Mark M. Childress

Honors & Awards

• Top Young Lawyers in Texas
• Tarrant County's Top Attorney's
• Top Attorneys – Fort Worth Magazine - 2008 TO PRESENT
• Rising Stars – Thomson Reuters - Super Lawyers - 2011 to PRESENT
• Americas Most Honored Professionals – The American Registry - 2014 TO PRESENT
• 360 West Top Attorney 2020 - 2022
• Top Attorney Fort Worth for 2022

Areas of Practice

Family Law 

• Divorce
  • Uncontested Divorce
  • Complex Divorce
  • High-Asset Divorce
  • Property Division
  • Spousal Maintenance
  • Military Divorce
  • Divorce Temporary Orders
  • Divorce Temporary Restraining Order
  • Retirement division
• Child Custody
  • Visitation, Possession and Access
    1. Custody Temporary Restraining Order
    2. Relocation
    3. Police/Fire Service Member Creative Possession and Access
    4. Military Member Possession and Access
  • Custody Temporary Orders
  • Child Support
  • Modifications
• Paternity
  • Established Paternity
  • Name Change of Child
  • DNA Testing
• Grandparents Rights
• Termination and Adoptions
• Protective Orders
• Enforcements
  1. Child Support
  2. Possession and Access
  3. Property Division
• CPS
  1. Saftey Plan
  2. Removal of Child
• Mediation
• Final Trials

Criminal Law

• Felonies
• Misdemeanors 
• DWI or DUI
  1. Administrative License Revocation Hearings
  2. Occupational Driver's License Applications
• Unlawful Possession of a Weapon 
• Assault
  1. Simple Assault
  2. Assault Bodily Injury
  3. Domestic Violence
  4. Aggravated Assault
  5. Sexual Assault
• Theft
• Bond Hearings
• Investigation Representation (Prior to formal charges being filed)
• Clear Your Record
  1. Expunctions
  2. Nondisclosures
• Traffic Tickets
  1. Commercial Driver's License Holders
  2. Public Intoxication

Litigation Percentage

• 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions

• Texas, 2007

Education

• Texas Wesleyan University School of Law, Fort Worth, Texas
  • J.D.
  • Honors: Dean's List
• Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
  • B.A.
  • Honors: Deans List
  • Major: Marketing

Professional Associations & Memberships

• American Bar Association
• State Bar of Texas
• Tarrant County Bar Association
• Tarrant County Family Bar Association
• Young Lawyers Of Texas
• Member of Better Business Bureau

Languages

• English