about Cynthia
“It’s about hard work, listening to the clients, and believing the clients.”
With a Texas Supreme Court justice, a state district judge and three more attorneys in the family, Cynthia L. Clack has an inside track in Texas courtrooms and a passion for impossible cases.
Ms. Clack was admitted to the State Bar of Texas in 1978, becoming only the third woman to practice law in the west Texas city of Odessa. To get her solo practice off the ground, Ms. Clack served as a part-time municipal judge and a city attorney, and taught business law at the local community college.
Cynthia Clack ain’t cheap, and she’s worth it.
Charles Myers, certified family law specialist and Fellow of the Texas Bar Association
She now serves clients throughout Texas, the United States and internationally in divorce, child custody, child abuse and other family law matters, as well as catastrophic personal injury lawsuits.
Her advocacy for underdog clients has resulted in victories in high-dollar child custody trials, acquittal of a man who confessed to a horrific murder that he did not commit, and an international kidnapping case that made Ms. Clack and her client, Emily Wu, celebrities in China. Ms. Clack is certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in Family Law and in mediation but it is her extrajudicial work that connects her with people from all walks of life.
Cynthia wrote the libretto and song lyrics for the 2005 rock opera “Eye of the Tiger,” performed at Odessa’s Globe of the Great Southwest Theater. She wrote and published Doodles the American Poodle, a series of books for children of US servicemen and women, as well as a memoir, The Other Side of Life – An Angel’s Story. She teaches an office management seminar for attorneys and their staff, and is a sought-after public speaker.
She has served as a member of multiple Boards and community service organizations, including the Goodwill-West Texas board of directors, the board of directors of the Midland/Odessa Symphony and Chorale, and the Baylor Law Alumni Executive Committee.
Cynthia graduated from Baylor University School of Law in Waco, Texas in 1978. Her late father, James H. Clack, served as a Texas district judge. Her mother, Knoxine Campbell Clack (now 93 years of age), taught school in Texas Independent School Districts for over 30 years. She has a passion for reading, learning, and teaching and, even today, has former students from her elementary reading classes (some are grandparents now) greet her with affection and gratitude for the impact she had on their lives. Barbara Culver Clack, Cynthia’s step-mother, was the second woman appointed to the Texas Supreme Court. Her brother Steve is a Texas-based attorney, as was her late brother Gene. Cynthia Clack lives and works in Odessa, Texas.