I work with clients who want to resolve their divorce or other family law dispute with integrity, compassion, and respect. I believe the collaborative divorce process is the best way to minimize conflict, preserve relationships, maximize financial security, and help my clients move forward positively with their lives after divorce. I believe private, safe, business-like, and non-adversarial settings are the best place to discuss and negotiate family issues. My goal in each case is to guide my clients towards creative, mutually beneficial, and long-lasting solutions that make sense for their family without going to court.
Professional Experience
Practicing family law in Texas since 1990, Camille has always been passionate about helping divorcing clients work together instead of against each other as they look for answers to the many questions that arise regarding money, property, relationships and children in a divorce. She has never believed that, in most cases, these decisions should be made by judges or juries who do not know the family. In an effort to find a way to help divorcing spouses have more control over the outcome of their cases, Camille was trained as a mediator in 1999. That same year, she learned about the collaborative divorce process and attended her first collaborative training. Believing these conflict resolution methods to be the best fit for divorcing families, Camille immediately shifted the focus of her practice to collaborative divorce, mediation and amicable divorces. Since then, she has helped many divorcing clients amicably resolve their issues by finding creative, customized and long-lasting solutions in private settings.
Areas of Practice:
- Collaborative Divorce
- Amicable Divorce
- Mediation
Education:
- Louisiana State University Law Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana – J.D. 1989
- University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana – B.B.A. 1985
Honors and Awards:
- Master Credentialed Collaborative Professional, Collaborative Divorce Texas, Inaugural Class 2017
- Inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America®, Collaborative Law: Family Law, 2013 – 2021
- Selected The Best Lawyers in America® 2015 Lawyer of the Year, Collaborative Law: Family Law, Dallas Texas
- Selected The Best Lawyers in America® 2019 Lawyer of the Year, Collaborative Law: Family Law, Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas
Published Works/Presentations:
- Author, “Rational Dispute Resolution Eases Emotional Battles“, Dallas Bar Association Headnotes, June 2006
- Co-Author/Presenter, “Dealing with Extremes in the Collaborative Process“, State Bar of Texas Collaborative Law Course. March 2010
- Co-Author/Presenter, “Dealing with Extremes in the Collaborative Process“, International Academy of Collaborative Professionals 11th Annual Networking and Educational Forum, October, 2010
Professional Training (Collaborative Focused)
- 1999 / 40-Hour Civil Mediation / Texas Women’s University
- 1999 / Advanced Family Mediation / Texas Women’s University
- 1999 / Collaborative Family Law Workshop / Chip Rose/Sherri Goren Slovin
- 2001 / Collaborative Law for Family Attorneys / Collaborative Law Institute of Texas
- 2003 / Advanced Collaborative Law Workshop / Chip Rose
- 2004 / Collaborative Law Spring Retreat / Collaborative Law Institute of Texas
- 2006 / Dealing With Challenging Clients / Dallas Alliance of Collaborative Family Lawyers
- 2006 / Advanced Collaborative Law Training / Sherri Goren Slovin
- 2006 / Collaborative Law Spring Retreat / University of Texas Law School
- 2007 / Collaborative Law Spring Retreat / University of Texas Law School
- 2008 / Collaborative Law Institute Spring Training / Texas Bar CLE
- 2008 / International Academy of Collaborative Professionals Forum
- 2009 / Taking the War Out of Our Words – Power of Non-Defensive Communication / Sharon Strand Ellison
- 2009 / Collaborative Law Course / Texas Bar CLE
- 2010 / Collaborative Law 2010 / Texas Bar CLE – Instructor and Attendee
- 2010 / International Academy of Collaborative Professionals Forum – Instructor and Attendee
- 2011 / Collaborative Law Course / Texas Bar CLE
- 2013 / Collaborative Law Course / Texas Bar CLE
- 2015 / Collaborative Law Course / Texas Bar CLE
- 2016 / Collaborative Law Course 2016 / Texas Bar CLE
- 2016 / Advanced Interdisciplinary Collaborative Law Training / Collaborative Divorce Texas
- 2017 / Collaborative Law Course 2017 / Texas Bar CLE
- 2018 / Collaborative Law Course 2018 / Texas Bar CLE
- 2019 / Advanced Interdisciplinary Training / Collaborative Divorce Texas
- 2020 / Collaborative Law Course 2020 / Texas Bar CLE
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Collaborative Divorce Texas (formerly Collaborative Law Institute of Texas) Member since organization inception in 2003
- Collaborative Divorce Collin County (formerly Collaborative Law Alliance of Collin County)-Founding Member, Vice-Chair 2006, Chair 2007, 2008 and 2013
- Texas Bar Foundation Life Fellow
- State Bar of Texas, Family Law and Alternative Dispute Resolution Sections
- Dallas Bar Association, Family Law, Collaborative Law (2011 Program Co-Chair) and Alternative Dispute Resolution Sections
- Collin County Bar Association, Family Law and Alternative Dispute Resolution/Collaborative Section
Bar Admissions:
- Louisiana, 1989 (currently inactive)
- Texas, 1990