Lauren E. Melhart is a partner at Kinser & Bates, LLP in Dallas, Texas and is Board Certified in Family Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. Ms. Melhart has extensive experience within the family law field, including several years as a Child Protective Services prosecutor. She has written articles for the State Bar of Texas and the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers on a variety family law issues and given speeches to a number of family law related organizations. Ms. Melhart is a Fellow in the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, serves on the board of directors of the Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists and the Texas Family Law Foundation, and is a faculty member with the American Bar Association’s Family Law Trial Advocacy Institute and the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Institute for Family Law Associates.