Lené Alley DeRudder

Shareholder Lené Alley DeRudder is a collaboratively trained divorce attorney with strong litigation skills. She takes a strategic approach to problem solving and helping guide clients to resolution – both inside and outside of the courtroom. She focuses on highly complex divorces – specifically those involving high-value and/or extensive property issues, as well as contentious family law matters. A respected and recognized leader in the family law community, Lené has appeared as a guest on broadcast television and radio nationwide. She primarily practices in Collin, Dallas, and Denton counties.

• Represented numerous high net-worth clients in divorces that involved marital assets and estates at or above $5 million in value, and obtained disproportionate divisions of property for clients.
• Represented numerous clients in complex divorces where multiple business entities were involved, including entities formed for purposes of real estate investment.
• Obtained exclusive right to designate primary residence for mother in highly contentious matter where custody evaluation was in favor of the father.
• Obtained exclusive right to designate primary residence for a father in week-long jury trial in Collin County.
• Obtained a revers and remand on appeal in termination of a father’s parental rights.
• Successful and extensive track record of obtaining favorable results for clients in informal and formal settlement.

• “Unwinding a Healthy Marital Estate:  Where to Begin,” author, Cowles Thompson Business and Legal Update, July 2021.
• The Impact of COVID-19 on Divorce, guest appearance, WFAA-TV Ch. 8, Dallas, TX, April, and September 2020.
• Faith, Politics, and Marriage; guest appearance, BEONDTV talk show, KDOC-TV, Los Angeles, CA, 2019.
• “The Anatomy of an Inventory and Appraisement: What, Why, & How,” author, Dallas Bar Association Headnotes, September 2019.
• “Update on Military Divorce Law and Primer,” panelist, State Bar of Texas Webcast, August 2017.
• “Money Makes Your Practice Go Round – Strategic Operational Considerations,” co-presenter, Collin County Bar Association 6th Annual Making Your Practice Work CLE, January 29, 2015.
• “Attorney’s Fees: Five Cases You Must Know. Getting Them, Fighting Them, the Ins and Outs,” presenter, University of Texas School of Law 2014 Trial Skills Training Camp CLE, May 2, 2014.
• “Guarding Against Scams and Violence,” Presenter, Collin County Bar Association’s 4th Annual Making Your Practice Work CLE, January 17, 2013.
• “Ten Notable Lessons from My (Almost) Two Years of Practice,” author, DAYL Dicta, February 2012 and TYLA Newsletter, March 2012.
• Feature, Technology Page, Texas Bar Journal, February 2012.
• “Blocking & Tackling: Interviews/Resumes/Social Media,” panelist, State Bar of Texas Webcast, November 2010.

• J.D., Texas A&M University School of Law, 2010
  • Dean’s List Honor, Fall 2009
  • 2009 ABA Arbitration Traveling Team
  • 2008 Pepperdine National Entertainment Law Moot Court Traveling Team
  • 2008 ABA Mock Trial Traveling Team
  • 2007 ABA Labor and Employment Mock Trial Traveling Team (semi-finalist)
• B.A., Political Science, Appalachian State University, 1998

• State Bar of Texas, 2010

• State Bar of Texas
• Dallas Bar Association
• Collin County Bar Association
• Past President, July 2020-Present
• President, July 2019-June 2020
• Collaborative Divorce Texas, 2018-Present
• Collin County Women Lawyers Association
• Texas Family Law Foundation
• Annette Stewart American Inn of Court, 2015-Present
• Golden Corridor Republican Women
• President Elect, 2021
• Legal Aid of Northwest Texas (volunteer)
• Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas (volunteer)

• Texas Rising Stars©, Thomson Reuters Super Lawyers®; selected for inclusion, 2014-2020
• “One to Watch,” Dallas Association of Young Lawyers, January 2013
• MacLean & Boulware Award, December 2009