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Heather Kubiak

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Licensed for 23 years

Law Degree

Awards

Primary Practice Area

Litigation

Language

English

About

Heather (Kubiak) McFarlane - Transforming Conflict Into ResolutionHeather devotes her practice to mediating civil disputes.  Her world view that every problem has a solution.  For over 20 years, Heather represented businesses in a variety of complex commercial litigation, including insurance coverage, directors and officers disputes, and contract disputes. Heather has first-chaired 15 jury trials, two bench trials, and an AAA arbitration to verdict.  In 2010, she became a mediator.  She now focuses her practice on mediating all types of civil cases, including intellectual property, insurance coverage, personal injury, labor & employment, and contract disputes.  Since 2021, she has been mediating family disputes.Heather was selected and trained at Harvard Law School's "Advanced Mediation Workshop:  Mediating Complex Disputes."  She earned her J.D., with honors, from the University of Texas School of Law in 1998, where she worked on the Review of Litigation and published an article in the Texas Journal of Women and the Law. She also performed for the law school's theatre troupe, Assault & Flattery. In 1994, she earned her A.B. in English from the College of William & Mary.Heather frequently speaks and writes on the topics of mediation, ethics, and intellectual property.  She has served on the leadership of the ADR section of the Houston Bar Association and President of the Houston Chapter of the Association of Attorney Mediators.

Practices Areas

Litigation

Language

English

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Reviews

D. W. Jordan
November 27, 2011

My family hired Ms. Kubiak based on a recommendation from a family friend who is also an attorney in the Houston area. Ms. Kubiak helped us get an insurance claim case that had been stagnant for months moving and settled. Unlike the attorney that our insurance company had assigned, Ms. Kubiak was available, responsive, and appropriately aggressive in providing information to my family and getting the case settled. She was sensitive to the worry and stress that a case such as ours can create on a family. I would most certainly recommend Ms. Kubiak to anyone.

Kaye
January 12, 2011

Heather Kubiak helped me launch my own law practice. After having advised businesses for over a decade while working at a large law firm, she has carefully researched the pros and cons of various business entities. Her attention to detail in determining how to best incorporate, was very helpful to me. I recommend Heather as a solid business lawyer. She is responsive, helpful, and imminently knowledgeable.

simon
May 3, 2010

As a client from another country, I relied on a London solicitor to refer me to a Texas lawyer. I could not have been more pleased with Heather Kubiak. I had a commercial dispute that arose over the internet. The case was tricky because it was not large enough to file a lawsuit over, but Heather’s creative thinking assisted me in trying non-legal avenues. My dispute was quickly resolved at a fair price. I highly recommend Heather Kubiak!

anonymous
January 11, 2010

Rather than just "doing her job," Heather takes a personal interest in the matters I send her, and partners with me. She frequently raises business and legal issues with me that add value to my company, and she understands reporting in a corporation. She is efficient, succinct, and moves the cases forward in a meaningful way. Heather's past experience with complex litigation and insurance coverage matters allows her to see the big picture; something that I appreciate. I highly recommend working with Heather Kubiak.

D. W. Jordan
November 27, 2011

My family hired Ms. Kubiak based on a recommendation from a family friend who is also an attorney in the Houston area. Ms. Kubiak helped us get an insurance claim case that had been stagnant for months moving and settled. Unlike the attorney that our insurance company had assigned, Ms. Kubiak was available, responsive, and appropriately aggressive in providing information to my family and getting the case settled. She was sensitive to the worry and stress that a case such as ours can create on a family. I would most certainly recommend Ms. Kubiak to anyone.

Kaye
January 12, 2011

Heather Kubiak helped me launch my own law practice. After having advised businesses for over a decade while working at a large law firm, she has carefully researched the pros and cons of various business entities. Her attention to detail in determining how to best incorporate, was very helpful to me. I recommend Heather as a solid business lawyer. She is responsive, helpful, and imminently knowledgeable.

simon
May 3, 2010

As a client from another country, I relied on a London solicitor to refer me to a Texas lawyer. I could not have been more pleased with Heather Kubiak. I had a commercial dispute that arose over the internet. The case was tricky because it was not large enough to file a lawsuit over, but Heather’s creative thinking assisted me in trying non-legal avenues. My dispute was quickly resolved at a fair price. I highly recommend Heather Kubiak!

anonymous
January 11, 2010

Rather than just "doing her job," Heather takes a personal interest in the matters I send her, and partners with me. She frequently raises business and legal issues with me that add value to my company, and she understands reporting in a corporation. She is efficient, succinct, and moves the cases forward in a meaningful way. Heather's past experience with complex litigation and insurance coverage matters allows her to see the big picture; something that I appreciate. I highly recommend working with Heather Kubiak.