{"id":1269,"date":"2024-09-17T22:31:33","date_gmt":"2024-09-17T22:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/relationshiprelief.com\/website_559c7341\/?page_id=1269"},"modified":"2024-10-25T10:03:09","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T10:03:09","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/relationshiprelief.com\/website_559c7341\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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PAULA S. PIERCE-NICHOLS<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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About Paula S. Pierce-Nichols<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Paula is a unique, thorough, and resourceful attorney who followed her father\u2019s legacy as an attorney. Paula moved to the Houston area in 2023 from Kansas City, Missouri. Paula is licensed to practice law in three States; Kansas, Missouri, and Texas. Paula has been practicing law for over 30 years. Paula graduated from the University of Missouri at Kansas City when she was 21 years old with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Sociology with departmental honors and as a member of the Omicron Delta Kappa Honor Society. Paula attended the University of Kansas School of Law on full academic scholarship and graduated when she was 23 years old.<\/div>
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After law school, Paula obtained the prestigious position of working as a judicial law clerk. Paula clerked for the Honorable Judge Jon R. Gray, Division 18 of the 16th Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri at Kansas City. Paula\u2019s law clerk experience researching legal issues and drafting bench memoranda and proposed orders taught her the importance of drafting uniform, enforceable, and livable orders which she incorporates in her practice. Paula has extensive litigation and courtroom experience handling factually and legally complicated cases. Paula litigated cases as a public defender, a city prosecutor, a city insurance defense attorney, a medical malpractice plaintiff\u2019s attorney, and a family law<\/div>
attorney. Since 1998, Paula focused her attention on practicing family law.<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Paula believes that legal representation is not effective unless it is meaningful. Meaningful<\/div>
representation to Paula means conferring with her client to effectively tell his\/her story, researching legal issues to intertwine the law with her client\u2019s case facts, thoroughly reviewing documents, finding and analyzing evidence, recognizing and thwarting opponent strategies, employing effective pleading practice for her client, and presenting persuasive arguments to the court or jury. Paula believes meaningful representation fosters the opportunity to have a positive impact on the decision maker and sway the decision maker toward her client\u2019s position. Paula is committed to providing people meaningful representation.<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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  1. State Texas Bar Association (Member)<\/li>
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