Jonathan Bates

Jonathan Bates

Mueller Family Law Group
  • Contact:
  • 4311 Oak Lawn Avenue
    Ste 200
    Dallas, TX
    75219
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Profile

For more than thirty years, Jonathan J. Bates’ trial practice has focused on complex property and child related cases. He is also a mediator and AAML certified arbitrator. He was 2021-2022 Chair of the Family Law Section of the State Bar, 2016-2017 President of Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists and 2023-2024 President of Texas Chapter of the AAML.

Education

Baylor Law School 1993 JD

Admitted to Practice

1993

AAML Position(s) Held

National
  • Treasurer 2020-2022
    Board of Governors 2018 – 2020
    Chair, Budget & Finance Committee 2020-2022
    Co-Chair CLE Committee 2019-2020
    Governance Task Force Chair 2018-2022
    Vice Chair, Bylaws & Policies 2018-2019
State
  • President 2023 – 2024;
    Course Director, Innovations – Breaking Boundaries in Custody Litigation Course, 2019

CLE Presentations

  • ‘Deep Dive – Look Before You Leap: Premarital and Marital Property Agreements,’ Advanced Family Law Course, San Antonio, August 7, 2024
    ‘Similar But Different – Reimbursement, Reconstitution, and Requests for Disproportionate Share,’ Marriage Dissolution Institute, San Antonio, April 26, 2024
    ‘Premarital Agreements, Partition and Exchange Agreements, and Other Contract Considerations,’ Panel Moderator, New Frontiers in Marital Property Course, Charleston, October 6, 2023
    ‘Characterization and Tracing,’ Advanced Family Law Course, San Antonio, August 9, 2023
    ‘Securing the Deal: Rule 11 Agreements, MSAs and ISAs,’ Marriage Dissolution Institute, Austin April 28, 2023
    ‘Underutilized Pre-Trial Strategies,’ Advanced Trial Skills for Family Lawyers, New Orleans, December 1, 2022
    ‘Follow the Money: Securing Attorney’s Fees at Every Stage of the Case,’ Tarrant County Family Law Bar Association, Advanced on a Shoestring Course, November 3, 2022
    ‘Follow the Money: Securing Attorney’s Fees at Every Stage of the Case,’ Advanced Family Course, San Antonio, August 9, 2022
    ‘Personality Disorders and How They Impact Custody,’ (with Dr. Jonathan Gould and Dr. Sol Rappaport), American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Mid-Year Meeting, Indian Wells, California, March 17, 2022
    ‘De-Constructing the Custody Evaluation Report,’ (with Dr. Jonathan Gould and Dr. Sol Rappaport), American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Mid-Year Meeting, Indian Wells, California, March 17, 2022
    ‘Entity Issues: Pitfalls and Considerations for Division of Entities Created During the Marriage,’ (with Patrice Ferguson), Advanced Family Law Course, San Antonio, August 4, 2021
    ‘Prepping the Witness for Testimony,’ Marriage Dissolution Institute 101, April 11, 2021
    ‘Third-Party Standing,’ Advanced Trial Skills for Family Lawyers, December 10, 2020
    ‘Only Daddy That’ll Walk the Line: Standing ‚Äì Who Gets a Seat at the Table?’ Advanced Family Law Course, August 4, 2020
    ‘Receiverships and Drafting Requirements,’ Advanced Family Law Drafting Course, Dallas, December 12, 2019
    ‘Causes of Action in Family Law: The Prudent, the Impermissible and the Sometimes Overlooked,’ Advanced Family Law Course, San Antonio, August 12, 2019
    ‘Break Glass in Case of Emergency: The Best Pleadings to Carry in Your Trial Notebook,’ Advanced Trial Skills for Family Lawyers, New Orleans, December 14, 2018
    ‘Kids with Special Needs: What You Need to Know to Prepare ‚Äì Including Financial Issues at the Time of Divorce and Needs in the Future,’ Panelist, Advanced Family Law Course, San Antonio, August 2018
    ‘Making Tax returns Less Taxing,’ Marriage Dissolution Institute 101, Dallas, April 11, 2018
    ‘Trial Strategies, Including Deconstruction of a Custody Evaluation’ Panelist, Innovations – Breaking Boundaries in Custody Litigation, New Orleans, January 12, 2018
    ‘Rule 11 Agreements, MSAs, and ISAs – What You Can and Can’t Do,’ Advanced Family Law Drafting Course, Fort Worth, December 7, 2017
    ‘Legislative Update 2017: Family Law,’ Texas Bar CLE Presents, Dallas, June 30, 2017
    ‘Characterization,’ Marriage Dissolution Institute, Austin, April 20, 2017
    ‘Texas Family Code Chapter‚ÄîPost Divorce Proceedings,’ Texas Lawyer, January 2017
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