Background
Nelson, Keith Milton was born on May 10, 1957 in Fort Worth, Texas, United States. Son of Paul Milton and Betty Pauline (Martin) Nelson.
Nelson, Keith Milton was born on May 10, 1957 in Fort Worth, Texas, United States. Son of Paul Milton and Betty Pauline (Martin) Nelson.
University of Texas at Arlington. Baylor University (Bachelor of Arts, 1979. Juris Doctor, 1983).
Worked at McCurley, Kinser, McCurley & Nelson, Limited liability partnership (Dallas, Texas) specializing in Divorce and Custody Law. Trials and Appellate Practice related to Family Law. Hague Convention on International Child Abduction.
Admitted to the bar, 1983, Texas and United States.
District Court, Northern District of Texas. 1984, United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Company-Author: "Strategies in Custody Cases," Marriage Dissolution Course, 1990. Speaker: "Attorney/Ad Litem Fees," Texas Center for the Judiciary, April 1990.
"Jurisdiction," National Business Institute, Incorporated., 1992.
"Valuation of Small Businesses in Marital Dissolution," American Association of Appraisers, 1993. "Affirmative Pleadings," 3rd Annual Advanced Family Law Drafting Course, 1993. "New Developments in Family Law," South Texas Judicial Conference, 1994.
"Effective Presentation of the Typical Property Case," 4th Annual Advanced Family Law Foreign the General Practitioner And Legal Assistant, 1994.
"Preparation of a Trial (and Alternative Dispute Resolution) Notebook," The Ultimate Trial Notebook - Family Law, State Bar of Texas, December 1994. "Using Depositions as a Discovery Tool," Advanced Family Law Course Foreign Legal Assistants, February 1995.
"Trying The Relocation Case," Texas Academy of Family Law Specialist, January 1997. Author and Speaker: "Visitation-How Do You Deal With Children Under 3 and Over 15?" Marriage Dissolution Seminar, 1992.
"Pre-and Post-Nuptial Agreements," Marriage Dissolution Seminar, 1993.
Panelist: "Mental Health Experts - Jury Profiles" and "Mental Health Experts (Participant 3): Understanding 16PF, Projective Drawings, Sentence Completion, and Bricklin (Foreign Children)", Advanced Family Law Course, 1993. "Cross-Examination of Mental Health Expert," Texas Academy of Family Law Specialist, January 1995. Member: Dallas (Member, and Board of Directors, Family Law Section), Irving (President, 1991-1992) and American (Member, Family Law Section) Bar Associations.
State Bar of Texas (Member, Family Law Section).
Texas Trial Lawyers Association. The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists. American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.
(Board Certified, Family Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization).
McCurley, Kinser, McCurley & Nelson practices exclusively in the area of Family and Matrimonial law with all partners being Board Certified in Family Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. Three members of the firm are currently serving on the Family Law Council of the State Bar of Texas and two are former presidents of the Family Law Section of the Dallas Bar Association. Partner Mike McCurley is past chairman of the Family Law Section of the State Bar of Texas.
The firm encourages continuing professional development and all members participate frequently as speakers, authors and course directors in continuing legal education seminars, as well as being active in bar association and civic activities.
The firm is located in downtown Dallas and has a statewide practice.
Cons. Lawyers Against Domestic Violence, since 1990. Member visitation subcommittee Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Child Support and Visitation Guidelines. Member American Bar Association (family law section), ATLA, American Academy Matrimonial Lawyers, Texas Academy Family Law Specialists, Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Texas Bar Association, Dallas Bar Association (family law section, board directors), Irving Bar Association(president 1991-1992), National Association Counsel for Children.
Married Terry Gayle Beaver, April 11, 1987. Children: Staley, Ashley, Chad, Caroline, Erin, Katelyn.