Practice Description

Ms. Hytken’s practice involves representation of financial institutions, banks and debt servicers in consumer financial services litigation involving wrongful foreclosure claims, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the Texas Debt Collection Act, and the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act.

Representative Experience

-Represented national financial institutions in various litigation matters, including wrongful foreclosure issues.

– Represented title insurance companies and the insured in a variety of disputes, including fraud, breach of contract, and quiet title claims.

– Clerked at a federal government agency charged with supplying hydorelectric power to the Northwest. Worked on issues involving labor disputes, intergovernmental conflict, and a variety of tort issues.

Selected Publications, Seminars and Cases

“Electronic Discovery: To What Extent do the 2006 Amendments Satisfy Their Purposes?” 12 Lewis & Clark Law Review 599, 2008

Community Involvement, Affiliations and Memberships
Member, Dallas Bar Association

Committee Member, SPCA of Texas

Awards & Honors

Scholar List

Law Review

Practice Description

Ms. Hunter has over 23 years of dedicated family law practice with emphasis in divorce and asset protection, child custody, paternity, adoption, termination of parental rights, modification of custody, visitation and child support, premarital agreements, postmarital agreements, cohabitation agreements, post-divorce and enforcement issues, annulments and common law marriages.

Elizabeth handles cases in multiple counties including Dallas, Denton, Collin, Tarrant and Rockwall counties.

Elizabeth is a Certified Mediator. Elizabeth is also a trained Collaborative Law Family lawyer.

Elizabeth provides strategic divorce planning services for each individual’s needs.

Representative Experience

Numerous projects in property division including characterization, valuation, tracing, and reimbursement issues.

Numerous projects in premarital planning/asset protection.

Elizabeth is a frequent speaker on Texas family law issues.

Selected Publications, Seminars and Cases

Co-author, Dallas Bar Association, Conservatorship, Possession, Child Support and Grandparent Rights, Plain and Simple

Author/Speaker, Dallas Bar Association, Conservatorship, Possession, Child Support and Grandparent Rights

Author/Speaker, Half Moon Seminar, Working with Divorce Clients and Opposing Counsel

Author/Speaker, University of Houston Family Law Practice Seminar, Child Support and Modification: Guidelines, Guesswork or Good-Lawyering?

Author/Speaker, University of Houston Family Law Practice Seminar, ChildSupport – Including Multiple Marriage Issues and Child Support Obligations of the Six-Digit Wage Earner

Co-author with Reba Rasor, University of Houston Family Law Practice Seminar, Child Support and the Six-Digit Daddy

Speaker/Co-author with Reba Rasor, University of Houston Family Law Practice Seminar, Child Support and the Six-Digit Daddy

Community Involvement, Affiliations and Memberships

Dallas Bar Association, Family Law Section Board of Directors 1997-1999, various committees

Texas State Bar, Family Law Section

Member, The Collaborative Law Institute of Texas

Member, Collaborative Law Dallas

American Inns of Court Foundation, Annette Stewart Inn

Board Member, Our Friend’s Place

Sustainer, Junior League of Dallas

Member, DAR

Member, PEO

Awards & Honors

AV ® PREEMINENT Martindale-Hubbell rating

Technical Advisor, Family Law Issues, “Dallas” TV show