Kristal Cordova Thomson

Publications (Committee Credit)

• Texas Pattern Jury Charges: Family & Probate (2018)
• Family Code – Texas Family Law Foundation (2016)
• Predicates Manual 2.0 – Texas Family Law Foundation (2013)

CLE Course Director and Planning Committees:

• Course Planning Committee: Innovations in Child Custody, 2021
• Course Planning Committee: Advanced Family Law Drafting, 2021
• Planning Committee: Marriage Dissolution, State Bar of Texas, 2019
• Planning Committee: Collaborative Law Course, State Bar of Texas, 2019
• Course Director: Advanced Trial Skills for Family Lawyers, State Bar of Texas, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2018
• Course Director (with S. Naylor): New Frontiers in Marital Property, State Bar of Texas, San Diego, California, 2018
• Planning Committee: Advanced Family Law, State Bar of Texas, 2018
• Planning Committee: Advanced Family Law, State Bar of Texas, 2017
• Planning Committee: Marriage Dissolution, State Bar of Texas, 2017
• Course Director (with S. Evans): Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists Trial Institute, Charleston, South Carolina, 2016
• Course Director (with J. Warne): Advanced Family Law, State Bar of Texas, San Antonio, 2015
• Planning Committee: Marriage Dissolution, State Bar of Texas, 2015
• Planning Committee: Family Law Technology 360, State Bar of Texas, 2014
• Planning Committee: Advanced Family Law, State Bar of Texas, 2014
• Planning Committee and Drafting Tract Director: Advanced Family Law, State Bar of Texas, 2013
• Planning Committee: Marriage Dissolution, State Bar of Texas, 2013
• Planning Committee: Family Law Technology, State Bar of Texas, 2012
• Course Director: Marriage Dissolution, State Bar of Texas, Dallas, 2012
• Course Director: State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting, Family Law CLE, 2011
• Planning Committee: Advanced Family Law, State Bar of Texas, 2011
• Planning Committee: Marriage Dissolution, State Bar of Texas, 2010

