Atty. Chris H. Negem

Phi Delta Phi

Recipient

• Highest Academic Average-Oil & Gas Award, Spring, 1989
• Highest Academic Average-Counseling and Negotiations Award, Fall, 1989
• 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 & 2017 Texas Monthly Super Lawyer
• 'San Antonio's Top Divorce Lawyer' as featured in Scene in S.A
• Magazine, January 2003
• 'San Antonio's Best Lawyers,' as featured in Scene in S.A
• Magazine, August 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 & 2013
• Who's Who in Law and Accounting as featured in the San Antonio Business Journal, May 2004
• Managing Editor, Mississippi College Law Review, 1989-1990
• Outstanding Young Men in America, 1990
• Kids Share
• Best Young Family Lawyer, 1996

Co-Author

• "Express Trusts in Divorce," Advanced Family Law Course, 1995
• "Practical Tips from the Top," Marriage Dissolution Institute, 1996
• "What They Don't Teach You in Law School About Setting and Collecting Attorney's Fees," Advanced Family Law Course, 1997
• Co-Author, Speaker: "Evidence," Stromar Educational Services, Inc., October 27, 1999
• "The Trial of a Family Law Case and Ethical Conduct," Stromar Educational Services, Inc., January 26, 2000
• Author, Speaker: "Working With Divorce Clients and Opposing Counsel, Sweet, Nice and Polite," Texas Family Law Practice For Paralegals, January 26, 2000
• "The Trial of a Family Law Case and Ethical Conduct," Stromar Educational Services, September 26, 2000
• "The Trial of a Family Law Case and Ethical Conduct," Texas General Practice and Ethics Institute, Stromar Educational Services, Inc., September 26, 2000
• Moderator, Coordinator: "Family Law Essentials For $2000 or Free," Lubbock, Texas - The Pro Bono Committee of the Family Law Section of the State Bar of Texas, September 11, 2003
• "Identifying, Characterizing, and Valuing the Marital Estate: An Overview," San Antonio, Texas - Legal Assistants University, October 1, 2003
• Moderator, Speaker: "Effective Mediation at the Next Level," San Antonio, Texas - San Antonio Family Lawyers Association April 1, 2004
• Moderator/Coordinator, Family Law Essentials for $2000 or Free, Eagle Pass, Texas – The Pro Bono Committee of the Family Law Section of the State Bar of Texas, September 30, 2005

Speaker

• "Maximizing the Take at a Final Property Hearing," – Family Law Essentials for $2000 or Free, Mineral Wells, Texas, April 20, 2007
• Author, Speaker: "How to Help the Judge Rule in Your Favor: Preparing for Temporary Orders Hearing," Marriage Dissolution Institute, El, Paso, Texas, May 9, 2007
• Author/Speaker: "Valuation," Marriage Dissolution Institute, Galveston, Texas, April 17, 2008

Speaker

• "Buying a Business: Capital Intensive v
• Asset Based," Representing Small Business Course, Dallas, Texas, March 26, 2009
• Speaker/Author: "Closing the File," Marriage Dissolution Institute, San Antonio, Texas, May 5, 2010
• Speaker/Author: "More Money, Less Stress: Law Office Management and Technology," 2010 Advanced Family Law Course, Speaker: "Valuation of Property," Advanced Family Law Course, 2010

Speaker

Temporary Orders Hearing, 2012 Advanced Family Law Course;

Co-Author

• “Common Law, Informal, and Putative Marriage”, Marriage Dissolution Institute, 2013
• and Speaker: “Family Law- Problem Issues”, 2016 CDC Annual Workshop
• Past Chair, District 10C Grievance Committee
• Fee Dispute Committee for the San Antonio Bar Association, 1995-1996 and 1996-1997