I copied this article about me from Texas Lawyer dated June 11, 2007. You must be a subscriber to view this on-line but I hope it’s alright that I posted it here. I want to thank them for sharing it with everyone.

Inadmissible - Texas Lawyer 06-11-2007 Ex-Wife TV

What happens after the clients sign the divorce decree and their family law attorneys lay down their briefcases usually isn’t all that dramatic. But it can be for clients who are left with broken families, damaged finances and emotional wounds. That was the case for Lynn Jones, a school teacher from Rowlett, whose story will be featured on the ABC reality television program “Ex-Wives Club” on June 18 at 8 p.m. Jones’ divorce lawyer, Dallas solo Michelle May O’Neil, referred her client to the show. O’Neil says Jones received a telephone call from the show’s producers about a year ago looking for potential subjects for the program, which features people getting over divorce and provides them with gifts such as makeovers to help them rebuild their self-confidence. O’Neil says she immediately thought of Jones, who went through a particularly bad divorce in 2005 while fighting breast cancer.

“Lynn’s story is very common . . . and I do think the way she has handled herself, combined with her breast cancer, is absolutely inspirational to other people,” O’Neil says. “Somebody has to be willing to tell an unfortunate story so other people will know that they can make it through too.” Jones says she was more than willing to expose a painful part of her life on national television if her story helps someone else. “Divorce just predominates now,” Jones says. “To me it’s worse than cancer, and I’ve been through that three times.” Jones hasn’t seen the show, and she declines to discuss the gift she received as part of her appearance. But the biggest gift is helping others by showing that they can overcome divorce, she says.

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