OUR TEAM
w. sTEPHEN HERNSBERGER attorney, former Judge
Judge Hernsberger has practiced family law in Texas for over 30 years as a Board Certified Specialist in Family Law and Judge of the Family Court in El Paso, Texas. He has tried dozens of jury trials to verdict, thousands of bench trials to verdict, mediated hundreds of family law disputes, and appealed numerous cases to the appellate courts of Texas.
He is admitted to practice in all state courts in Texas; U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; and the United States Supreme Court.
Since leaving the bench Judge Hernsberger has limited his practice to the preparation of QDROs for lawyers in all 50 states as well as post-divorce litigation and appeals involving QDROs across the state of Texas.
He is admitted to practice in all state courts in Texas; U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; and the United States Supreme Court.
Since leaving the bench Judge Hernsberger has limited his practice to the preparation of QDROs for lawyers in all 50 states as well as post-divorce litigation and appeals involving QDROs across the state of Texas.
jerry mckenney attorney, of counsel
Jerry McKenney has extensive national civil trial and appellate practice, including trials and appeals in state and federal courts and before Federal regulatory agencies in Albuquerque, Austin, Chicago, Colorado Springs, Dallas, Denver, Galveston, Houston, Long Beach, Miami, New Orleans, New York, Newport News, Oklahoma City, Wichita, San Diego, San Francisco, St. Louis, Tampa, Texarkana, and Washington, DC.
He is admitted to practice in all state courts in Texas; Federal District Courts: Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas, Eastern District of Virginia, Federal Courts of Appeals: Second Circuit, Fourth Circuit, Fifth Circuit, Ninth Circuit.
His extensive family law experience includes divorce, custody, marital property division, modification, adoption, post-divorce QDRO litigation, and enforcement with focus on cases involving unusual and complex medical and psychiatric issues, as well as international custody disputes.
He is admitted to practice in all state courts in Texas; Federal District Courts: Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas, Eastern District of Virginia, Federal Courts of Appeals: Second Circuit, Fourth Circuit, Fifth Circuit, Ninth Circuit.
His extensive family law experience includes divorce, custody, marital property division, modification, adoption, post-divorce QDRO litigation, and enforcement with focus on cases involving unusual and complex medical and psychiatric issues, as well as international custody disputes.
kim lewis chief client concierge
Kim Lewis has a very simple job description: solve problems and, be the chief client advocate inside the Hernsberger QDRO Law Firm. It's easy for us, as legal professionals to forget that we only do what we do because of you, our client. It's easy for law firms to fall into a trap where we feel the legal work is more important than the client. Kim's job is to show up everyday and never let us fall into that trap. Kim has almost complete autonomy to make things happen for you, whatever it takes. And she's uncommonly good at making stuff happen.
Kim has spent decades in the fields of retail, fashion, and travel, training and developing entrepreneurs and customer service personnel, troubleshooting complex areas with multiple stakeholders, turning around troubled small businesses and departments of larger businesses, solving problems and leading companies to success by delivering higher and higher levels of commitment and service to customers.
These days, Kim uses all of her broad ranging experience and skills to her unique role as Chief Client Concierge at the Hernsberger QDRO Law Firm.
Kim has spent decades in the fields of retail, fashion, and travel, training and developing entrepreneurs and customer service personnel, troubleshooting complex areas with multiple stakeholders, turning around troubled small businesses and departments of larger businesses, solving problems and leading companies to success by delivering higher and higher levels of commitment and service to customers.
These days, Kim uses all of her broad ranging experience and skills to her unique role as Chief Client Concierge at the Hernsberger QDRO Law Firm.
patricia muniz paralegal
Patricia “Pat” Muniz is chief paralegal for all QDRO litigation and has extensive experience managing complex litigation for various Austin law firms such as Scott Douglass & McConnico, LLP, Thomas, Hudson, & Brustkern, LLP, Savrick, Schumann, Johnson & McGarr, the University of Texas System and Hohmann, Taube & Summers, LLP.
Pat earned her B.A. in Government and Sociology from the University of Texas at Austin and was a member of Pi Sigma Alpha – National Political Science Honor Society. Pat obtained her A.A.S. in Legal Assisting from Austin Community College.
As is true for all of the paralegals at the Hernsberger QDRO Law Firm, Pat has dedicated her professional life to making lawyers' jobs easier.
Pat earned her B.A. in Government and Sociology from the University of Texas at Austin and was a member of Pi Sigma Alpha – National Political Science Honor Society. Pat obtained her A.A.S. in Legal Assisting from Austin Community College.
As is true for all of the paralegals at the Hernsberger QDRO Law Firm, Pat has dedicated her professional life to making lawyers' jobs easier.
brian falligant paralegal
Brian Falligant has held numerous positions within the legal field offering him a working knowledge and experience in a wide range of subject areas. Brian is skilled at developing strategy for early case assessment, document preservation, review, and production. His familiarity with most litigation technology platforms combined with experience in project management helps to match the most cost effective and efficient solution to meet the needs of each project.
