Andrew Speer

Andrew Speer Partner Too many family lawyers dont see their clients as people, but as a series of facts. I dont take this approach. To me each client is an individual, with unique needs, wants, and goals. As a father and husband, I understand that each person has a unique and specialized form of justice they seek to uphold. Because of this, I believe my job is to use the legal system to get each client the personalized and specific outcome they deserve. This is a duty I have held myself to since I began practicing family law in 2015, when I graduated from Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law and passed the bar. This passion has encouraged me to learn new traits and skills overtime to best help my clients, including becoming an expert witness in divorces involving cryptocurrency, an appellate lawyer, and a continuing legal education publisher and presenter. In the cryptocurrency world, I have been hired by clients across the country to help identify, trace, characterize, and value cryptocurrency, including assisting clients with determining whether their spouse is hiding digital assets, on occasion saving my clients hundreds of thousands of dollars. Cryptocurrency is complicated, and many attorneys - and judges - take an incorrect and avoidable approach to it in the divorce context. My goal is to help others avoid these mistakes, and to prevent my clients from being financially abused by an antiquated legal system that is slow to change with new technological developments. I understand that on occasion ones legal journey does not end in the trial courtroom, and sometimes an appeal is necessary. Clients from across the state have come to me with their trial court rulings, asking me to appeal them. This has allowed me not only to help people from a variety of backgrounds, but it has also allowed me to grow and practice before numerous appellate courts I normally would not have the opportunity to. Thanks to my clients, I have successfully had trial court rulings reversed and modified in the Second Court of Appeals in Fort Worth and defended against a petition for review in the Supreme Court of Texas. This demonstrates how to me, the attorney-client relationship is a two-way street - I fight for my clients in every way possible - and my clients have allowed me to gain enough experience to become one of the few lawyers in the state who are Board Certified in Family Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. Not only do I believe I have a duty to my clients, I also have an obligation to the legal community I practice in. I enjoy contributing to the continuing legal education of my peers, having been published in the Dallas Divorce Law /Texas Bar Today, the Boston Bar Association Family Law Newsletter, and the Dallas Bar Association Headnotes, and being a presenter for Stafford Webinars, the Tax Alliance Conference, and Law Practice CLE. In these courses and publications, I have taught others the techniques I use to trace, locate, characterize, and value cryptocurrency, how to determine if Venmo is being used to hide money, and how to master the digital courtroom that was born of the Covid-19 pandemic. Experience Partner, Walters Gilbreath, PLLC, 2024-Present Senior Associate Attorney, Walters Gilbreath, PLLC, 2021-2024 Attorney, ONeil Wysocki Family Law, 2017-2021 Attorney, Holmes, Diggs, and Eames, PLLC, 2015-2017 Law Clerk, Holmes, Diggs, and Eames, PLLC, 2014-2015 Education Southern Methodist University, Dedman School of Law, J. D., 2015 President - Student Bar Association University of California, San Diego, B. A., Political Science, 2010 President - Sigma Alpha Mu Fraternity, Gamma Rho Chapter Honors Super Lawyers, Rising Star, 2023, 2024 Board Certified in Family Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization Consulting expert witness in cases involving cryptocurrency Appellate practitioner in the Supreme Court of Texas and the 2nd, 3rd, and 5th Texas courts of appeal, with a legal victory from the Supreme Court of Texas Avvo - 10.0 Rating Dallas Association of Young Lawyers One to Watch (2020) Published in the Boston Bar Association Family Law Newsletter and Dallas Bar Association Headnotes Continuing Legal Education presenter/publisher at Law Practice CLE (2020, 2019), Stafford Webinars (2019), and the Tax Alliance Conference (2019) Associations Dallas Bar Association, Member Collin County Bar Association, Member Dallas Association of Young Lawyers, Co-Chair Finance, CLE, and Law Student Assistance Committees Publications Mastering the Digital Courtroom - A Guide to Remote Litigation (Dec 28, 2020) Law Practice CLE Cryptocurrency as an Asset in Divorce (Sep 16, 2019) Law Practice CLE Digital Dissolutions: Cryptocurrency and the Marital Estate (Jul 26, 2019) Boston Bar Association Family Law Newsletter When Apples Dont Equal Apples: Divorce, Division of Marital Assets, and Tax Consequences (June 5, 2019) Tax Alliance Conference Pirating Private Keys (May 21, 2019) Dallas Bar Association Headnotes Cryptocurrency as an Asset in Divorce: Valuation, Division and Location of Currency (Feb 13, 2019) Strafford Webinars Cryptocurrency and Family Law: The Basics (Part 1) (Aug 28, 2018) Dallas Divorce Law /Lex Using Venmo as a Vehicle for Hidden Assets and Fraud in Divorce (Apr 24, 2018) Dallas Divorce Law /Texas Bar Today Personal Life Hometown: Yorba Linda, California Favorite sports team: Los Angeles Lakers Dachshund-Corgi mix, Leia