Ellen Kline Mabry
Ellen Kline Mabry is an associate attorney at Short Carter Morris. She graduated summa cum laude from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas with a Bachelor of Business Administration. Ellen attended Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law in Dallas where she graduated cum laude and received her Doctor of Jurisprudence in 2008. She was admitted to the State Bar of Texas in 2008.
While in law school, Ellen served as an Associate Managing Editor for the International Law Review Association and as a judicial extern for the Honorable Harlan D. Hale in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas. She also worked as a guardian and attorney ad litem in the W.W. Caruth, Jr. Child Advocacy Clinic.
After graduating from law school, Ellen married and moved to Houston. She is a member of the State Bar of Texas, the Family Law Section of the Houston Bar Association, the Woodlands Bar Association, and the Montgomery County Bar Association.
Areas of Practice
- Family Law
Bar Admissions
- Texas, 2008
Education
- Southern Methodist University School of Law, Dallas, Texas
- J.D. (Cum Laude) - 2008
- Honors: Member, Phi Delta Phi
- Law Review: International Law Review Association, Associate Managing Editor, 2005 - 2008
- Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas
- Bachelor of Business Administration (Summa Cum Laude) - 2005
Published Works
- 2009 Advanced Family Law Course Supplement: Dealing with Complex Business Entities in Divorce (Co-Author with J. Lindsey Short, Jr. and Jennifer P. Wells), 35th Annual Advanced Family Law, Dallas, Texas, August 3-6, 2009
- Canadian BSE Continues to Disrupt the Supply Chain for Beef, 13:3 Law & Bus. Rev. Am., Summer, 2007
Professional Associations and Memberships
- State Bar of Texas, Member, 2008 - 2009
- Houston Bar Association, Family Law Section, Member, 2008 - 2009
- Woodlands Bar Association, Member
- Montgomery County Bar Association, Member
Fraternities/Sororities
- Phi Beta Phi
