Profile

Brenda K. Whitehead is a board-certified experienced family lawyer and has years of experience in civil and personal injury law.  Ms. Whitehead has been practicing as a solo practitioner in Harris, Galveston, Fort Bend, Montgomery and Brazoria County, Texas since 1984, when she graduated from South Texas College of Law in Houston, Texas.  She is board certified in Family Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and also has a long history of practice in civil and personal injury law.  Ms. Whitehead is a Certified Mediator and has mediated Family and Civil Law cases since 1992.  She recently received her training in Collaborative Law.

Ms. Whitehead was born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee but has lived most of her adult life in Houston, Texas.  She attended the University of Memphis before transferring to the University of Houston.  She received two Bachelor of Art degrees from the University of Houston, in both philosophy and sociology before enrolling at South Texas College of Law.

In her professional career, Ms. Whitehead has served as President of the Association of Women Attorneys and has co-founded and served as Chair of the Association of Women Attorneys Foundation which provides scholarships to women law students.  She is also a member of the Houston Federation of Professional Women and has served as Dean of the Houston Alumni Senate of Delta Theta Phi Fraternity.

  Education

        B.A. in Philosophy, University of Houston – 1976
        B.A. in Sociology, University of Houston – 1980
        Doctor of Jurisprudence, South Texas College of Law - 1984

 Certifications

        Texas Board of Legal Specialization, Family Law, Certified 1990,
         re-certified 1995, 2000 and 2005;

        Attorney Mediator Institute, Certified April, 1992
        Collaborative Law Training 2005

 Memberships

Association of Women Attorneys, Member and Past President; Association of Women Attorneys Foundation, Founder and Past-Chair; Member, Houston Federation of Professional Women; Member State Bar of Texas, Family Law and Women In the Law Sections; Texas Bar Fellow; Member Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists; Member Houston Bar Association, ADR, Family Law and Collaborative Law Sections; Houston Bar Association Fellow; Member and Immediate Past Dean of Houston Alumni Senate, Delta Theta Phi Fraternity; Member Texas Collaborative Law Institute

 

email
bkw@bkwhitehead.com