Victoria L. Carter

Victoria (Vicki) L. Carter is a native Abilenean, and the senior attorney of the Carter Law Office.  She provides legal counseling from a woman's perspective and brings with her experience as a mother, teacher, real estate agent, chemist, and her training at medical school. She is an active civic leader in Abilene, serving on the teen court, doing pro bono work in criminal and civil areas in the Abilene area, and volunteering for West Texas Legal Services.

Professionally, she is a member of the State Bar of Texas,  a section member of the Texas Family Law and Probate sections, a member of the Abilene Bar Association, a member of the Abilene Business and Estate Planning Council, member of the College of the State Bar of Texas, and  a member of the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyer's Association.

  Contact Me    vcarter@abileneattorney.com     (325) 677-5290

Bar Admissions

            Texas, 1997

Court Admissions

            Licensed by the Supreme Court of Texas

EDUCATION    

Texas Tech School of Law

                        Lubbock, Texas                     Doctor of Jurisprudence 1995

                        Legal Research Board, Editor

            University of Texas Health Science Center

                        San Antonio, Texas               2 years toward M.D. degree

                                                                        1981-84 (with break)

            Rice University

                        Houston, Texas

Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University

Blacksburg, VA                     BA. in Chemistry 1979

B.S. in Biology 1979

                                                                        Honors: Magna Cum Laude

            Cooper High School

                        Abilene, TX                           1973

CERTIFICATION        

—Licensed to practice before all State Courts of Texas

—Certificate of Mediation

            —Certificate of Mediation in Family Law

—Approved to handle the following classification of criminal cases by Taylor,

   Callahan, Coleman, Concho and Tom Green County Judges:

                                    First Degree Felonies

                                    Second Degree Felonies

                                    Third Degree Felonies

                                    State Jail Felonies

                                    All levels of misdemeanors

            —Ad litem for the Taylor County Court guardianships and committments;

            —Ad litem for the 326^th District Court of Taylor County

EMPLOYMENT          Carter Law Firm, Senior Partner            1997-Present Date                  —Represent clients in general law practice:

family law

criminal law

corporate law

wills, trusts, probate

                                    guardianships

collections

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS

State Bar Association

Member: Family Law Section

Abilene Bar Association

Member of the College of the State Bar of Texas

Member of the Texas Defense Criminal Lawyer’s   Association

Member of the Estate Planning and Small Business Association of Abilene

Past Member of the Texas Young Lawyer Association

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

A.      Speeches and Papers

(1)     Speaker and Author of LIVING LONGER/LIVING BETTER seminar at the Abilene State School

                        Presented April 25, 2002.

(2)        Speaker and Author of the PLANNING STRATEGIES

TO LIVE BETTER lecture at the Covenant Place of Abilene, TX.  Presented November 21, 2002.

B.               PATENTS AND PUBLICATIONS

(1)             Incorporation of Metal Ions into Polyimides; by L.T. Taylor, Vicki Carter Carver (previous married name), T.A. Furtsch, and A.K. St. Clair (1980).

(2)               Patent for Incorporation of Palladium into Polyimide Film (1981)