Brian earned his B.A. in Sociology from the University of Texas at Austin. He is certified in LexisNexis Law Pre-Discovery (LAW).
Like Pat, Brian's career as a litigation paralegal is dedicated to the idea of making lawyers' jobs easier.
Brian earned his B.A. in Sociology from the University of Texas at Austin. He is certified in LexisNexis Law Pre-Discovery (LAW).
Like Pat, Brian's career as a litigation paralegal is dedicated to the idea of making lawyers' jobs easier.
roman flores legal assistant
Roman Flores brings a diverse background in project planning and implementation, large volume inventory management, and designing effective workflow strategies. His time management skills, attention to detail and ability to work under pressure ensures timely completion of deliverables.
Prior to working as a Legal Assistant, Roman was an associate and coordinated new store openings for Cabela’s. In his previous positions, he performed human resource duties consisting of filing, documenting and managing information relevant to operations. Roman implemented company directives, ensured policy compliance and managed department inventory to help increase store sales.
Roman is also proficient in Spanish.
Prior to working as a Legal Assistant, Roman was an associate and coordinated new store openings for Cabela’s. In his previous positions, he performed human resource duties consisting of filing, documenting and managing information relevant to operations. Roman implemented company directives, ensured policy compliance and managed department inventory to help increase store sales.
Roman is also proficient in Spanish.
kimberly bowman DOCUMENT CREATION team leader
Kimberly Bowman is a trained document specialist who leads our QDRO Creation Team and plays an important role on our Quality Control Team as well.
Like many document specialists, Kimberly is proficient at designing and formatting documents in MS Word, Adobe .pdf, and other formats. What makes Kimberly special is that she is equally proficient in coding various document assembly engines. She's a true document creation specialist in every sense of the title. Kimberly's unique skillset and the Hernsberger Law Firm's commitment to the employment of advanced technology in creating QDROs is a perfect match.
Kimberly is a key player in our mission to make divorce lawyers' jobs easier.
Like many document specialists, Kimberly is proficient at designing and formatting documents in MS Word, Adobe .pdf, and other formats. What makes Kimberly special is that she is equally proficient in coding various document assembly engines. She's a true document creation specialist in every sense of the title. Kimberly's unique skillset and the Hernsberger Law Firm's commitment to the employment of advanced technology in creating QDROs is a perfect match.
Kimberly is a key player in our mission to make divorce lawyers' jobs easier.
DEBORAH WELSH DOCUMENT quality control Team Leader
Deborah Welsh leads our Quality Control team. Every QDRO goes through our proprietary twelve-step quality control protocol in which it is reviewed multiple times by multiple people before it is approved to deliver to our client. The team checks and double checks everything from spelling and grammar to ensuring that the QDRO language matches the Divorce Decree language and is in alignment with the specific documents of the plan that the QDRO is dividing.
As a result of the hard work of Deborah and her Quality Control team, the Hernsberger QDRO Law Firm boasts a 98.7% approval rate on first submission. As a former elementary language arts school teacher for decades, Deborah has trained thousands of students how important it is to pay attention to details. She brings that same unwavering focus to the Quality Control team. You'll love their motto: "Almost" isn't good enough.
As a result of the hard work of Deborah and her Quality Control team, the Hernsberger QDRO Law Firm boasts a 98.7% approval rate on first submission. As a former elementary language arts school teacher for decades, Deborah has trained thousands of students how important it is to pay attention to details. She brings that same unwavering focus to the Quality Control team. You'll love their motto: "Almost" isn't good enough.
DAVE LEWIS IT
Dave Lewis is the technology guru at the Hernsberger QDRO Law Firm. We've made an extensive commitment to the employment of advanced technology in the design, creation, assembly, and delivery of our QDRO products. Dave is the point of the spear for that commitment.
Dave is proficient with computers, computing, and all things digital. Dave's role at the Hernsberger Law Firm has been especially focused on integrating disparate pieces of a digital puzzle into a functioning whole. For example, one of his recent projects has been to design and implement a web based form whose results automatically populate a specially designed Excel Spread Sheet which serves as one side of an MS Word merge procedure.
Like all of us, Dave is committed to our mission of making divorce lawyers' jobs easier.
Dave is proficient with computers, computing, and all things digital. Dave's role at the Hernsberger Law Firm has been especially focused on integrating disparate pieces of a digital puzzle into a functioning whole. For example, one of his recent projects has been to design and implement a web based form whose results automatically populate a specially designed Excel Spread Sheet which serves as one side of an MS Word merge procedure.
Like all of us, Dave is committed to our mission of making divorce lawyers' jobs easier.