AttorneyJohn E. Van Ness
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John E. Van Ness

Lilly & van Ness LLP

Houston, TX · Harris County · 31 years licensed

Cases
180
Licensed
31 yrs

John E. Van Ness has been licensed in Texas since May 1995 — 31 years — and has filed under this bar number in 180 cases since 2017, four in five of them in Harris County courts. The docket is divorce: 162 of 180 filings, with family behind it. One board certification, no disciplinary history.

Case type by yearCourt-record case types
Count
  • Divorce with Children74
  • Divorce73
  • Divorce - With Children7
  • Protective Order6
  • Divorce - No Children5
Divorce with ChildrenDivorce with ChildrenDivorceDivorceDivorce - With ChildrenDivorce - With ChildrenProtective OrderProtective OrderDivorce - No ChildrenDivorce - No ChildrenParentage/Paternity/Voluntary…Parentage/Paternity/Voluntary LegitimationOther FamilyOther FamilyCustody Or VisitationCustody Or VisitationDivorce - ChildrenDivorce - ChildrenDivorce: ChildrenDivorce: Children3 other types3 other types’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
Cases filed by year2026 is a partial year
  • 2026Partial3
  • 202520
  • 202418
  • 202320
  • 202216
  • 202115
  • 202026
  • 201923
  • 201825
  • 201714
1326’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26

Showing filings under this bar number from 2017 to present in the county court records Referlex has imported; 2026 is a partial year.

Courts appeared in most180 cases · 21 courts

Cases are grouped by the court a filing names; appellate courts group together, not under the county a case came from.

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