Kate H. McConnico
Shareholder
1300 Post Oak Blvd. Suite 2000
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Ms. McConnico, a Shareholder with Looper Reed & McGraw, P.C.'s family law section, is Board Certified in Family Law. Her practice focuses on family law litigation, collaborative law, mediation and civil court guardian ad litem appointments for children. Family law experience includes divorce proceedings, property characterization, valuation and division, child support modifications, modifications of visitation and parental rights, enforcement of court orders, pre-marital and post-marital agreements, co-habitation and partnership agreements, adoptions, mediations and collaborative law divorce settlements. Ms. McConnico has tried jury and non-jury cases before courts handling family law matters in Harris, Galveston, Montgomery, Brazoria and Fort Bend Counties. Additionally, she has training in alternative dispute resolution techniques and strives to help clients reach amicable, economically wise solutions before resorting to litigation. Finally, she has handled over 250 guardian ad litem appointments in civil court injury cases analyzing and structuring settlements for children.
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Board Certifications
Board Certified in Family Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization (2007).
Representative Experience
Winning custody for a client who had been ejected from the family home and wrongfully accused of child abandonment.
Enforcing divorce decree against ex-spouse who failed to return property and pay monies owed and under the decree.
Presenting case to Fourteenth Court of Appeals regarding ability of family law judges to provide security for mediated settlement agreements.
Resolving a divorce in a $23 million estate, mainly by valuing nine tranches of stock options and restricted stock grants.
Creating prenuptial agreement and estate planning documents for client with significant assets and partnership interests.
Analyzing and structuring settlements in over 175 cases for injured children as a Guardian ad Litem.
Professional Activities, Memberships & Affiliations
Member, Texas Family Law Pattern Jury Charge Committee, State Bar of Texas (2007-present)
Houston Bar Association Family Law Section, Board of Directors. Chair-Elect 2011-2013; Treasurer 2009-2011.
Member, Collaborative Family Lawyers of Houston, 2011
Member, College of the State Bar of Texas, 2011
Member, Pro Bono College for the State Bar of Texas
Texas Bar Foundation, Fellow and member of Nominating Committee (2006 to present)
Pro Bono College of the State Bar of Texas, Member (2002 to present)
Burta Rhoads Raborn Family Law Inns of Court, 2004-2010; Team Leader (2005-2010)
State Bar of Texas (admitted 1996; Member - Family Law and Litigation Sections).
Admitted to Practice before all Federal U.S. District Courts in Texas
Community Involvement, Memberships & Affiliations
Leadership Houston Class XXVI Graduate (2005-2006)
Past President, Vassar College Alumni Club of Houston; annual student interviewer (1996-present).
Board Member, The Houston Seminar
Fundraising Chair, 2009 Rolex Cup International Women's Keelboat Championship (RIWKC); Competitor, 2007 in Rolex Cup International Women's Keelboat Championship
Docent, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, 2004-2006
Advocacy Council Member, Raise Your Hand, Texas, 2006-present
Volunteer, "Do the Write Thing" student writing competition, 2003-present
Herman Park Conservancy, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, , African Christian Outreach (waterwell construction).
Publications & Speeches
Consultant, Fox 26 News, Family Law matters
Co-Director, Writer and Speaker, 2011 STCL 25th Annual Family Law CLE; "Creative Drafting"
Co-Director, Writer and Speaker, 2009 South Texas College of Law 23rd Annual Family Law CLE; Speaker/Writer regarding Lifting and Enforcing Residency Restrictions
Co-Director, Writer and Speaker, 2008 South Texas College of Law 22nd Annual Family Law CLE; Speaker/Writer: "Economic Torts in Family Law," Moderator/Writer, "Child Support Contempt"
Moderator and Speaker, Houston Bar Association "2008 Family Law Institute"; Speaker regarding "Non Standard Possession Orders"
Moderator, "Children at Risk" CLE conference, May 2008, South Texas College of Law, "What Services are Available to the Poor, Resources for Attorneys"
Speaker: "The Trial of a Family Law Jury Case, The Court's Charge." S. Tx. Coll. of Law, January 2008
Speaker: Discovery Responses and Objections, Family Law Conference, S. Tx. Coll. of Law, Feb. 2007
Speaker: Protective Orders, Texas Bar Assn. Family Law Practice Skills Seminar, April 2005
Named a "Rising Star" by Texas Monthly SuperLawyers Magazine 2006, 2007 and 2008
McConnico/Fox, Punitive Damages in Texas , 1995 Chapter 41 of the Texas Civil Practice & Remedies Code, Thurgood Marshall Law Review, Vol. 21, Number 3, 1996 Symposium
Fox/McConnico, Corporate Shell Games; Piercing the Corporate Veil in the Modern Age, T.T.L.A. "Staying in the Current Seminar," November 1996
Fox/McConnico, Energizing the 6th Amendment: Confrontation and Compulsory Process Before the Jury , American Assn. of Criminal Defense Attorneys Seminar, Reno, Nevada, Spring 1996
McConnico, Demystifying the Law , Texas Lawyer, 1996
Knife Fight , Texas Monthly, September 1990
Education
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER (J.D., 1996)
VASSAR COLLEGE (B.A., 1993)
Graduate, ABA Family Law Advocacy Institute (2005)
NITA Deposition Skills Seminar (2001)
UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN, (Junior Semester Abroad 1991-1992)
Honors
Named a Super Lawyer by Texas Monthy Magazine, 2010 and 2011
Selected as a Rising Star by Texas Monthly and Law & Politics magazine, 2006 - 2009.
Named Top Lawyer by H Texas Magazine, 2010-2011
