughness, especially in complex property and child custody cases. Her expertise includes cases involving the valuation of a business, closely held business interests, relocation, characterization of property, and premarital agreements. Kathryn embraces collaborative law when it is the right fit for clients, and she brings considerable skills to the courtroom when litigation is deemed necessary. Above all, Kathryn’s goal is to negotiate a topnotch settlement for her clients. She is known for establishing a close connection with her clients, standing firm with them and working together as a team to support the best interests of them and their children.

A partner of the firm, Kathryn has been named the Best Lawyers© Family Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Dallas, Woodward and White Press, 2015, 2017 and 2019, only a single lawyer in each practice area within a community is honored with this distinction.

Kathryn is Board Certified in Family Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. She is a member of the Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists and a Fellow of the prestigious International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and the Texas Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, where she is a Past-President. She is a Past-President of the Family Law Council of the State Bar of Texas, a member of the Family Law Section of the State Bar of Texas, American Bar Association, Dallas Bar Association and Collin County Bar Association. Kathryn was the recipient of the State Bar of Texas Dan Price Award in 2018. This award is presented to a lawyer who has had a significant impact on the Family Law Section- teaching, writing and advancing the practice of family law.

Kathryn is the primary researcher and writer of the book, Protecting Your Assets from a Texas Divorce, published in 2005. She also co-authored West Publishing Company’s Texas Family Law Practice Guide, a three-volume family law treatise for attorneys that was published in March 2000 and supplemented each year. She has taught family law at Southeastern Paralegal Institute in Dallas, and is a frequent author and speaker on family law issues.

Location
  • 7160 North Dallas Parkway, Suite 650
    Plano, TX 75024
Languages
  • German
Education
  • Southern Methodist University, J.D., Law, graduated 1989
  • The University of Texas at Tyler, B.A., English, graduated 1996
Bar Admissions
  • Texas, State Bar of Texas
Affiliations
  • American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers - Fellow
  • American Bar Association, Family Law Section - Member
  • Annette Stewart Inn of Court - Board Member
  • CASA of Collin County Advisory Board - Board Member
  • Collaborative Divorce Texas - Member
  • College of the State Bar of Texas - Member
  • Collin County Bar Association, Family Law Section - Member
  • Collin County Bench Bar Conference - Co-Chair
  • Collin County Bench Bar Conference - Program Committee
  • Collin County Bench Bar Foundation - Fellow
  • Dallas Bar Association, Family Law Section - Member
  • Dallas Bar Association, Fee Dispute Committee - Member
  • DAYL People’s Law School - Co-Chair
  • Denton Bar Association, Family Law Section - Member
  • Family Law Council, State Bar of Texas - Executive Committee
  • Family Law Foundation (State Bar of Texas) - Lifetime Fellow
  • Grievance Committee, District 1A - Chair
  • Grievance Committee, District 1A - Member
  • Plano Bar Association - Member
  • Southeastern Paralegal Institute - Instructor
  • State Bar of Texas, Family Law Section - Chair
  • State Bar of Texas, Family Law Section - President
  • Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists - Member
  • Texas Bar Foundation, Nominating Committee - Fellow
  • Texas Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers - Fellow
  • Texas Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers - Past President
  • The Collaborative Alliance - Member

Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2019 - Family Law Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2017 - Family Law Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2015 - Family Law
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Family Law, Dallas/Fort Worth (2019)
  • Family Law, Dallas/Fort Worth (2017)
  • Family Law, Dallas (2015)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2024 for work in:
  • Collaborative Law: Family Law
  • Family Law
  • Family Law Mediation
Awards:
  • Selected to the “Best Women Lawyers in Dallas: Family Law”, D Magazine, 2010
  • Selected to the “Best Personal Lawyers in Dallas: Family Law”, D Magazine, 2009
  • Annette Stewart Inn of Court, Serjeant of the Inn Award
  • Selected to the “Top 50: Women Texas Super Lawyers”, Thomson Reuters, 2003 – 2011, 2012-2018
  • Selected to the “Top 100: Texas Super Lawyers”, Thomson Reuters, 2004 – 2006, 2008-2009, 2011, 2013- 2018
  • Selected to the “Top 100: Dallas/ Fort Worth Super Lawyers”, Thomson Reuters, 2004 – 2009, 2011 – 2018
  • Selected to the Texas Super Lawyers list, Thomson Reuters, 2003 – 2018
  • Best Family Law CLE article, State Bar of Texas, 2004
  • Selected to the “Best Lawyers in Dallas: Family Law”, D Magazine, 2001, 2005- 2010, and 2017 - 2019
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Family Law Arbitration

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