Brian J. McNamara

Kingwood, Texas

A List Of Seminars Taken by Brian McNamara In Recent Years

State Bar of Texas Information About Brian McNamara

Brian McNamara enjoys both his roles as an attorney. As an advocate, he aggressively pursues his client's interests at trial, but only after carefully fulfilling his role as legal counselor and making every effort to resolve the case by agreement. Mr. McNamara has extensive experience before both judges and juries. Throughout his career as a lawyer, he has tried many types of jury cases from child custody, to business litigation, to consumer and injury cases. From the day he was licensed to practice law no less than 50% of Mr. McNamara's practice has been devoted family law, often it has been much more. Today, Mr. McNamara focuses exclusively on family law matters.

Brian has successfully settled many more cases that he has tried. The certainty provided by an agreement and the cost-savings versus trial are powerful incentives to avoid the courtroom, when possible. Experience has often demonstrated the irony that the better a case is prepared for trial, the more likely it is to reach an agreed resolution.

Mr. McNamara was licensed in May 1992, and was lead counsel in two jury trials within a year. Since then, he has completed many more trials, some before juries and countless non-jury bench trials and evidentiary hearings. A jury trial victory he won in 2004 was appealed by the opponent. Brian continued to represent his client through the appeal process, and his trial victory was upheld by the Court of Appeals.

Since 1992, Brian's practice has always been primarily in family law. He has represented many husbands and wives in divorces, and all types of child custody and support cases. Brian represents clients with substantial estates and middle class professionals with a variety of assets and debts. He has made a point of understanding the various types of financial products commonly in use today. Child custody matters vary from disagreements about who the children will live with after a divorce, to post-divorce child support, custody, and visitation arrangements.

Mr. McNamara trains his staff to prepare every case for trial because he has learned that it's impossible to predict which case will ultimately be resolved by agreement and which will be tried; and because the more prepared he is to try a case the more likely it is that the other side will negotiate reasonably and in good faith. He enjoys courtroom work, but is also keenly aware of his obligation to help his client to resolve the case in the quickest and most cost-effective way.

Brian McNamara has practiced in Kingwood since 1992. He is a Kingwood resident and his three children attended Kingwood schools. He is a member of the Lake Houston Area Chamber of Commerce and has been involved with the Lake Houston YMCA Youth in Government Program as an evaluator of mock trial contestants. Brian held several positions of leadership with the Northeast Harris County Bar Association, including president. He is a member of the Houston Bar Association Family Law Section The State Bar of Texas Family Law Section ; The Texas Family Law Foundation; and is a Fellow of The College of the State Bar Of Texas, an honorary society of Texas lawyers who attend at least double the required hours of continuing legal education required by the State Bar of Texas.

Mr. McNamara offers family consultations at a reduced fee.

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