Best Lawyers Honor Nine KF Attorneys

Firm Listed Tops in Texas Family Law Has Greatest Number of Divorce Attorneys Chosen for Honor

Thursday, August 12, 2010

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nine lawyers from the Texas divorce firm of Koons, Fuller, Vanden Eykel & Robertson PC were selected by their peers for honors in The Best Lawyers in America® 2011 (Copyright 2010 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.).

This is the greatest number of divorce attorneys in a Texas firm cited by Best Lawyers for the 2011 family law list.

The Koons Fuller attorneys getting honors are Aubrey Connatser, Charla Bradshaw Conner, Julie Crawford, Mike DeBruin, Kevin Fuller, Heather King, Rick Robertson, Karen Turner and Ike Vanden Eykel. The firm is top listed in Texas in divorce law and collaborative law by Best Lawyers.

Six Koons Fuller attorneys were featured in Texas’ Best Lawyers last year and Fuller was honored as the Family Lawyer of the Year in 2009. Koons Fuller is the southwest’s largest family law firm with 27 attorneys in four North Texas locations – Dallas, Plano, Southlake and Denton. The firm is top listed in each location among divorce firms for complex divorce litigation and other services.

Since its inception in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence.

Because Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which more than 39,000 leading attorneys cast almost 3.1 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas, and because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”

Koons Fuller Takes Statewide Family Law Honors

Sunday, August 22, 2010

DALLAS, Texas (BusinessWire) – Koons, Fuller, Vanden Eykel & Robertson took home most of the major awards given at the Advanced Family Law Course last week in San Antonio.

Ike Vanden Eykel, president of the Dallas Bar Association and managing partner of Koons Fuller, brought home the Sam Emison Award, given each year for meritorious service to family law in Texas. Bill Koons, founding partner of the firm, was elected to the Family Law Hall of Legends. And Heather King, manager of the firm’s Southlake office, assumed the presidency of the Texas Association of Family Law Specialists.

The Sam Emison Award is bestowed upon a person “who has demonstrated a significant commitment and made significant contributions to the practice of family law in the State of Texas.” Vanden Eykel, who will be Dallas bar president through 2010, has distinguished himself for his advocacy of the Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program (DVAP), which provides free legal assistance to poor citizens of the city.

The Hall of Legends is reserved for attorneys who have practiced family law for 40 years or more. Koons is one of the pioneers of family law in the state.

Heather King accepted the gavel as head of the Texas Association of Family Law Specialists (TAFLS) from the outgoing head, Charla Bradshaw Conner, her best friend and manager of Koons Fuller’s Denton office.

In addition to earning these awards, Koons Fuller attorneys saw the state’s top pro bono award renamed for one of their own. Ken Fuller, a partner at the firm, has devoted much of his time and energy over the past decade to the free services effort of DVAP.