Shannon is a licensed Texas attorney, credentialed mediator, and mediation instructor. She serves clients requiring assistance with legal issues pertaining to:
- Family law
- Elder law
- Collaborative law
- Mediation
- Probate
- Guardianship
- Health care liability claims
- Litigation
Shannon helps clients of all income level through the family law legal system, while protecting relationships with children and obtaining the best possible property division. She coaches and supports clients to creatively resolve disputes. Shannon also assists families to protect and care for aging or disabled loved ones through thoughtful planning for incapacity and long-term care.
Core Accomplishments
- Built private practice specializing in family law, collaborative law, mediation, and elder law
- First chair responsibility in family law trials and 2nd chair responsibility in healthcare liability claim trials
- Managed legal assistants in extensive discovery process involving a national client
- Managed and developed associate attorneys in private practice setting
Professional Experience
Rigby, Rigby & Cavers (Shareholder), August 2014 - Present
- In charge of family, probate, and elder law dockets
- Collaborative law and family mediation practice
- Support for insurance defense clients in health care liability claims and construction liability claims
Sprott Rigby Newsom & Lunceford, P.C. (Senior Associate), February 2013 - June 2014
- Managed family, probate, and elder law docket along with mediation practice
- Represented physicians, nurses, dentists, pharmacists, and chiropractors in health care liability claims
- Coordinated with experts in the area of medicine, hard sciences, and dentistry in preparation for trial
- Tried health care liability claims in Harris County, Texas.
The Cavers Law Firm, LLC, February 2006 to February 2013
- Managed docket of family, probate, elder, and mediation cases in a private law firm setting
- Served clients to resolve their legal disputes effectively while maintaining a reasonable budget
- Served as mediator to clients in family law and general civil legal disputes
Sprott Rigby Newsom Robbins & Lunceford, P.C. (Associate Attorney), August 2004 to February 2006
Kennedy Hodges (Law Clerk), May 2003 to September 2004