Heather M Bachman

I am a strong believer that family issues are best settled out-of-court. My motto is “Preserve and protect family relationships in crisis by collaboration and cooperation, using the courtroom as the last resort.” I am an experienced, compassionate mediator and collaborative law lawyer. I have served as Managing Attorney at the Attorney General’s Office, which gives me a thorough understanding of child support and how to resolve administrative issues with the Attorney General’s Office. My legal background includes Divorce, Family Law, Visitation Rights, Enforcement of Visitation Rights, Child Support, Enforcement of Child Support, Collaborative Law, and Mediation. As a mediator and collaborative law lawyer, I believe that out of court settlement is the best way to resolve family issues. I am Board Certified in Family Law, and am an active member of the Fort Bend Bar Association (Secretary 2016 & 2017, President Elect 2018, President 2019), the Texas Bar Association Family Law Section, the State Bar College, the Collaborative Law Institute of Texas, the Collaborative Law Katy, the State Bar of Texas Collaborative Law Section, and the Association for Conflict Resolution. I have been recognized by the National League of Renowned Attorneys’ Top One Percent award for 2016, 10 Best Client Satisfaction, and 10 Best Female Attorney 2016 award from the American Institute of Family Law Attorneys. I graduated cum laude from Thurgood Marshall School of Law, where I was selected for the Dean’s List numerous times. I received the American Jurisprudence Award in Evidence and Law Practice Management.