Shawna A. McGeisey

Shawna A. McGeisey graduated from Arlington Career Institute with her certification in paralegal studies in 2002. She joined our firm in 2008. Prior to joining us, she worked with two other firms where she focused on family law cases. Shawna excels at client relations and has superior organizational skills.

Shawna is responsible for preparation of pleadings, orders, discovery, memoranda, subpoenas, agreements, and written correspondences. She also does trial and hearing preparation, in-court assistance and overall case and file management.

Areas of Experience: Family Law, Divorce, Collaborative Family Law, Adoptions, Child Custody Disputes & Modifications, Child Support Enforcements & Disputes, CPS Cases, Protective Orders, Pre & Post Nuptial Agreements, Property Characterizations & Division, Wills & Estate Planning and Probate.

Legal Experience: Teller Law Firm, P.C., Grapevine, Texas, Paralegal - Assistant for Teller Law Firm, P.C., board certified in family law; Jack G. Duffy, Jr., Haltom City, Texas, Paralegal - assistant for Gregory Dorst, Tracy Justice and Tracey Broadhurst, general practice of all areas of law; RTP Company, Fort Worth, Texas, Receptionist - Answering and distributing incoming calls, office management, planning and scheduling company events and maintaining employee time and attendance records.

Computer Experience: Windows 2000/XP,Microsoft Office - Word/Excel/PowerPoint/Outlook applications, WordPerfect Applications, Corel Applications, Adobe Acrobat, ProDocs, LEXIS/NEXIS, WestLaw, SOS, Timeslips, PCLaw, Amicus Attorney 7 and Tested 70+ WPM with 98% accuracy.

Education: Arlington Career Institute, Grand Prarie, Texas, Paralegal Certificate, Keller High School, Keller, Texas, Studied general studies.
Professional Associations and Memberships: Notary Public, State of Texas; State Bar of Texas - Paralegal Division, Member; American Bar Association, Associate Member, National Association of Legal Assistants (NALA), Member and Fort Worth Paralegal Association, Member.

Teller Law Firm offers full-service legal counsel and representation in family law matters for clients in the vicinity of Grapevine, Texas (Tarrant County, Dallas County, and Denton County), including communities such as Southlake, Colleyville, Hurst, Euless, Coppell, Flower Mound, Bedford, Keller, Roanoke, Trophy Club, Arlington, Dallas, Fort Worth, Irving, and Denton.