Robert J Matlock
With a legal career that spans more than three decades, Robert J. Matlock practices exclusively in the area of family law. His expertise includes matters involving divorce, post-divorce modifications, child custody, child support, enforcement, marital property agreements and all other aspects of family law. He is also accomplished in the practice of collaborative law and mediation.
Bob assists clients with sophisticated marital property matters, business valuation disputes, child custody and support issues, modification suits, divorce litigation, and all other areas of family law. He was among the first family law practitioners to broaden his practice to include mediation. As a charter member of the first collaborative law practice group in Texas, Bob has again widened his areas of expertise to include collaborative techniques.
Bob is well known as a lecturer and seminar speaker on subjects including collaborative law, marital property law, divorce and modification suits, mediation, arbitration, ethics and other family law-related topics.
Areas of Practice
- Family Law
- Divorce
- Child Custody
- Child Support
- Enforcement
- Martial Property Agreements
Certified Legal Specialties
- Family Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 1979
- Advanced Mediator, Association of Attorney Mediators
Bar Admissions
- Texas
- Missouri
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Tax Court
Education
- The University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas
- Doctor of Jurisprudence - 1971
- Honors: Moot Court Board, Teaching Quizmaster
- Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
- Bachelor of Science - 1968
- Major: Business Administration
Representative Cases
Classes/Seminars
- Guest Lecturer, Southern Methodist University School of Law
- Guest Lecturer, Texas Wesleyan School of Law
- Guest Lecturer, Texas Woman's University
- Guest Lecturer, Southern Methodist University
- Guest Lecturer, University of North Texas
- Guest Lecturer, Dispute Resolution Center of Dallas
- Guest Lecturer, Colorado Bar Association
- Guest Lecturer, State Bar of Texas
- Guest Lecturer, Association of Family & Conciliatory Courts
- Guest Lecturer, American Bar Association
Honors and Awards
- Texas Super Lawyer, Family Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Collaborative Law, Texas Monthly, 2004 - 2008
- AV Peer Review Rated Martindale-Hubbell
Professional Associations and Memberships
- College of the State Bar of Texas
- Dallas Bar Association
- Collin County Bar Association
- Collin County Bench-Bar Foundation
- American Bar Association
- Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists
- Alliance of Collaborative Professionals, Charter Member
- Texas Collaborative Law Council, Charter Member
- Association of Attorney Mediators, Certified Advanced Mediator
- Texas Association of Mediators
- Ministry of Conflict Transformation, Episcopal Diocese of Dallas
- Association of Conflict Resolution
- International Academy of Collaborative Professionals
- Association of Family & Conciliatory Courts
Past Employment Positions
- Robert J. Matlock, P.C., Shareholder
- Bruner & Matlock, Partner
- Koons, Rasor & Fuller
- Law Offices of Lawrence R. Maxwell, Jr., Associate
Pro Bono Activities
- The 3 Day, 60 Mile Walk for Breast Cancer
- Habitat For Humanity, Dallas & Collin County
- McKinney Chamber of Commerce
- Heritage Guild of Collin County
- St. Peter's Episcopal Church
- Leukemia Society of America
- Village Creek Homeowners Association
Ancillary Businesses
- Mediation
- Arbitration
Fraternities/Sororities
- Phi Delta Theta
- Phi Alpha Delta




