Richard "Dick" Price
Attorney at Law
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Dick Price has practiced law in Tarrant County, Texas for over 35 years and is a Board Certified Specialist in Family Law and a Master Credentialed Collaborative Professional. His wife is a former social worker who did custody investigations for Tarrant County Family Court Services. They have been married for over 30 years.
While Dick has never been divorced, he has been through hundreds of divorces with his clients. He believes in being an "Attorney and Counselor at Law" as part of his work. Mediation training and collaborative practice have helped develop Dick's communication and listening skills which come in handy in every case. He is a good listener who is a strong advocate while maintaining a calm presence in court, in meetings, and in his office.
Dick believes being a peacemaker is one of the highest callings. Success is helping clients reach satisfactory solutions while minimizing the stress and destructiveness of the legal system.
A Condensed Version of the History of Dick Price's Law Practice
Dick's practice began as a general trial practice, handling many types of Family Law cases, Criminal cases, and Civil cases. Over time, the practice narrowed its focus to Family Law and Criminal Law. Dick has been Board Certified as a Family Law Specialist since 1984. About 20 years ago, we stopped handling Criminal cases and switched to only Family Law.
Mediation started being used in Texas in the 1980s. By the late 1980s, Dick noticed that most cases ended up settling -- mostly by the attorneys negotiating directly and some by using mediation. As attorneys and Judges started seeing how successful mediation was, it became more and more commonly used to settle cases without going to trial. During the 1980s and 1990s, Dick began studying more about how to get cases to settle, instead of the traditional focus on preparing everything for trial and incidentally trying to settle at the last minute. Why not focus on settlement from the beginning?
Collaborative Law. In 2000, some may remember we survived the Y2K scare (The world didn't come to an end!). It was also the year Dick discovered a new process to help parties resolve divorces peacefully out of court. It is known as Collaborative Law or Collaborative Divorce. Since then, we have been enthusiastic promoters of the process as a way to help people get divorced and avoid the stress, cost, delay, and public spectacles of litigation. In 2018, the second year it was available, Dick became recognized as Master Credentialed as a Collaborative lawyer.
What We Do Now: Our practice focuses on settling cases, determining and meeting our clients' needs and goals, using creativity, and being efficient with our clients' resources. Dick also acts as a Mediator for other people.
Outside of the Office: My wife and I like to travel. We have been to all 50 states and several foreign countries. We still have a lot of ground to cover. An unrealized dream is for us to be contestants on The Amazing Race TV show. Maybe someday!
For the more traditionally inclined, the following is a brief list of the professional honors, memberships, educational background, and activities of Richard C “Dick” Price.
Bar Admissions
State Bar of Texas
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Education
J.D. - The University of Texas School of Law, 1976
M.S. - Texas Christian University, 1973
Speech Communication
B.A. - The University of Texas at Austin, 1972
Government
Professional Memberships & Activities
Texas Academy of Collaborative Professionals, Fellow
Collaborative Divorce Texas: Charter Member and former member of the Board of Trustees
International Academy of Collaborative Professionals
Collaborative Law Section of the State Bar of Texas, former Section Chair
International Academy of Lawyers for Divorce Over 50
American Bar Association
Tarrant County Bar Association
Tarrant County Bar Association, Collaborative Law Section, Co-Founder, 2012, and former Chair
Tarrant County Family Law Bar Association, Director, 1990-1992
District 7A Grievance Committee, Member, 2001-2007
Completed 1st Atticus Forum in Texas, 2000
Recognitions & Honors
Master Credentialed Collaborative Attorney by Collaborative Divorce Texas, 2018 to the current date
A Texas Super Lawyer, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2009-2011, 2013-2021, according to Texas Monthly magazine
One of the Best Lawyers in America in Family Law, 2019-2020, according to U.S. News
A Top Lawyer in Fort Worth, 2003, 2005-2021, according to Fort Worth TX magazine
A Top Lawyer in Tarrant County, 2017 and 2018, according to 360 West magazine
Board Certified Specialist in Family Law, since 1984; Re-certified 1989, 1994, 1999, 2004, 2009, 2014, and 2019
Fellow, College of the State Bar of Texas; Member Since 1990
Speaking Engagements
Speaker at Continuing Legal Education Programs Sponsored by:
Collaborative Divorce Texas
Collaborative Law Institute of Texas
State Bar of Texas
Tarrant County Family Law Bar Association
Tarrant County Bar Association, Alternate Dispute Resolution Section
Tarrant County Bar Association, Collaborative Law Section
Tarrant County Bench-Bar Conference
Tarrant County Women Lawyers Association
Parker County Bar Association
Dallas County Bar Association Collaborative Law Section
Texas AFCC Annual Conference, 2003
West Texas Legal Services and Northwest Texas Legal Services
International Academy of Collaborative Professionals
Guest Lecturer:
Texas Wesleyan (now Texas A&M) University Law School on Collaborative Law
Tarrant County College on the Texas Court System
Tarrant County Fort Worth Young Lawyers Association – Law School for Non-Lawyers on Family Law Issues
Volunteer Activities (Law Related)
Temporary Associate Judge in each of the family law courts in Tarrant County: the 231st, 233rd, 322nd, 324th, 325th, and 360th District Courts
Rules Committee for Tarrant County Family Courts, 1989-1991
Board of Directors of Dispute Resolution Services of North Texas, 1st Vice President
Member and former Board member of Tarrant County Association of Mediators
Court-Appointed Mediator: 352nd District Court
Volunteer Mediator during Settlement Weeks
Volunteer Mediator at Dispute Resolution Services of North Texas
West Texas Legal Services, Private Attorney Involvement Project
Women's Advocacy Project, Legal Hotline Volunteer
Volunteer Activities (Community)
Fort Worth Jaycees, former Board Member
Project Business Consultant for middle school classes in the Fort Worth ISD
YMCA Baseball Coach, 9 seasons
Cub Scouts, former Den Leader and Assistant Packmaster
Boy Scouts, Former Scoutmaster of Troop 9
Classroom Volunteer at Alice Carlson elementary school, teaching Spanish, Speech and Debate, grades 1-5
Youth Sunday School Teacher, First United Methodist Church, Fort Worth