The Law Office of Brooke B. Ward focuses on family law, including divorce, child custody, child support, spousal support, paternity, enforcement, modification, and adoption.
Brooke Ward
Education:
University of California, Hastings College of the Law, J.D., 1999
University of Michigan, B.A. in Political Science, B.A. in Communications, 1996
Bar Admissions:
Supreme Court of Texas, 2010
State Bar of California, 2008 (inactive)
State Bar of Illinois, 1999 (inactive)
United States District Court, Western District of Texas
United States District Court, Eastern District of Illinois
Professional Affiliations:
Director, Williamson County Bar Association
Member, Williamson County American Inn of Court
Member, Texas Bar College
Member, State Bar of Texas, Family Law Section
Brooke Ward has been practicing law since 1999, focusing exclusively on family law for the last several years. Ms. Ward practices all areas of family law including divorce, child custody, child support, spousal support, paternity, enforcement, modification, and adoption.
Ms. Ward currently serves as a Director of the Williamson County Bar Association after being elected to the position in 2017. Ms. Ward is also a current member of the Texas Bar College and the Williamson County American Inn of Court.
Ms. Ward began her legal career working for the international law firm Winston & Strawn LLP on business-related litigation throughout the country from the firm’s Chicago and San Francisco offices. In 2010, Ms. Ward moved to the Austin area to work for Hohmann, Taube & Summers, LLP, where she began practicing family litigation. After working on a wide variety of family law matters for the Whelan Brown Law Firm and the Law Office of Lisa Richardson, P.C., Ms. Ward opened her own firm.
Ms. Ward received her Doctor of Jurisprudence from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law in 1999 and two Bachelors of Arts from the University of Michigan in 1996.
During law school, Ms. Ward served as a Notes Editor for the Hastings Law Journal, teaching assistant, and judicial extern for Judge Maxine M. Chesney, Northern District of California.
Ms. Ward discovered her passion for family law after experiencing the impact of being able to assist clients during this tumultuous transitional period. Having been through her own protracted divorce and learning how to navigate this new terrain, she is deeply invested in helping to empower her clients.
