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E-mail: [email protected]

Phone: (214) 880-1835

Practice Areas:

Family Law

Education:

University of Texas School of Law

(J.D. 1991, with honors)

University of Texas (B.A. 1988, with

honors)

Admitted to Practice:

State Bar of Arizona, 1991 (inactive)

State Bar of Texas, 1994

Lisa Marquis

Practice Description

Lisa Marquis believes in settling family cases collaboratively whenever possible. Her

clients view the collaborative process as a way to better control the outcome of their case

and reduce stress and trauma to their family. Divorce is certainly an ending, but Lisa also

sees it as the beginning of a new family unit. She believes that the collaborative process can

smooth the transition for you and your children. Lisa also understands that some cases

cannot be handled collaboratively and also effectively represents clients in contested

matters that are presented to the court for determination. However, even in those contested

cases, Lisa uses her training as a collaborative attorney to minimize the level of conflict

between the parties, and endeavors to always put the best interest of the children first. Even

in cases that need to be handled through the more traditional litigation process, Lisa strives

to be part of the solution and not part of the problem.

Representative Experience

In 1991 Lisa began her legal career as a litigation attorney with Streich Lang in Phoenix. In

1994 she moved back to her home state of Texas to work as a tax attorney with the Dallas

law firm of Johnson & Gibbs. When Johnson & Gibbs disbanded in 1995, Lisa began

practicing family law in Plano. In 1997, Lisa partnered with Sharon Easley to form Easley

& Marquis. After 15 years in practice with Sharon, Lisa joined with Hastings Hanshaw and

Collin Kennedy in 2012 to start a family law practice with the firm of Hanshaw Kennedy

Marquis. In April of 2015, Lisa joined the firm of Quilling, Selander, Lownds, Winslett &

Moser, P.C. to head up their Collin County office, which opened in Plano on April 1, 2015.

Lisa is well known for her work in collaborative law, successfully handling more than 130

cases. She has been secretary, vice-president and president of the Collin County Bar

Association, chair of the Collin County Bench/Bar Foundation, and speaker and course

director for the State Bar of Texas Collaborative Law Conference. She is an active member

of the Association of Networking Professionals, in which she has held the positions of

Vice-President and President for multiple terms. Lisa has also served as a Girl Scout Leader

in Celina and on the church council of Rejoice Lutheran Church in Frisco.

Awards & Honors

Texas Super Lawyers (2022-2023)

The Best Lawyers in America® (2019-2024)

Focus of Practice

Collaborative Divorce

Contested Divorce

Custody Disputes

Visitation Issues

Child Support Modification

Custody Modification

Enforcement Actions

Paternity

Adoption

Premarital Agreements

Partition Agreements

Wills