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Jenny L. Womack 
Dallas, Texas
phone 214-242-6449
fax (214) 265-1950
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Jenny L. Womack has practiced law inTexas since receiving her law license in November 1998.  Prior to completing law school, Ms. Womack spent three years in the brokerage business, an experience she has found invaluable in her family law practice. Since 1998, Ms. Womack has handled hundreds of family law cases, including divorce, adoption, parentage, child custody and child support modifications.  Ms. Womack has also assisted her clients with simple estate planning, including simple wills, directives to physicians, and various powers of attorney.

Ms. Womack has received both basic mediation training and basic and advanced collaborative law training.  She is currently an officer of Collaborative Law Dallas, a group of collaborative law attorneys in Dallas County , as well as a member of the Collaborative Law Institute of Texas and the International Association of Collaborative Professionals.

In 2004, Ms. Womack was invited to join the American Academy of Adoption Attorneys, a prestigious organization of adoption attorneys across the United States and Canada .  Locally, Ms. Womack is a member of the Dallas Bar Association as well as serving as a director on the board of the Dallas Association of Young Lawyers (DAYL) and as a director on the board of the Dallas Women Lawyers Association.  She has served as a co-chairperson of the DAYL's Lawyers for Children committee, Solo/Small Firm committee, and Law Student Assistance committee, and is currently a co-chair of the Animal Welfare committee.  For the past three years, Ms. Womack also served as the Volunteer Coordinator for the Freedom Run and Festival, held in honor of the September 11th tragedies.  Ms. Womack is a long time North Dallas resident and is an active member of her church, Fellowship Bible Church North in Plano , Texas .

Family Law
Collaborative Family Law
Adoptions
Birth Parents

Areas of Practice:
Adoption
Collaborative Law
Family Law
Simple Wills
Education:
The University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas, 1998
J.D.


The University of Texas at Austin, December, 1991
B.A. in Economics
Honors: Magna Cum Laude
Honors: Phi Beta Kappa


Published Works:
Relocation: Moving Forward or Backward, Journal of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, 1998


Collaborative Law Taking Texas by Storm, The Dicta, 2005


Representing Birthparents in Termination/Adoption Proceedings, presented to the Tarrant County Family Bar Association, 2005


Top Ten Speed Bumps in Private Adoption,, recorded for TYLA Ten Minute Mentor, 2005


Legal Issues Regarding Birth Fathers, Including Putative Father Registries, , presented in telephone seminar format for the American Academy of Adoption Attorneys, 2005


Texas Adoption Basics, Texas Bar Journal, 2006


International Adoption Basics, Texas Bar Journal, 2006


Family Law and the Collaborative Process, DWLA Newsletter, 2006


Termination and Adoption Workshop, panelist at Advanced Family Law Course, 2006


Honors and Awards:
Named by Texas Monthly as a Texas Rising Star in 2004 and 2005


Awarded the 2005 Outstanding Director Award by the Dallas Association of Young Lawyers


Awarded a Distinguished Service Award by the Dallas Association of Young Lawyers in 2004


Nominated for the inaugural Award of Excellence from the DAYL Foundation in 2003 (awarded to Judge Jay Patterson)


Professional Associations and Memberships:
State Bar of Texas, Family Law Section


Texas Young Lawyer's Association


American Academy of Adoption Attorneys


Dallas Bar Association, Family Law Section and Collaborative Law Section


Dallas Association of Young Lawyers, Director


DAYL Foundation, Life Founding Fellow


Dallas Women Lawyers Association, Director


Collaborative Law Dallas, Vice-Chair


Collaborative Law Institute


International Association of Collaborative Professionals


Dallas Legal Hospice, Pro Bono Volunteer Attorney


Located in Dallas, Texas, the law office of Palmer & Manuel, L.L.P., proudly serves clients in Dallas County, Collin County, Denton County, and the North Texas area, including the cities of McKinney, Plano, Frisco, Allen, Richardson, Highland Park, University Park, Carrollton, Garland, Coppell, South Lake, Rockwall, Mesquite, Irving, Rowlett, Denton, Fort Worth, Arlington, Lewisville, and Grand Prairie, Texas.