David S. Bourschor II, JD

Legal Professionals and the Collaborative Law Team

The role of the attorney in a collaborative case is to assist the clients in achieving their goals and interests by educating them on the concept of interest-based negotiation, communication skills to effectuate that negotiation, the applicable law in the case, and advocating for the client and his or her goals and interests so that a final agreement can be reached that is satisfactory to both parties.

David S. Bouschor, II. has been practicing family law since 1990 and was certified as a specialist in Family Law by the Board of Legal Specialization in 1997.  He is past president of the Denton County Bar Association and was the founding President of the Family Law Section, of the Denton County Bar Association, and founding president of the Denton County Alternative Dispute Resolution Program (DCAP), recipient of the award of Merit from the State Bar of Texas, and the Outstanding Partnership Award, 2004-2005, for its work for the Denton County mediation serviced on a sliding scale, to civil litigants in Denton County, Texas.

Bouschor has attended the following collaborative law and mediation trainings:

• Chip Rose Basic Collaborative Law Training, Austin, February 2003
• Chip Rose Advanced Collaborative Law Training, Houston, March 2003
• Chip Rose Basic Collaborative Law Training, Denton, December 2004
• Collaborative Law Institute of Texas Interdisciplinary Collaborative Law Training, 2006 & 2007
• The IACP Training for Trainers Using the IACP Basic Training Curriculum, Toronto, October 2007
• Basic 40-hour Mediation Training, Texas Women’s University, Denton, November 2007
• Bill Eddy High Conflict Institute’s Understanding and Managing High Conflict Personalities in Legal Disputes, Dallas, November 2007
• Collaborative Law Institute – Texas Basic Collaborative Law Training, Austin, November 2007
• Advanced Family Law Mediation training, Texas Women’s University, Denton, May 2008
• North Texas Conflict Resolution Conference, southern Methodist University, Plano, June 2008

Presentations/Papers Authored

2006

• Collaborative Law Institute Spring Retreat, Austin, “Debunking the Myths of Collaborative Law,” with S. Camille Milner and Janice Green.

2007

• International Academy of Collaborative Professionals, Toronto, “Collaborative Law in 100 Years: History Relic or Cultural Icon?,” with S. Camille Milner and Mark Lewis.

2008

• Collaborative Law Institute of Texas and Denton County Collaborative Professionals Texas Model Basic Training, Corinth, Trainer with S. Camille Milner
• Collaborative Law Institute Spring Retreat, Austin, “Fine Wine on a Beer Budget:  A Procedural Checklist to Facilitate the Middle-Income Collaborative Law Case,” with S. Camille Milner.

David Bouschor's Website

New Paradigm Training is based in Denton, Texas and provides Collaborative Law training events throughout the United States and Canada for attorneys, mental health professionals, financial professionals and their staff.