Amy Rod

Ms. Rod is a solo practitioner with The Law Office of Amy Rod. She focuses her practice mainly on family law matters, including divorce, child custody, child support, adoptions, modifications, enforcements, pre- and post- martial agreements, and CPS cases.  She is Board Certified in Family Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, which distinction makes her the only board certified family lawyer in Wharton, Matagorda, Jackson, and Colorado Counties.  Ms. Rod is also a trained mediator. She is a member of Texas Family Law Council, which serves as the governing body of the almost 6,000 member Family Law Section of the State Bar of Texas.  Ms. Rod is also on the Form Book Committee and the Pro Bono Committee for the Family Law Section of the State Bar.  Recently, she served as the Chair of the District 5 Panel 3 Grievance Committee. Along with her family law practice, Ms. Rod has a general civil practice, assisting clients with wills, real estate transactions and probate matters.  She also serves as the Assistant City Attorney for the City of Wharton and is the Municipal Court Prosecutor for the cities of Wharton, East Bernard, and Eagle Lake. Ms. Rod is a lifelong resident of Wharton County.  After graduating from El Campo High School with honors, she studied Criminal Justice at Sam Houston State University where she completed a internship with the FBI-Houston Office before graduating Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice.  She then obtained her Juris Doctorate from the University of Houston Law Center in 2000. Amy is Board Certified in Family Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, and is the only practicing attorney in Wharton, Matagorda, Colorado, and Jackson Counties to earn this distinction.