Nancy M. Perry
Nancy has been practicing law since 1992. Since she opened her own law office in Fort Worth, Texas, she has focused on practicing Family Law, Probate and Estate Planning. Her family law practice areas include divorce, modifications, custody, collaborative law, pre-nuptial agreements, child support and visitation. She also focuses on probate, independent administration, dependent administration, muniment of title, heirship hearings, wills, durable powers of attorney, medical powers of attorney, directive to physicians (living will), trusts as well as general estate planning. As an early adopter of the collaborative law process, Nancy 's practice offers an alternative that allows people to reach agreements outside the courtroom.
Nancy graduated from The University of Oklahoma in 1986 receiving a BBA in Management. She then attended law school at Oklahoma City University and received her J.D. in 1991. Following law school, Nancy worked as an enforcement attorney for the Railroad Commission of Texas in Austin, Texas. She later worked for the Texas Department of Transportation, Motor Vehicle Division, as both an enforcement attorney and an administrative law judge. Nancy moved to Fort Worth, Texas in 2002 and worked in private practice for Gardner, Aldrich & Murphy, LLC in Fort Worth. She left the firm in 2004 to start her own firm and has owned it ever since.
Nancy enjoys helping her clients with their legal issues. As a working single mother who has been through divorce herself, she understands what it feels like to go through the court system and she works to ensure that her client and the client's children make it through the divorce in one piece and ready to start a new future. Similarly, with her probate and estate planning clients, Nancy works to make sure that her clients have peace of mind with their end of life planning as well as handling their loved one's estate through the probate process. She never loses sight of the fact that whether or not it is a divorce, probate or estate planning matter, emotions undoubtedly play a part in all of the process.
Areas of Practice
- Administrative Law
- Administrative Hearings & Adjudication
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Mediation
- Auto Dealer Fraud
- Lemon Law
- Estate Planning
- Elder Law
- Guardianships & Conservatorships
- Living Wills
- Powers of Attorney and Appointment
- Trusts
- Wills
- Family Law
- Adoption
- Alimony & Spousal Support
- Child Support
- Childrens' Rights
- Collaborative Law
- Custody & Visitation
- Divorce
- Domestic Violence & Neglect
- Juvenile Law
- Paternity
- Prenuptial Agreements
- Probate & Estate Administration
- Estate Administration
- Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff
- Personal Injury -- Plaintiff
Bar Admissions
- Texas, 1992
Education
- Oklahoma City University School of Law, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- J.D. - 1991
- University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma
- BBA - 1986
- Honors: Outstanding Senior
- Honors: Outstanding Student
- Honors: Business Association Member
- Honors: President of Student Business Association
- Major: Business Management
Published Works
- Downsizing of Hospitals: Avoiding Liability, Journal of Healthcare Material Management, 1992
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Tarrant County Bar Association
- Tarrant County Family Law Bar Association
- Collaborative Law Institute of Texas
- Metropolitan Who's Who
Past Employment Positions
- The Perry Law Firm, LLP, Attorney, 2005 - Present
- Gardner, Aldrich & Murphy, LLC, Associate Attorney, 2004 - 2005
- Texas Department of Transportation, Motor Vehicle Division, Administrative Law Judge, 1995 - 1998
- Railroad Commission of Texas, Attorney, 1992 - 1995