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the kinds of cases our firm handles
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uh and you know at an initial glance are
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very similar to the kinds of cases that
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other family law firms handle such as we
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handle divorce we handle property
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division
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we handle child custody we handle
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child support establishing child support
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collecting child support all those kinds
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of things
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but beyond that we have some specialty
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areas
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we are very adept at appellate work in
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the context of family law
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we have handled a great many appeals
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including appeals in the context of
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family law
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and we feel very comfortable doing that
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whether it’s an appeal
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of something that was done
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by us in the trial court or whether
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somebody brings us a case to handle on
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appeal
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that was handled at the trial court
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level by some other firm so
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appellate work is one area that may be a
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little bit different
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a little bit more expansive than others
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we also handle
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a great many cases involving
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international
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issues in family law and have developed
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a practice specialty around that
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we represent a great many people who
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might consider themselves to be foreign
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nationals
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uh people from different countries or
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whose spouses are
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from different countries but who have
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the jurisdictional
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who meet the jurisdictional requirements
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uh to have their divorce here
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we also handle cases involving people of
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different sexual orientations
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and that has become a primary practice
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area of ours as well
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well i feel that the thing that makes
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our firm different from others
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is that we are client oriented
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for one thing we don’t put our own
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interests ahead of the client
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but beyond that we also try to approach
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our clients
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and their situation with an open mind
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without judgment of what they may have
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done or what they perhaps should have
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done
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we try to be open-minded about that
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we have gone into particular areas
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of representation as a result of this
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approach
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for example we do not judge our clients
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based on
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what religion they are or what
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nationality they are
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or whether they come from a country that
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does divorce in a completely different
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way
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or uh what their sexual orientation is
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i feel that one of the things that makes
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us different
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is that um it’s essentially that we’re
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approaching the practice
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without without judgment of our clients
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we are accepting them for who they are
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learning from them and working with them
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our clients can expect a very
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high and sophisticated level of service
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from our firm
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i came from kind of a large firm
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environment once upon a time before i
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went specifically into family law and
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dealt with clients
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sophisticated corporate clients who are
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interested in having a very
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detailed and in-depth evaluation
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and level of service that is also true
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of other
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lawyers in my firm as well and we bring
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that
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that high level of depth and knowledge
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to the family law world and so our
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clients can expect a concierge
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level of services you know if they hire
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me as their their primary attorney
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as we work through their case there
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might be some question on
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summary judgment and i might want to
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bring in one of my other shareholders
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who is
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particularly adept at that issue for
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example or maybe there’s a cps matter
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that comes into play and i might want to
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bring
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in a different lawyer who has a great
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deal of knowledge and background with
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cps for example
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the level of service is very high and
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the depth of expertise
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is also extremely high
Houston, TX family law attorney Cindy Diggs shares what makes her firm different from others, the firm’s areas of practice, as well as the level of service clients can expect.