Brenda Denniston Keen

Professional Affiliations & Honors

  • Board Certified, Family Law, 1981, Texas Board of Legal Specialization
  • Family Law Examination Commission, Texas Board of Legal Specialization 1993-2005 (Chair, 2000-2005)
    Exam Coordinator - Family Law (2008 - )
  • Tom Garner Award -Recognition of Distinguished Service to the Texas Board Of Legal Specialization
  • David A. Gibson Award For Demonstrating Professionalism and Excellence in the Practice of Family Law, Presented by The Gulf Coast Family Law Specialists (2004)
  • Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists [President, 2003-2004]
  • Houston Bar Association Collaborative Law Section [Chair, 2005-06]
  • American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (President, Texas Chapter, 1996 -1997)
  • State Bar of Texas, Family Law Council, 1989 - 1994
  • Listed in THE BEST LAWYERS IN AMERICA [2001-2008], BAR REGISTER OF PRE-EMINENT LAWYERS [Martindale - Hubbell ], TEXAS SUPER LAWYER -[ 2003-2009]

Author and Lecturer

  • Course Director:
    • Advanced Family Law Drafting, 1993 [State Bar of Texas]
    • New Frontiers in Marital Property Law, 1998 [State Bar of Texas]
    • Family Law on the Front Lines, 2001 [co-director] [University of Texas]
  • Speaker and Author:
    • Advanced Family Law Course, State Bar of Texas
    • AAML - AICPA National Conference on Divorce
    • South Texas College of Law
    • Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists Trial Institute
    • Marriage Dissolution Course, State Bar of Texas
    • Numerous seminars and courses since 1979

Education and Employment

  • University of Houston (B.A. 1972, J.D., Magna Cum Laude 1975)
    • Member, Phi Kappa Phi Scholastic Honor Society
    • Editor, Houston Law Review
  • Brenda D. Keen, P.C. 1992 - present
  • Wallis & Keen, P.C. - 1988-1992; Haynes & Fullenweider, PLC - 1975-1988