Attorney Yasmin Kutty of the KuttyLawFirm.com stopped by to discuss with Mac Pierre-Louis (Macpierrelouis.com), Witness Preparation in Family Court. A Board Certified Family Law Attorney with 2 decades of legal experience, Yasmin gives tips to help litigants work with their lawyers to prepare for testifying before a judge or jury. Read full transcript below. Transcript […]
EP 243 Community Property in Texas Family Law with Dannielle Simms of SimmsLawGroup.com
Texas Attorney Dannielle Simms of Simmslawgroup.com joined Mac Pierre-Louis of Macpierrelouis.com to community property in Texas divorces, as defined in Texas Family Code Section 3.002. They discussed the nuances of community property and related concepts in Texas family law during divorce proceedings, clarifying misconceptions about property division and debt responsibilities, and emphasizing the importance of financial transparency in marriages. […]
EP 242 Geographic Restrictions in TX Family Law with Dannielle Simms of Simmslawgroup.com
Courts tend towards imposing geographical restriction unless specific circumstances warrant otherwise. -Attorney Dannielle Simms In this episode, Texas Attorney Dannielle Simms of Simmslawgroup.com joined Mac Pierre-Louis of Macpierrelouis.com to share perspectives on geographic restrictions over children as discussed in Texas Family Code Section 153.134, including addressing disputes when one party seeks to relocate due to […]
Lesson Preview on F.R.I.D.A AI for Harris County Family Courts
On January 13, 2024, several lawyers and mediators got together to discuss recent AI updates and how they impact lawyers and mediators. That recording is available to watch for free on LMITrainings.com at the lesson LESSON – 1.13.24 What to Know About AI Training. Below is a quick preview that introduces a data set of […]
AI, ChatGPT, Grok, Not Keeping Up? (It’s Not Just You)
Update: See my recent AI-related discussions with Thomas G. Giglione of WeAgreeMediators.com on his playlist of podcast recordings on the LMIPodcast. This article originally appeared on MacPierreLouis.com The online mediation race, which was settled by Zoom (with room for improvement), seems to have been replaced by the AI race. Will you keep up? Everywhere lawyers […]
Things Judges Consider in Child Support Cases
Fran Brochstein of https://www.familylaw4u.com joined Natalia Olowska-Czajka and Mac Pierre-Louis of https://olowskapierre.com to discuss top things judges consider in child support cases. {1} Foundationally there are three types of child support cases: {2} Different factors influence child support adjudication or enforcement and they rank from the child’s needs to the parent’s net income (which are […]
Crystall Ball – Predictions about Bankruptcy Mediation with Sylvia Mayer
Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/pHW2J-4YXdk Sylvia Mayer of https://smayerlaw.com/ joins Mac Pierre-Louis and Natalia Olowska-Czajka of https://olowskapierre.com/ to look into the crystal ball and predict the direction of bankruptcy mediation in 2022. Mediation is used in bankruptcy cases in a variety of contexts, including disputed claims, challenges to discharge, avoidance actions, cash collateral and DIP financing, […]
See You at Texas Association of Mediators #TAMconference2022 February 25-26, 2022
Join the Lawyers & Mediators International Show and Podcast at #TamConference2022 in the Woodlands Resort the last weekend of February. The first in-person large TAM gathering since the pandemic, this will be an important event as we cover all the talk surrounding ADR and ODR in the new normal. Day 1’s keynote speaker will be […]
Custody Geographic Restrictions in Mediation with Fran Brochstein
In this YouTube episode Fran Brochstein of FamilyLaw4u.com joins Mac and Natalia of OlowskaPierre.com to cover the most important aspects of geographic restriction – a clause in parenting plan and/or court order which says where a custodial parent with a child might live and freely move within. You can see how it is being used, […]
Conflicts in Immigration: A Spotlight on the Haitian Refugee Crisis in South Texas
During the Haitian migrant crisis in South Texas, a group of attorneys came to speak together with InstantMediations’s Mac Pierre-Louis to discuss conflicts in immigration.







