Who We Are

Michael Hiller is a Texas Board Certified family lawyer with over 33 years of legal and mediation experience handling all kinds of family law cases. His goal is to fight for you and your family through a higher standard of practice.

Michael has been ranked 4X in the top 1% of lawyers nationwide by the National Association of Distinguished Counsel. He helps clients with various family law issues such as divorce, child custody, property divisions, prenuptial and postnuptial agreements, mediation, and collaborative law. He is known for working with you, the client, to provide innovative solutions while offering a traditional practice.

His Collaborative Arbitration - A HIGHER STANDARD OF PRACTICE - should be YOUR model for your divorce or child custody case. He implements as many of these standards as possible in every case he handles.

Interested in more than just facilitating divorce through the courts, Michael was one of the first lawyers in Texas to become a mediator 33 years ago. He attended the very first training in Texas for collaborative divorce. Michael is also one of the few lawyers dedicated to helping couples learn better relationship skills. For example, his reconciliation law practice focuses on marriage improvement, prenuptial and postnuptial agreements, and divorce and anti-divorce petitions. 

Michael has been certified and trained in many areas, such as Divorce Trials, Collaborative & Reconciliation law, and Mediation. He is a founding member of The American Academy for Certified Financial Litigators (AACFL), an organization dedicated to educating lawyers about financial and property issues. Michael has experience with narcissistic spouses who commit financial abuses and try to “screw you” out of your fair share of your marital estate. He will fight for you and your children in this challenging but not impossible situation.

In 2018, he received attorney training from Children 4 Tomorrow (C4T) for handling cases involving high-conflict personalities and parental alienation. He has discovered that finding the most efficient way to handle these complex cases is critical. He will guide you toward assessing your ex, lawyer, and judge's attitude toward your subject. He will help you be realistic about what you can afford and balance that with how your case can be resolved. Finally, he will help you determine what you will likely deal with after your case ends. Then, he will customize his approach for the best outcome.

Last but not least, Michael is a family man. He has been married to Minette Hiller since 1982 and has five children, including a son-in-law and a daughter's fiance—one born in '91, two in '92, and one each in ‘94 and ‘07. He finds the key to maintaining a healthy family is to make them Number 1 while still making his clients Number 1!  He says the keys to rearing successful children are being tough, loving, and having fun!

 Curriculum Vitae and Resume

Bar Certifications

• Certified in family law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization 1998
• Licensed to practice law in Texas and Federal Courts, Southern District of Texas since 1989-1990

Michael's New Approaches, Professional Experience and Associations

• Hiller and Associates, P. C. or Hiller Law Firm since 1993 – Michael Hiller, owner, principal lawyer, Board Certified * family law * TX Board of Legal Specialization, 1998; practicing family law full-time since 1989
• Legal Programs Created/Additional Certifications/Special Training: Reconciliation law, Collaborative arbitration, parental alienation, and High conflict Personality litigation
• Start2FinishArbitration
• “Divorce Court, Collaborative & Reconciliation law” – Three Track Family Law, created 2008 – Michael Hiller
• American Bar Association Boot Camp for Trial Lawyers, family law, 2000
• Collaborative law, various pieces of training taken and taught 2000 – 2013
• Mediation Certification, 1991, and several other trainings
• LifeSquared and LifeChampionSports, Inc. – Family, Marriage, and Couples Negotiation/Coaching, created by Michael Hiller, 2004
• Reconciliation Law and Mediation – created by Michael Hiller, 2008
• A higher standard of practice -  through Collaborative Arbitration, but always with an approach to reduce cost, stress, and the time your case takes - 2023 through '24.

Classes/Seminars Taught and Presentations

• Collaborative Family Law, 2003
• Workshop Leader, Family Law Mediation Training Seminar, South Texas College of Law, 1999
• Presenter, The Process of Collaborative Law, Pasadena Bar Association, 2001
• Presenter, Valuation in family law, Family Inns of Court, 1999
• Presenter, Rights and Duties, Family Inns of Court, 2000
• Presenter, Trials of Batterers, Family Inns of Court
• “Estate Planning for Athletes”, Videotape & Live 2005
• Mental Toughness Training for Advisors and their Clients and Families, 2008
• Divorce Court, Collaborative & “Reconciliation Law ” – Three Advice Type Program – numerous presentations, speaking engagements – local, national conferences and on the radio since 2009

Published Works/Writing/Blogs

Mediation & Arbitration of Sports Disputes, (Co-Author), BYU Law Review Family mediation Article, (Co-Author), Houston Health & Fitness, February, 1993 Various Blogs on Hiller's Three Track Family Law – www.HillerLaw.com

Professional Associations and Memberships

• 245th District Court, 1995, Associate Judge Candidate
• LifeSquared, Family Coaching and Estate Planning Program, 2004
• Creator and Founder
• Houston Bar Association, Family Law Section, 1992 – 1994, Board Member
• Attorney for Negotiated Resolutions, 1994 – 1996,
• Founding Member/Board of Directors
• State Bar of Texas, Family Law Section
• The Burta Rhoads Raborn family law Inns of Court, 1999 – 2003
• Barrister
• Collaborative Family Lawyers of Houston/Speakers' Bureau, 2003, Chair
• Governor's Open File for Appointments List, 2001 – 2005
• Houston Chapter, 1995 – 2001
• Board of Directors, American Jewish Committee, 1996 – 2001
• 100 Jewish Men, 2002-2003 Board Member
• Governor's Short List for Judicial Appointment, 2001
• 309th District Family Court Board Member
• Greater Houston Healthy Marriage Coalition
• 2008 Secretary/Treasurer, Houston Bar Association, Collaborative Law Section
• 2008 Marketing Committee, Collaborative Family Lawyers of Houston Practice Group
• 2008 Reconciliation Law™ Practice Founder
• “Three Track Family Law” For Marriage and Divorce – 2008 through Present

Bar Admissions

• State Bar of Texas, 1989 – Present
• US Federal District Court Southern District - Current