Brenda Denniston Keen

Articles and Presentations

  • Executive Compensation - co-author and co-presenter American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Chicago, November 2008
  • Unusual Employment Contracts State Bar of Texas, Advanced Family Law Course, August 2007Q
  • Understanding and Drafting for Non-qualified Plans, State Bar of Texas, Advanced Family Law Course, August 2004
  • Drafting Closing Documents, State Bar of Texas, Advanced Family Law Drafting, December 2003
  • Creative Solutions to Property Issues [Panelist] South Texas College of Law, Family Law Mediation Seminar, November 2003
  • Advanced Property Division Techniques [Panelist] State Bar of Texas, Advanced Family Law Course, August 2003
  • Handling Oddball Assets State Bar of Texas, Advanced Family Law Course, August 2003
  • Executive Compensation Beyond the 401(k) [Panelist]State Bar of Texas, New Frontiers in Marital Property Law, October 2002
  • Economic Contribution: Demonstration of Proof [Panelist] State Bar of Texas, Advanced Family Law Course, August 2002
  • Where Have All the Dollars Gone? Economic Contribution and Reimbursement, Associate Judges/IV D Masters Seminar, State Bar of Texas, Advanced Family Law Cou?rse, August 2002
  • Top Hats, Handshakes and Handcuffs: Marital Property and Divorce Issues of the HIGHLY Compensated [Panelist] 2002 AICPA/AAML National Conference on Divorce, Las Vegas, Nevada, May 2002
  • Unusual Property Issues - Who to Contact and How to Pass Title - American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, March, 2002
  • Economic Contribution And Reimbursement What Now? - [Panelist] State Bar of Texas, New Frontiers in Marital Property Law, October, 2001
  • Top Hats, Handshakes and Handcuffs: - Identifying and Dividing the Different Executive Compensation Plans, [co-author and co-presenter], State Bar of Texas, Advanced Family Law Course, August 2001
  • IRS on the Warpath: - References and Forms - Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists Annual Trial Institute, February 2001
  • High Tech Tools, State Bar of Texas, Ultimate Trial Notebook: Family Law, December 2000. Executive Compensation, [Panelist], American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Chicago, November, 2000.
  • Tax Traps and Tricks for the Complex Property Case, [panelist] State Bar Of Texas New Frontiers in Marital Property Law, October, 2000.
  • Marital Property Agreements - the Family Law Perspective, State Bar of Texas, Advanced Family Law Drafting Course, December, 1999
  • Strategic Use of Law Beyond the Family Code, [panelist] State Bar Of Texas New Frontiers in Marital Property Law, October, 1999.
  • Executive Compensation, State Bar of Texas, Advance Family Law Course, August, 1999
  • Dealing Ethically with Lying Clients and Lawyers You Don’t Trust - or - How to Take a Bath with a Hog and Not Get Dirty, State Bar of Texas Advanced Family Law Course, August, 1998.
  • Issues of Post-Divorce Disposition of Unique Items of Personal Property and Necessary Ancillary Instruments, Marriage Dissolution Institute, Austin, Texas, May, 1998.
  • Premarital Agreements - Representing the Non-monied Party, Gulf Coast Family Law Specialists, March, 1998.
  • Complex Executive Compensation Plans, State Bar Of Texas New Frontiers in Marital Property Law, October, 1997.
  • Courtroom Presence: What a Judge and Attorney Do and Do Not Want To See and Hear In Court, State Bar of Texas Advanced Family Law Course, August, 1997
  • Why Not be a 'Silver Fox'? [Effective Preparation for Mediation], Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists, Trial Institute, New Orleans, Louisiana, January, 1997.
  • Dealing With Special Problems Attendant to Division of Closely Held Businesses, State Bar of Texas New Frontiers in Marital Property Law, October, 1996.
  • Complex Valuation Issues - Presentation and Impeachment, State Bar of Texas Advanced Family Law Course, August, 1996.
  • Art of Persuasion (workshop), State Bar of Texas Advanced Family Law Course, 1995.
  • Pre-Trial Proceedings - Mediation and Arbitration, State Bar of Texas Marriage Dissolution Institute, South Padre, Texas, April, 1994.
  • Presentation of Property Issues for Husband, Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists, Trial Institute, Reno, Nevada, February, 1994.
  • Drafting Tax Clauses for Year of Divorce, State Bar of Texas Advanced Family Law Course, August, 1993.
  • Judgment Through Post-Trial, State Bar of Texas Ultimate Trial Notebook, Family Law, November 1992.
  • Valuation of Business Entities, State Bar of Texas Advanced Family Law Course, August, 1992.
  • Covert Discovery - Use of Remote Databases in Litigation On-Line Investigation, State Bar of Texas, Dallas, Texas, June, 1991 (co-authored with Robert B. Wallis).
  • Rules of Civil Procedure Most Likely to Impact the Family Law Case, South Texas College of Law, Houston, Texas, March, 1991.
  • Family Law Court Perspectives, Houston Bar Association Real Estate Section, Houston, Texas, March, 1991.
  • Direct and Cross Examination of a CPA (Tracing & Discovery of Assets), Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists, Reno, Nevada, February, 1991.
  • Personal Property & Other Miscellaneous Forms, State Bar of Texas Advanced Family Law Drafting, San Antonio, Texas December, 1990.
  • Wrapping Up the Case, State Bar of Texas Marriage Dissolution Institute, May, 1990.
  • Computers as Tools for Discovery and Cross Examination at Trial, State Bar of Texas Evidence and Discovery Techniques Institute (co-authored with Robert B. Wallis), 1988.
  • Division of Income Tax at Divorce, State Bar of Texas Advanced Family Law Course, 1986.
  • Retirement Benefits in Divorce: A Look at the Law, Law Education Institute, Inc., Vail, Colorado, January, 1986.
  • Expert and Other Opinion Evidence, State Bar of Texas Advanced Family Law Course, 1983.
  • Retirement Benefits, State Bar of Texas Advanced Family Law Course, 1980.
  • Post Divorce Acquisitions of Community Property,State Bar of Texas Marriage Dissolution Course, October, 1980.
  • Pension Plans: Where to Now? State Bar of Texas Marriage Dissolution Course, November, 1979.