DANA - Key Persons

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• Member of the Northeast Tarrant County Bar Association

Dana maintains strong ties with her community and actively pursues harmony, kindness, and goodwill. Dana currently serves as a Board Member of the Southlake Rotary Club, formerly serving in such roles as President and Secretary. Dana volunteers her treasure, her time, and her resources in assisting various local and international service projects, including the fight to end polio worldwide, which is rapidly approaching total eradication. Dana is also a member of several area women's professional networking groups, including Grapevine's Women Who Wined Down on Wednesdays (WWWDOW), and Together We Shine. Her role in these networking initiatives includes forming business relationships, assisting other members with business opportunities, and contributing and presenting informational seminars for other women in the area.

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• Mechanical Research Engineer at Lockheed Martin

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• Board Member, Fort Worth Paralegal Association

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• Associate
• Attorney
• Member of the Smith County Bar Association

The Law Office of Dana L. White is pleased to introduce Associate Attorney Haley M. Shaw as the newest addition to our firm, primarily practicing family law, including divorce, child support, modifications, and custody matters. Haley also provides legal services related to probate law, estate planning, and civil litigation. Born and raised in Fort Worth, Texas, Haley earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Stanford University in 2016. While at Stanford, she served as the President of the Korean Student Association and Chair of the Powwow Volunteer Committee, organizing hundreds of volunteers for the largest student-run powwow in North America. In 2021 Haley received her Juris Doctorate from Baylor University. During her tenure at Baylor, she excelled academically, with Baylor awarding her the Dean's Academic Excellence Full-Tuition Scholarship. She also led the Native American Law Student Association as its Vice Chair and the National Outreach Chair of the American Constitution Society. Moreover, Haley served as President of the Animal Legal Defense Fund and served at the Veteran's Clinic. Following her admission into the Texas State Bar, Haley relocated to Tyler, Texas. She worked as an Associate Attorney for Boyd, Boyd & Giddens, primarily practicing general civil litigation matters throughout Texas, including insurance defense, personal injury law, premises liability, and product liability cases. Haley provides clients with zealous representation while also providing guidance on the spirit as well as the letter of the law. She is an empathetic listener enabling her to gain the requisite understanding and perspective on clients' interests and objectives from which she can communicate informed yet tailored advice. She considers her representation of clients as a shared partnership wherein the ‘partners' can collaborate and work together in developing beneficial legal strategies and outcomes. Haley currently serves as a member of the Smith County Bar Association, including its Young Lawyer's Association, serving as a Board Member. Haley also gained admission to the federal Eastern District Bar in 2022. Through Rotary International, Haley volunteers her time, treasure, and talent, participating in various charitable local and international service projects, valuing her role in an organization whose motto is "service above self" and whose pursuit of global harmony, kindness, peace, and goodwill enriches unity and diversity. Haley speaks proficient Korean and some Hindi. Outside the office, Haley enjoys reading, Texas Rangers baseball, Victorian literature, and pub trivia.

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• Paralegal / Office Manager
• Texas Family Law Paralegal and Office Manager

Texas Family Law Paralegal and Office Manager Jack L. Cutshall ensures the smooth running of the Law Office of Dana L. White on a day-to-day basis. Following an internship with our office in 2018, he officially joined as a Paralegal in January 2019, assisting four attorneys, whose focus is primarily family law matters. Jack also assists with cases involving wills and trusts, and immigration. Jack's reliable, respectful, and patient temperament serves him well when working with family law matters concerning particularly challenging issues that may be distressful for clients. As a Vietnam War combat veteran of the U.S. Army, Jack passionately believes that INTEGRITY MATTERS and diligently operates under the umbrella of this admirable quality. Jack has numerous duties within our office, including office management, communication with clients, handling written correspondence, case/file management, sustaining professional relationships with clients, opposing counsel, the courts, and mediators. Jack also assists with the management and preservation of pleadings, orders, discovery, memoranda, subpoenas, and agreements. Jack has an active professional and personal life. He is a board member of the Fort Worth Paralegal's Association, as well as a member of the Southlake Rotary Club, VFW of Azle, and Delta Mu Delta. Education Paralegal Studies, Tarrant County College, Hurst, Texas Paralegal Certificate Tarleton State University, Stephenville, Texas Bachelor's degree in Marketing Tarleton State University, Stephenville, Texas

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• Associate
• Attorney
• Sole Proprietor
• TEXAS FAMILY LAW ATTORNEY

