Kevin Spencer
R. Kevin Spencer
Principal – Partner
J.D., University of South Dakota, 1992
B.A., Austin College, 1989
Cistercian Preparatory School, 1985
Martindale-Hubbell - AV Rating
Texas Rising Star (Best Lawyers in Texas Under 40), Texas Monthly - 2004,
2005, 2007
Best Lawyers in Dallas Under 40 - D-Magazine - May 2006
Kevin Spencer graduated from Cistercian Preparatory School in 1985, and went on to attend Austin College. After double majoring in business and psychology, Kevin left Texas to study law at the University of South Dakota - School of Law. While in law school Kevin represented his University in the 1991 Regional Client Counseling Competition at the University of Montana School of Law.
Kevin began his practice in August of 1992 with The Hartnett Law Firm. He practiced with The Hartnett Law Firm for more than 15 years primarily in the area of litigation and appeals focusing in all aspects of estate, trust, heirship, guardianship and fiduciary litigation and estate administration, including ancillary probate jurisdiction litigation, common-law spouse disputes, paternity-inheritance disputes, civil appeals and general civil litigation.
Kevin is a member of the Dallas Bar Association, the State Bar of Texas and a Lifetime Fellow of the Dallas Association of Young Lawyers Foundation. He is also a former President of the Cistercian Alumni Association.
Kevin has volunteered to speak and has participated in legal clinics for Legal Services of North Texas and has handled numerous cases for the Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program. Kevin was a member of the Dallas Association of Young Lawyers' Leadership Class of 2002, which was instrumental in organizing, in conjunction with the 7-11 Corporation, the Education is Freedom Luncheon with Bob Dole held on October 9 2003. He has written papers and given speeches in the area of probate for several state bar sections and has assisted in writing brochures for indigent or pro se parties.
Papers/Speeches:
Author/Speaker:
Advanced Family Law Course – San Antonio, Texas, August 6-9, 2007
Topic: (Family vs.) Probate Regarding Children – August 8, 2007
Author/Speaker:
Probate Litigation Seminar – Fort Worth, Texas – September 17, 2004
Topic: Bill of Review and Error Correction in Probate
Author/Speaker:
The TAFLS Trial Institute – New Orleans, Louisiana – January 15-17, 2004
(Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists)
Topic: Divorce and Trust Litigation: Can you trust the Trust?
Author:
“Probate Issues Affecting Divorce Attorneys and their Clients” – Family Law Forum Newsletter, Vol. 18, Issue 1, Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists, December 2002
Link: http://www.tafls.org/uploads/news1202/news1202p3.pdf
Author/Speaker:
Advanced Family Law Course – Dallas, August 5-8, 2002
Topic: Probate: Dead or Alive, We will be Splitting the Estate, and Other Cross-Over Issues – August 6, 2002
Speaker:
How to Offer & Exclude Evidence Seminar – Houston, Texas
Topic: Self-Proving Evidence – February 9, 2001
Author/Speaker:
Basic Guardianships – Legal Services of North Texas - 1996
Various other presentations to law firms and business in the area of probate.
Associations/Activities:
Texas State Bar
Member, College of the State Bar of Texas - 2007
Dallas Bar Association
- Probate Section Member
- Trial Skills Section Member
- Family Law Section Member
- Appellate Section Member
Life Fellow, Dallas Association of Young Lawyers
DAYL Leadership – Class of 2002
Attorney, Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program
President, Cistercian Preparatory School Alumni Association, 1998-2002
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