Education and Memberships

 

Attorney Bobby K. Newman received his bachelor’s degree in finance in 1991 from the University of Texas at Austin. In 1994, Mr. Newman earned his law degree from the South Texas College of Law. He is admitted to practice law in all state district courts in Texas, the United States District Court-Southern District of Texas and the United States District Court-Eastern District of Texas. Mr. Newman is a member of the Houston Bar Association, Family Law Section, and acted as its vice president director, and/or its treasurer from 1999 through 2004. Deemed by the Houston Chronicle as one of Houston’s Most Aggressive Divorce Lawyers. He was a member of Family Law Inns of Court from 1998 through 2003. Mr. Newman has also been recognized in Texas Monthly magazine in the Super Lawyer edition for his legal services and was voted as Houston Top Lawyers by Houston magazine. He is often cited by news media as an expert on family law.

Legal Experience

Publications and Lectures

 

Mr. Newman continues to publish articles and conduct lectures on a wide variety of family law legal issues. Since 1997, Mr. Newman has published articles on the following:

• The Voir Dire of a Family Law Jury, Americans Inns of Court — Family Law Section, Houston Texas, 1997

• Valuing Valuations — Direct and Cross-Examination of a Business Expert, American Inns of Court — Family Law Section, Houston, Texas, 1998

• Substance Abuse and Its Effect on Family Law, American Inns of Court — Family Law Section, Houston, Texas, 1999

• Temporary Hearing Without Children, American Inns of Court — Family Law, Houston, Texas, 2000

• Domicile Restrictions, American Inns of Court — Family Law Section, Houston, Texas, 2000

• Family Code, American Inns of Court — Family Law Section, Houston, Texas, January 2002

• Predicates and Objections Everyone Should Know and Use, Houston Bar Associations — Family Law Section, Houston, Texas, March 2002

• Taking Divorce to a Toxic Level, Advanced Family Law Drafting Course, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2002

• Uniform Parentage Act, Family Law Inns of Court, Houston, Texas, 2003

• “Divorce Torts, Family Law Practitioner’s Guide to Evaluating, Drafting, and Prosecuting Interspousal Torts,” Family Law Section, Dallas, Texas 2007

• Guest Lecturer at South Texas College of Law at the University of Texas at Austin in the following:

  • Ethics

  • Family Law and Personal Injury Practice

  • How to Try a Temporary Orders Hearing

  • Depositions in Family Law Cases

  • Forensic Fraud