Attorney Profile
V. Wayne Ward
Texas native, V. Wayne Ward is an attorney whose legal career spans three decades. He practices exclusively in the area of Family Law, and his qualifications include Board Certification in Family Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.
V. Wayne Ward is listed in Martindale-Hubbell’s Bar Register of Pre-Eminent Lawyers, comprised of select lawyers who have earned the AV Peer Review Rating. An AV rating shows that a lawyer has reached the height of professional excellence and is recognized for the highest levels of skill and integrity.
In further recognition of his legal work, Wayne has been named Texas ''Super Lawyer'' four years in a row, in a statewide survey of peers published in Texas Monthly magazine. The Fort Worth Business Press cited him four years running as an Attorney of Excellence in Family Law. Wayne Ward is also a recipient of the President’s Award of Outstanding Achievement from the Tarrant County Bar Association.
Active in state and local bar associations, Wayne Ward is a current member and former President of the Tarrant County Bar Association, and also past President of the Tarrant County Family Bar Association, where he has served on the Board of Directors for more than 20 years. He is a Texas Bar Foundation Life Fellow and Fellow of the College of the State Bar of Texas.
A frequent lecturer, Wayne Ward delivers presentations at business and professional organizations on all aspects of family law.
Wayne serves on the Board of Directors of the First Methodist Church in Hurst and has donated one night a month for the last five years, providing legal advice for the church’s ''attorney’s night.''
Wayne is married and has three sons.
Bar and Court Admissions:
- Texas
- U.S. District Court, Northern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits
Law School:
- Southern Methodist University, J.D., 1977
College:
- Southern Methodist University, M.B.A., 1977
- North Texas State University, B.A., cum laude, 1973
Professional Memberships:
- State Bar of Texas
- Tarrant County Bar Association (Director, 1997 and 1998; Secretary/Treasurer, 1999; First Vice-President, 2000; President, 2002)
- Tarrant County Family Bar Association (Member, Board of Trustees, 1985-1999; Director, 1983-1999; President Elect, 1990-1991; President, 1991-1992, Director, 1993—)
- Texas Trial Lawyers Association
- Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists
- North Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists
- American Bar Association
Certifications, Recognitions & Presentations
- Board Certified, Family Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization
- Fort Worth Business Press, Attorneys of Excellence, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006
- Texas Monthly, Super Lawyers, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006
- Listed in: Attorneys of Excellence by Fort Worth Business Press, only Family Law Attorney, 2003
- Texas Monthly Super Lawyers, 2003
- Recipient: Director of the Year Award, Tarrant County Bar Association, 1998 and 1999
- Fellow: Texas Bar Foundation
- College of the State Bar of Texas
- Tarrant Bar Foundation (Charter Member)
- Speaker, Texas Association of Nurse Anesthetists, November 1986, May 1987