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If you have chosen to visit my site, you are probably dealing with a serious family situation--especially if you are thinking about divorce, your kids or your money. You may be considering hiring a lawyer or simply looking for some advice.
This is why I created Three-Track Family Law--so that you have multiple choices. If you and your mate have decided to stay together, I can help you mend your relationship through my personal program that includes reconciliation law or mediation. We can also help you with Collaborative Law and Litigation.
Three tracks. Your choice. We at Michael Hiller P.C. can help you with whatever choice you make and help you take action.
Why I decided to be a lawyer
I come from a family of lawyers, so you could say that it is in my blood. Since I have been around lawyers and lawyering my entire life, I have always had the desire to be one myself. In the past, I tested myself in other career areas, and dabbled in entrepreneurial ventures, but this was the field that I became most passionate about. Everything I do now is related to helping families through law, mediation, or marriage coaching. I find it both challenging and rewarding, especially when it comes to offering clients choices like collaborative law and reconciliation law. I am truly grateful to have followed my passion, and I hope that I can help you.
I feel that my work experience, education, and life experiences have made me a better lawyer. For example, my wife and I both come from a large extended family. In our families, we love, fight, and argue, but we almost always find a way to resolve our differences, whether about money, kids or one another. When we don’t, then we resolve to stay away from each other for a little while. That’s what good lawyering is all about - knowing how to care for others, listen, speak, and resolve conflict. And when all else fails, turn to someone else to resolve the conflict – just as you can when you hire Hiller Law Firm. I chose my primary area of practice because I love socializing and relationships, which is what makes a good family lawyer to begin with. Of course, family law requires a love for dealing with the issues that your clients bring with them – kids, money, and everything that goes with those two issues including business, property, credit cards, education, children, marriage, health, relationships, parenting, professions - pretty much life. Basically, a good family lawyer prefers the “Game of Life” to say, “Monopoly," because your family law case may involve any life issue.
Bar Certifications
Certified in family law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 1998
Professional Experience and Associations
Hiller Law Firm, sharing offices with Cersonsky, Rosen and Garcia,LLC, a complete civil practice law firm; Michael Hiller, Board Certified * Family Law * TX Board of Legal Specialization
Board Certified, Family Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 1998
Certifications/Special Training:
Mediation, 1991, plus others
ABA Boot Camp – Trial Lawyers, Family Law, 2000
Collaborative Law, 2000 - 2009
Reconciliation Law and Mediation - created by Michael A. Hiller, 2008
LifeSquared, and LifeChampionSports, Inc. – Family , Marriage and Couples Coaching, created by Michael Hiller, 2004
Classes/Seminars Taught:
Collaborative Family Law, 2003
Workshop Leader, Family Law Mediation Training Seminar, South Texas College of Law, 1999
Presenter, The Process of Collaborative Law, Pasadena Bar Association, 2001
Presenter, Valuation in Family Law, Family Inns of Court, 1999
Presenter, Rights and Duties, Family Inns of Court, 2000
Presenter, Trials of Batterers, Family Inns of Court
"Estate Planning for Athletes", Videotape & Live 2005
Mental Toughness Training for Advisors and their Clients and Families, 2008
Published Works/Writing/Blogs:
Mediation & Arbitration of Sports Disputes, (Co-Author), BYU Law Review
Family Mediation Article, (Co-Author), Houston Health & Fitness, February, 1993
Mental Toughness for Sports, Businesses and Life (Book), Co-Author with Bob Weinberg, currently in progress
Various Blogs on Family Law Litigation, Collaborative law, Marriage Education, Divorce Prevention and Reconciliation Law – www.michaelhiller.blogspot.com
Professional Associations and Memberships:
245th District Court, 1995, Associate Judge Candidate
LifeSquared, Family Coaching and Estate Planning Program, 2004
Creator and Founder
Houston Bar Association, Family Law Section, 1992 – 1994, Board Member
Attorney for Negotiated Resolutions, 1994 – 1996,
Founding Member/Board of Directors
State Bar of Texas, Family Law Section
Houston Bar Association, Family Law and Collaborative Sections
The Burta Rhoads Raborn Family Law Inns of Court, 1999 - 2003
Barrister
Collaborative Family Lawyers of Houston/Speakers' Bureau, 2003, Chair
Houston Chapter, 1995 - 2001
Board of Directors, American Jewish Committee, 1996 – 2001
100 Jewish Men, 2002-2003 Board Member
Governor’s Open File for Appointments List, 2001 - Present
Governor’s Short List for Judicial Appointment, 2001, 309th District Family Court
Board Member, Greater Houston Healthy Marriage Coalition, 2008
Secretary/Treasurer, Houston Bar Association, Collaborative Law Section, 2008
Marketing Committee, Collaborative Family Lawyers of Houston Practice Group, 2008
Reconciliation Law™ Practice Founder, 2008
Bar Admissions:
Texas, 1989
U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas, 1990
Education:
University of Houston Law Center, Houston, Texas, 1989, J.D.
Rice University, undergraduate
Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, 1978, B.A.
Major: Communications and Post graduate work in psychology
MICHAEL A. HILLER
Tel: (713) 784-9500
Fax: (713) 784-9508
HILLER LAW FIRM
1770 St James Pl, Ste 150
Houston, Texas 77056
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MICHAEL A. HILLER
Tel: (713) 784-9500
Fax: (713) 784-9508
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HILLER LAW FIRM
1770 St James Pl, Ste 150
Houston, TX 77056
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