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Jennifer Tull: Board Certified Since 1990, Still Winning Collaborative Law Awards in 2016

Jennifer Tull became board certified in Family Law in 1990 — 35 years ago — and rather than resting on that early credential, she went on to earn the 2016 Gay Cox Award for Excellence in Collaborative Law and Master Credentialed Collaborative Professional status from Collaborative Divorce Texas, Inc. That’s a career that kept accumulating specific, current credentials decades after the point most attorneys would consider themselves established.

Origin and Background

Jennifer Tull earned her B.J. from the University of Texas in 1980 and her J.D. from South Texas College of Law Houston in 1984, and was admitted to legal practice in 1985. She has been board certified in Family Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization since 1990 and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, an invitation-only national organization for attorneys with recognized skill and experience in family law. She is a Master Credentialed Collaborative Professional through Collaborative Divorce Texas, Inc. and received that organization’s 2016 Gay Cox Award for Excellence in Collaborative Law. She has been selected to Texas Super Lawyers continuously from 2006 through at least 2025 — nearly two decades of consecutive recognition. She holds Martindale-Hubbell’s “Distinguished” peer-review rating and a 9.1 “Superb” Avvo rating.

Practice Concentration

Tull’s practice focuses specifically on settlement-oriented divorce resolution: mediation and Collaborative Divorce, where both parties and their attorneys formally commit in advance not to take contested issues to court. Her stated practice areas include divorce, child custody, pre- and post-marital agreements, non-marital cohabitation agreements, and adoption, all approached with an explicit emphasis on keeping clients out of courtroom litigation where possible. For a broader comparison of Austin family law practices, including firms with a stronger litigation emphasis, see our Family Law & Divorce directory.

Notable Work / Track Record

As is standard for a collaborative-focused family law practice, the firm does not publish trial verdict figures, since its stated approach is specifically designed to avoid contested court proceedings. Awesome Attorneys is disclosing that as a structural feature of the practice model rather than a data gap to fill with marketing language. What is independently verifiable is nearly four decades of continuous Austin practice and 35 years of maintained board certification — a credential requiring periodic recertification rather than a one-time exam.

Client Voice

One client’s testimonial, published on the firm’s own site, specifically describes a case where the client initially believed there was only one likely outcome — “and that was not a good one” — before Tull’s approach changed the trajectory: “Jennifer was not satisfied with that. Her creative problem solving helped us find a settlement that worked for my family at the time, and that continues to benefit us years later.” Awesome Attorneys notes Martindale-Hubbell’s profile for this attorney states she does not yet have client reviews on that specific platform, which is common for attorneys whose client base skews toward collaborative, lower-conflict matters that generate fewer public reviews than contested litigation; Freeadvice.com separately documents a 9.1 Avvo Superb rating across six reviews. Awesome Attorneys is disclosing this modest review sample directly rather than presenting it as more extensive than it is.

Beyond the Courtroom

Tull’s 2016 Gay Cox Award recognizes sustained excellence specifically in collaborative law practice — a peer-nominated distinction from an organization dedicated to that dispute-resolution model, distinct from general family law recognition. Her continuous scholarly and speaking record on collaborative divorce topics reflects ongoing contribution to the field rather than a credential earned once and left static.

Recognition for This Austin Family Law Attorney

Peer-reviewed and third-party credentials: board certification in Family Law from the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, held since 1990; Fellow status in the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers; Master Credentialed Collaborative Professional status; the 2016 Gay Cox Award for Excellence in Collaborative Law; and continuous Texas Super Lawyers selection from 2006 through 2025. This is one of the longer continuously-maintained credential records Awesome Attorneys has documented among Austin family law attorneys in this directory.

Texas Legal Backdrop

Collaborative law — the structural foundation of Tull’s practice — is formally recognized under Texas Family Code Chapter 15, which requires both parties and their attorneys to sign a participation agreement committing to resolve the matter without court intervention; if the collaborative process fails and litigation becomes necessary, the collaborative attorneys are generally disqualified from continuing to represent their clients in litigation, a structural feature designed to keep both attorneys fully invested in reaching a negotiated resolution. Non-marital cohabitation agreements, another service Tull offers, are not governed by the same community property framework that applies to married couples in Texas, making careful, explicit contractual drafting especially important for unmarried couples seeking to define their property rights. None of this is legal advice; a specific collaborative divorce or cohabitation agreement matter should be evaluated by a licensed Texas attorney based on the actual facts involved.

Awesome Attorneys Assessment

Tull’s clearest, most specific differentiator is 35 years of continuously maintained board certification combined with deep, sustained specialization in collaborative divorce specifically — reinforced by a 2016 field-specific excellence award and AAML fellowship rather than general litigation credentials. The honest trade-off is that her practice model is structurally built around avoiding contested litigation, meaning a client anticipating a genuinely high-conflict, adversarial divorce should look elsewhere in this directory for a litigation-focused specialist; and the publicly available client review sample, while positive, is modest in volume compared to some other firms profiled here. For a divorce or family law matter where both parties are motivated toward an efficient, dignified, out-of-court resolution — precisely the model Tull has built her four-decade practice around — her specific credentials and tenure are a strong basis for a shortlist.

Methodology and Sourcing

This profile was researched from the Law Offices of Jennifer Tull’s official website (jennifertull.com), Jennifer Tull’s Super Lawyers, Martindale-Hubbell/Lawyers.com, LinkedIn, and FreeAdvice/Avvo profiles, and independent directory listings. The client testimonial is reproduced from a publicly posted, attributed quote on the firm’s own site.

Publisher Disclosure and Independence Notice

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