Attorneys - Law Office of Becky Beaver, Austin Texas

Attorneys

Civic Activities
Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders - Governor's Council member, Gala Committee member

Annie’s List – Steering Committee

Austin American Statesman - Fortunate 500 “TOP PICK” for Charity, Education and Faith, 2008; Fortunate 500 “ALL STAR” 2009;
Out and About “ALL STAR” 2010, 2011

Austin Association of Visual Arts, Arts Patron of the Year 2009

Austin Children’s Museum - Former Member, Board of Directors; former Chair, Governance Committee; former member, Executive Committee; Finance Committee; former Chair, Annual Appeal

Austin Community Foundation – Co-Chair, 2010 Celebration of Giving; Power of the Purse member; Power of the Purse Annual Luncheon Committee; former member Women’s Grant Fund Committee

Austin Museum of Art – Board of Advisors; Enhancement and Vision Committee

Austin Theater Alliance (The Paramount & State Theaters) – Advisory Council

Austin Women’s Center - former President; Board of Directors

Ballet Austin Board of Directors - Committee member, Ballet Fête 2010; Chair, Ballet Fête 2009; Outstanding New Board Member, 2003; former member, Nominating Committee; Management Committee

Recipient, Hospice Austin's "Beauty of Life" Glossy 8, 2010

KLRU-TV - Former member, Gala Committee

KUT-FM - Leadership Council, former co-chair, 50th Anniversary Gala Committee

Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - Art Auction Committee Chair, 2006-2010; former Co-Chair, Gala Committee; Art Auction Committee member

Long Center for the Performing Arts – Women’s Leadership Council

Mexic Arte Museum - Board of Directors, Gala Committee member

National Senior Olympic Games - Qualifier, Basketball, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011; Championship Bracket, 2005, 2007

National Women’s Political Caucus - former Member, National Steering Committee; National Legislative Committee; former State Vice-President; former State Membership Chair; former State Legislative Chair; local offices

People’s Community Clinic - Board of Directors; Development Committee; Chair, Luncheon Committee, 2011

People's Community Clinic Foundation - Board of Directors

Planned Parenthood of Austin - Former member, Board of Directors, former Chair, Clinic Committee; Executive Committee; Personnel Committee

Seton Breast Cancer Center - Co-Chair, 2012 Tournament for Hope

Texas Democracy Foundation – Gala Committee

Texas State University - Wittliff Collection, Spirit of Place Gala Committee

University of Texas - Chancellor’s Council

University United Methodist Church Foundation - former Board Member

Women & Their Work - Art Diva

Women Vote - Steering Committee

Supporting Member - Alzheimer's Association, American Heart Association, Andy Roddick Foundation, Arthouse at the Jones Center, Austin College Parents Council, Austin Film Society, Austin Lyric Opera Guild, Austin Museum of Art, Badgerdog Literary Publishing, Inc., Blanton Museum of Art, Breast Cancer Resource Center, Charles Moore Foundation, Conradt Fundraising Committee, Duke University Parents Association, Hispanic Scholarship Consortium, Hospice Austin, Lance Armstrong Foundation, Longhorn Foundation, Nobelity, SafePlace, St. Stephen’s Episcopal School Annual Fund, Smithsonian Institution, Texas Access to Justice Foundation, Texas Book Festival, Texas Civil Rights Project, Texas Exes, Volunteer Legal Services of Texas, Women’s Advocacy Project, Zach Scott Theatre

Hobbies and Interests
Basketball, Travel

Education
Anson High School, Anson, Texas
B.A., Texas Tech University, 1974, Deans List
Majors: English and Journalism
Minor: Spanish
J.D., University of Texas, 1977

Licenses & Certifications
State Bar of Texas, June 1977
U. S. District Court, Western District of Texas
Board Certified, Family Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 1983; Re-certified 1988, 1993, 1998, 2003 and 2008
Certified, Collaborative Law, 2003

Employment
Law Office of Becky Beaver, 1977 to present
Practice limited to family law

Personal
Married to John B. Duncan, Jr.
Sons, William Duncan and Matthew Duncan
Daughter, Jennifer Duncan

Professional Activities
Recipient, Texas Monthly Super Lawyer Award, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011, Texas Monthly Magazine

Recipient, Austin Business Journal - Profiles in Power Award, 2008

Listed, “One of the Best Boutique Firms in Texas”, 2004, Texas Lawyer Magazine

Nominee, Austin Business Journal - Profiles in Power Award, 2007

An Honoree, Judge Suzanne Covington Pro Bono Service Award, Volunteer Legal Services, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010

Member, State Bar of Texas - Family Law Section; Women and the Law Section; Individual Rights and Responsibilities Section, Legislative Committee

Member, Collaborative Law Institute

College of the State Bar

Texas Bar Foundation

Texas Family Law Foundation

American Bar Association; Family Law Section, former member, Child Custody Committee

Travis County Family Law Advocates

Texas Association of Family Law Specialists

Texas Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Child Support and Visitation (former member, appointed by Texas Supreme Court)

Texas Family Code Revision Committee (former member, appointed by Texas Legislature and by Family Law Section of the State Bar of Texas)

Texas Marital Property Revision Committee (former member, appointed by Texas Legislature)

Texas Center for Legal Ethics and Professionalism

Texas Board of Legal Specialization - former member, Family Law Advisory Committee

Travis County Family PAC, Steering Committee Member

Travis County Committee on Possession Guidelines for Children Under Three (appointed by Travis County District Judges)

Travis County Bar Association; former Vice-President, former Chair, Family Law Section

Travis County Women Lawyers Association, former Vice-President

Dispute Resolution Center of Travis County, Founding Board Member (appointed by Travis County Commissioners)

Travis County Bench Bar Conference, former member, Planning Committee, Facilitator

Travis County Committee on Local Rules of Procedure and Decorum (appointed by Travis County District Judges)

Travis County Committee on Courthouse Security (appointed by Travis County District Judges)

Travis County Family Law Docket Committee (appointed by Travis County District Judges)

Travis County Domestic Relations Office Advisory Committee (appointed by Travis County District Judges)

City of Austin Affirmative Action Advisory Committee, former Chair (appointed by City Council)

Author, Lecturer and Presenter; State Bar of Texas, Advanced Family Law Course, New Frontiers in Family Law, Travis County Bar Association, Texas Trial Lawyers Association, CLE Options Network, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers/American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, University of Texas Continuing Education Programs, including:

"Drafting Tip for Decrees and Transfer Documents", State Bar of Texas, Family Law for the Lawyer and Paralegal, San Antonio, Texas, 1984

"Whose Got the Q? QDRO's, QPSA's, and QJSA's", Family Law Section, Austin Bar Association, 1985

"Effective Discovery Strategies", Austin Bar Association, Family Law Section, Austin, Texas, 1987

"Family Law: Pitfalls for the Personal Injury Lawyer", Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Sun Valley, Idaho, 1998

"Marital Property Characterization of Personal Injury Proceeds", State Bar of Texas, Advanced Personal Injury Law, Houston, Texas, 1998

"Things Worse than Paying the IRS - Estate and Business Planning Instruments and the Problems They Create for Divorcing Clients", CLE Options, Dallas, Texas, 2007

"Clash of Tax and Divorce Planning", American Institute of Certified Public Accounting (American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers), Las Vegas, Nevada, 2008

"Valuation: The Impact of Buy Sell Agreements", State Bar of Texas, Advanced Family Law Course, Dallas, Texas, 2009

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