Articles & Speeches

• Speaker: Legislative Update, Family Law Bar Section, 2021
• Author & Speaker: Child Support: Beyond the Basics, Advanced Family Law, 2021
• Panelist (with M. Under & M. O’Neil), The New Discovery Rules, 2021
• Author & Panelist (with Hon. J. Kaitcer & C. Nickelson): Education & Other Related Conservatorship Rights, 2021
• Author & Speaker: Rights & Duties, Handling Your First (or Next) Divorce, 2021
• Panelist (with Hon. M. Diaz, Hon. R. Alvarado, Hon. M. Alvarez, S. Chiscano): Civil District Courts Virtual Hearings Most Common Mistakes to Avoid, 2020
• Panelist (with C. Hopper, Hon. J. Cox, D. Jefferson, K. Thomson): Practical Considerations in Trying a Fiduciary Litigations Case, Fiduciary Litigation, 2020
• Panelist (with J. Bashara & J. Gould): Cross-Examining Experts in Child Custody: Applying Cross-Examination and Review Models to Evaluators and Evaluations, Advanced Trial Skills for Family Lawyers, 2020
• Author & Speaker (with Hon. J. Marr): Baby I Need Your Loving – Preschooler Issues, Advanced Family Law, 2020
• Panelist: The Future of Family Law, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Spring Meeting, 2020
• Author & Speaker: Case Law Update, Family Justice Conference, Texas Center for the Judiciary, 2020
• Author & Panelist (with L. Hirsch, H. Levy & C. Nickelson): Entities & Marital Property Law: Interrelated Claims and Issues, Savannah, Georgia, 2019
• Speaker: Ten Family Law Questions Every In-House Counsel Needs Answered, Association of Corporate Counsel, San Antonio, 2019
• Speaker (with C. Hodge): Fiduciary & Tracing Issues in Probate & Family Law, State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting, Austin, 2019
• Panelist (with R. Ferguson & R. Theis), When a Lie Isn’t a Lie: Dealing with False Testimony During Trial, Marriage Dissolution, Galveston, 2019 (Repeated as TexasBarCLE Live Web Cast, August, 2019)
• Author & Speaker (with J. Monnig): Professionalism 201, Advanced Family Law, San Antonio, 2018
• Author & Panelist (with H. Levey & D. Fejer): Difficult Valuations, Marriage Dissolution, State Bar of Texas, Dallas, 2018
• Author & Speaker: Case Law Update, Family Justice Conference, Texas Center for the Judiciary, 2018
• Panelist and Co-Author: Addiction in Custody Battles, Innovations in Child Custody, State Bar of Texas, New Orleans, 2018
• Author & Speaker: Drafting Rights & Duties, Advanced Family Law Drafting, State Bar of Texas, Fort Worth, 2017
• Speaker: Technology for Lawyers Panel, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Annual Meeting, Chicago, 2017
• Author & Speaker: Rethinking Rights & Duties, Advanced Family Law, State Bar of Texas, 2017
• Speaker: How to Love Networking Again, Bexar County Women’s Bar Association Retreat, Boerne, 2017
• Author & Speaker: Child Support: Past, Present and Future, Marriage Dissolution, State Bar of Texas, Austin, 2017
• Author & Speaker: Top 20 Cases in Family Law and How They Changed the Practice, Extreme Family Law Makeover, San Antonio Bar Association Family Law Section, San Antonio, 2017
• Author & Speaker (with E. Miskel, M. Unger & R. Robertson): Peeping Toms in the New Millennium: Digital Dos and Don’ts, New Frontiers in Marital Property, State Bar of Texas, Louisville, Kentucky, 2016
• Author & Speaker: The Top 20 Cases in Family Law and How They Changed the Practice, Advanced Family Law, State Bar of Texas, San Antonio, 2016
• Author & Speaker: What They Didn’t Teach You in Law School – How to Run a Solo or Small Law Firm, Marriage Dissolution 101, State Bar of Texas, Galveston, 2016
• Speaker (with L. McLaughlin): Where Probate & Family Law Collide, Docket Call, San Antonio, 2016
• Speaker: Mobile Lawyering, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Annual Meeting, Chicago, 2015
• Panelist: The Role of MHPs in Divorce, Kids First Parents Second Seminar, San Antonio, 2015
• Speaker: Legislative Update, San Antonio Family Lawyers Association, San Antonio, 2015
• Author & Speaker: Ethical Traps for Family Lawyers, Annual Meeting, State Bar of Texas, San Antonio, 2015
• Speaker: Third Party Actions and Joinder, Marriage Dissolution, State Bar of Texas, Dallas, 2015
• Speaker: Mission Statements & Strategic Planning, LeaderBOARD, Junior League of San Antonio, 2015
• Author & Speaker: Case Law Update, Extreme Family Makeover, San Antonio Bar Association Family Law Section, 2015
• Attorney Participant: Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists Trial Institute, New Orleans, 2015
• Author & Speaker: The Mobile Law Office, Family Law Technology 360, State Bar of Texas, Austin, 2014
• Speaker (with S. Bandoske): Spousal Maintenance & the Reconstituted Estate, San Antonio Bar Association Family Law Section CLE, 2014
• Author & Speaker (with K. Raggio): The Pleasures & Pitfalls of Social Media, Advanced Family Law, State Bar of Texas, San Antonio, 2014
• Author & Speaker: Ethical Traps for Family Lawyers, Marriage Dissolution, State Bar of Texas, Austin, 2014
• Author & Speaker: Legislative Update, Extreme Family Law Makeover, San Antonio Bar Association Family Law Section, 2014
• Witness Participant, Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists Trial Institute, Witness, New Orleans, 2014
• Speaker: Child Support Enforcement, Family Law Essentials Pro Bono Seminar, San Marcos, 2013
• Speaker: Office Management, Bexar County Women’s Bar Association Annual Retreat, Fredericksburg, 2013
• Speaker: Legislative Update, San Antonio Bar Association Family Law Section, 2013
• Panelist (with D. Friedman, J. Gould & C. Schmidt): Custody Evaluations and the New Law, Marriage Dissolution, State Bar of Texas, Galveston, 2013
• Speaker: Legislative Update, San Antonio Family Lawyer’s Association, Luncheon, San Antonio, 2013
• Author & Speaker: Social Media & Your Custody Case, Advanced Family Law, State Bar of Texas, Houston, 2012
• Speaker: Family Law, Certification & Mentoring, SABA Mentor/Mentee Luncheon, San Antonio, 2012
• Author & Speaker (with M. Unger): The Best Apps for Your Practice, Advanced Family Law Drafting, State Bar of Texas, Dallas, 2011
• Author & Speaker: Discovery Traps & How to Get Out of Them, Advanced Family Law, State Bar of Texas, San Antonio, 2011
• Co-Author Credit: Jury Issues, Advanced Family Law Drafting, State Bar of Texas, 2010
• Author & Speaker: Electronic Discovery in the Age of Honza & Weekly, Marriage Dissolution, State Bar of Texas, San Antonio, 2010
• Author & Speaker: Narrowing the Issues, Ultimate Trial Notebook, State Bar of Texas, San Antonio, 2009
• Speaker: Jurisdiction, Family Law Essentials Pro Bono CLE, Eagle Pass, 2009
• Author & Speaker: Interim Orders, Advanced Family Law Drafting, State Bar of Texas, Austin, 2008
• Speaker: Economic Contribution and Reimbursement, Texas Academy of Paralegal Specialists, San Antonio, 2008
• Author & Speaker: Attorney’s Fees and Billing, State Bar College Summer School, Galveston, 2008
• Panelist (with H. Mendez & J. Monnig): Jury in a Box, Marriage Dissolution, State Bar of Texas, Galveston, 2008
• Author (with H. Mendez): Ten Things You Should Know About a Jury Trial, Marriage Dissolution, State Bar of Texas, 2008
• Panelist: Current Trends and Problems in Family & Civil Litigation, San Antonio Bar Association, San Antonio, 2005
• Author (with C. Wilson): Characterizing & Tracing: Follow the Yellow Brick Road, Advanced Family Law, State Bar of Texas, 2004
• Author (with C. Negem): Identifying, Characterizing and Valuing the Marital Estate, Legal Assistants University, 2003