330th District Court Judge



A Decade of Experience.
A Lifetime Dedicated To Family.

Professional Activities

Board Certified - Family Law

Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists

Dallas Bar Association

Family Law Section - Dallas Bar Association

State Bar of Texas

State Bar of Texas - Family Law Section

College of the State Bar of Texas

Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation

Fellow, Dallas Bar Foundation

Board Positions

Dallas Bar Association, Family Law Section Board

Texas Center for the Judiciary, Curriculum Committee - Chair

Texas School Safety Center Board

Bar Polls

Dallas Bar Association
Judicial Evaluation Poll
Marilea W. Lewis, Master,
Family Court, 330th District Court

May 1993

May 1995

Yes No Yes No
Is this judge hard-working? 95% 5% 95% 5%
Is this judge impartial? 93% 7% 89% 11%
Does this judge correctly apply the law? 92% 8% 88% 12%
Does this judge demonstrate a proper Judicial temperament and demeanor? 94% 6% 93% 7%
Do you approve of this judge’s overall performance? 93% 7% 90% 10%

Dallas Bar Association
Judicial Evaluation Poll
Marilea W. Lewis, Associate Judge,
Family Court, 330th District Court

May 1997

May 1999

May 2001

Yes No Yes No Yes No
Is this judge hard-working? 93% 7% 94% 6% 95% 5%
Is this judge impartial? 85% 15% 83% 17% 85% 15%
Does this judge correctly apply the law? 87% 13% 88% 12% 87% 13%
Does this judge demonstrate a proper Judicial temperament and demeanor? 89% 11% 92% 8% 94% 6%
Do you approve of this judge’s overall performance? 88% 12% 88% 12% 92% 8%

Publications and Presentations

“Juvenile Law: No More Kiddie Court”

         Dallas Bar Association; Solo and Small Firm Section

 

“Recent Developments in Suits Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship”

         Dallas Bar Association; Solo and Small Firm Section

 

“The Qualified Medical Child Support Order: A New Way to Prolong Litigation”

         Dallas Association of Legal Assistants

 

“Temporary Orders: We’ve Only Just Begun”

         Clearwater Information Systems, Inc.: Family Law 

         Practice for Paralegals

 

“Lies and Audiotape: Is It Live or Is It Memorex?”

        Tarrant County/Dallas County Bar Association  

         Summer Seminar

 

“Traps for the Unwary: Just When You Thought It Was Safe to Go to the Courthouse”

        Tarrant County/Dallas County Bar Association 

        Summer Seminar

 

“Temporary Orders: We’ve Only Just Begun Again”

        Texas Association of Legal Assistants

 

“Closing the File in a Family Law Case”

        Dallas Bar Association: Pro Bono Training

 

“What You Always Needed to Know About Family Law But Did Not Know Enough to Ask” (Jointly with Fredrick S. Adams, Esq.)

        Dallas Bar Association; Solo and Small Firm Section

 

“Paternity: The Law and its Practical Applications” (Jointly with Doug Dunn, Esq.)

         Guardian Ad Litem Training 1997 Spring Series

 

“Have a Cigar, It’s A Baby: Recent Developments in Paternity Issues” (Jointly with Fredrick S. Adams, Esq.)

          Tarrant County/Dallas County Bar Association  

          Summer Seminar

 

“Representing Children in Protective Care: A View from the Bench” (Jointly with Gracie Lewis, 305th Judicial District Court)

         Guardian Ad Litem Training 1998 Spring Series

 

“Invasion of Privacy – Illegally Obtained Evidence, Wiretapping, and Video Recording”

        Marriage Dissolution Course - 1999

 

"Taping, Wiretapping, E-mail Interception, Surveillance, Scanners, etc. - What's Possible and What's Legal"

        Advanced Family Law Course - 1999

 

"Protective Orders: A View from the Bench"

        Dallas Bar Association Pro Bono Training

 

"Federal Law and Family Violence"

        Tarrant County/Dallas County Bar Association

        Summer Seminar

 

"Violence Against Women Act; A National Response to Domestic Violence"

        Advanced Family Law Course - 2000

 

"Herding Cats: Docket Management and Control"

        Advanced Family Law Course – 2001; Associate Judges

        Training

 

"When One Size Doesn't Fit All: Unusual Issues in Structuring Possession Orders"

        Marriage Dissolution Course – 2002

 

“Private Investigators – Problems and Privileges”

         Advanced Family Law Course – 2002

 

“Unusual Issues With Children”

         Advanced Family Law Course – 2002; Associate Judges

         Training

 

“Invasion of Privacy and Rules of Evidence”

          American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers – 2002

 

“Ways to Tick Off the Judge” 

          University of Texas Family Law on the Front Lines - 

          2003

 

“Legislative Update: What Have They Done for Us Lately?”

          Dallas Family Law Summer Seminar - 2003

 

“A National Response to Family Violence: The Violence Against Women Act and Texas Law”

          State Bar of Texas Firearms Law Seminar – 2003

 

“Children In Court: Should You? A Powerful Small Voice”

          Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists – 2004

 

“Unusual Possession: Structuring Access for the Divided Family”

           Texas College for Judicial Studies – 2004

 

“A National Response to Family Violence: The Violence Against Women Act and Texas Law”

           State Bar of Texas Firearms Law Seminar – 2005

 

 “Family Law Case Update”

          Texas Center for the Judiciary – 2005

 

“Evidentiary Issues in Termination of Parental Rights: An Interactive Simulation prepared by J. Eric Smithburn"

          Texas Center for the Judiciary – 2005

 

“Case Law Update"

          Advanced Family Law Course – 2005

 

“CPS Case Law Update”

          Dallas Bar Association; Juvenile Justice Committee

          Seminar – 2005

 

“The Pro Se Litigant”

          Texas Center for the Judiciary; College for New

          Judges - 2006