Deteriorating family dynamics threw Texas Family Law Attorney Katie Berry's family into an unexpected divorce with young children. The initial crisis continued as unresolved issues began unraveling. Katie knows all too well how parents can be left struggling with circumstances beyond their control. Children may already suffer from high conflict, unpredictability, and even distrust in their parental relationships. This is the kind of trauma that, if continued, heals only with enormous care and, even then, not quickly or easily. Katie seeks to stabilize the divorce process and immobilize the snowballing effects of a family crisis. "As parents, we were shown how best to protect our children by focusing on the quality of the co-parenting relationship that lays before us. With predictability and lowered conflict, we were able to make an informed decision in our children's best interests and craft a post-divorce plan that fit our family. Minimizing divorce conflict can make all the difference for children and the future joint parenting relationship. By navigating parents through their conflict, settlement processes allow parents to keep their children front and center. By supporting parents in making informed choices, settlement processes can empower parents to preserve relationships and build lasting solutions for the future of their family." "Where both parties and their lawyers are willing to work toward a settlement, the divorce can be kept out of the courtroom. With two reasonable, experienced lawyers representing each side, there is a good chance each party will walk away with an acceptable settlement without ever stepping inside a courtroom. I work to negotiate and settle cases to save our clients the time, money, and conflict that it takes to go to court. Particularly in cases of high net worth divorces, neither party is likely to truly benefit when important questions of property division and alimony are left to little more than a family judge's discretion. By engaging in direct negotiations with your spouse and their counsel, we can take greater control over the process and, in doing so, be more likely to come out with an agreement that protects your most vital interests." Katie Berry is a divorced mother and family lawyer. She is a 1988 cum laude graduate of Texas Tech Law School and a Haynes and Boone alum.

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• Paralegal

Kellie Daniels serves as a Paralegal at the Law Office of Dana L. White. Kellie officially joined our team as a Paralegal in January 2020, following an office internship during her final semester at Texas Wesleyan University. Kellie assists four attorneys, with a focus primarily on family law matters. Kellie also works on cases involving wills and trusts, and general civil law. Prior to joining our team, Kellie also worked as a paralegal intern for the Law Office of Gill & Brissette in Fort Worth. During Kellie's time working as a felony court clerk for the Tarrant County District Clerk's office, she decided to return to school as a full-time student and complete her bachelor's degree in Paralegal Studies. Education Texas Wesleyan University Bachelor of Science degree in Paralegal Studies Tarrant County Junior College Associate in Arts degree

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• Associate
• Attorney
• Board Officer / Treasurer
• Member of the Keller Chamber of Commerce
• Member or past Member

Texas Immigration & Estate Planning Attorney Lisa McBee works compassionately to advance social justice, fairness, and integrity and has practiced immigration law for over 16 years. "Reliability, efficiency, responsiveness, and consistency" predominate in Lisa's representation of clients. Lisa‘s practice of law has recently expanded into new legal areas, including estate planning and business entity formation - although her passion remains focused on serving clients in the field of immigration law, including both employment-based and family-based. Lisa loves living and working in the community of Southlake. Through Rotary International, Lisa volunteers her time, treasure, and resources participating in various charitable local and international service projects as detailed below. She currently serves as President of the Southlake Rotary Club, Rotary International. She values being a part of Rotary, an organization whose motto is "service above self," and whose pursuit of international harmony, kindness, peace, and goodwill enhances unity and diversity within an often-divisive world. Lisa also serves as a Board Officer/Treasurer & Asst. Secretary for the North Texas Shield Foundation, Inc. (NTSFI), a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, which provides the Department of Public Safety for the police officers and firefighters of a particular community ‘Peace of Mind.' Founded by renowned local jeweler Pieter Andries and retired police chief officer of Southlake Marlin Price, NTSFI works with families to help with any travel costs that the grieving family cannot afford. Specifically, NTSFI provides the Chief of Police or Fire Chief of an affected community a check for $5K-$10K at the first request, instantly and immediately, to help with the needs of a fallen police officer's or firefighter's family, including airline/travel costs to bring in family members. Lisa is also a member or past member of several area women's professional support and networking groups, including Grapevine's Women Who Wined Down on Wednesdays (WWWDOW), and Together We Shine. Her role in these networking initiatives includes forming business relationships and assisting members with business opportunities for other women in the area. Lisa is also a member of the Keller Chamber of Commerce and White's Chapel United Methodist Church in Southlake.

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• International Honor Society, Inducted Member

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• Staff Member

Rhonda Larimer, CP is a certified paralegal at the Law Office of Dana L. White. She joined the Law Office of Dana L. White in December of 2017 and now serves as our office's Senior Paralegal, supervising other paralegals and assisting four attorneys, whose focus is primarily family law matters. Rhonda also assists with cases involving probate, wills and trusts. Rhonda has earned her Certified Paralegal credentials from NALA (National Alliance of Legal Assistants), a credential that may only be used by those who have met and maintained national certification standards. Rhonda's compassionate nature serves her well when working with family law matters that often involve extremely sensitive issues that may be very emotional to our clients. She is a firm believer that KNOWLEDGE IS POWER in most situations and works to keep our clients informed. Rhonda is particularly adept at client relations and her sense of organization and attention to detail is profound. Rhonda is responsible for a panoply of duties, including preparation of pleadings, orders, discovery, memoranda, subpoenas, agreements, and written correspondences, trial/hearing preparation, witness interviews, legal research, case/file management, and maintaining professional relationships with clients, opposing counsel, the courts, mediators, financial advisors and health/mental health professionals, Rhonda stays remarkably busy both professionally and personally. She is a member of the American Association of Notaries, the Fort Worth Paralegal Association, the Texas Bar Association- Paralegal Division, an active member of NALA, and a long-time member of the Down Syndrome Partnership of North Texas. Education Paralegal Studies, Tarrant County College, Hurst, Texas Advanced Technical Paralegal Certificate (postbaccalaureate certificate) - 2018 University of Louisiana, Monroe, Louisiana B.B.A. in General Business (minor in Management)- 2000