Elly graduated from the University of Texas School of Law. She began her legal career as a prosecutor.
Elly worked at the Office of the Attorney General for Texas for several years as counsel and as Acting Division Chief in the Crime Victims Compensation Division. She ended her OAG career in the Transportation Division practicing Condemnation Law.
She has been in private practice since 2000, focusing primarily on property law and family law.
EDUCATION
1988 – Doctor of Jurisprudence, University of Texas School of Law
1985 – Bachelor of Science, Zoology, University of Texas at Austin
EMPLOYMENT
2022 – Owner, DEL PRADO DIETZ, PLLC, San Marcos
2013-2021 – Owner, DEL PRADO DIETZ, PLLC, Luling and San Marcos
2000-2012 – Partner, Duvall Gruning & Dietz, PLLC, San Marcos
Associate, Duvall & Gruning, PLLC, San Marcos
Associate, Law Office of Charles C. Wright, Luling
1999-2000 – Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General Of Texas, Transportation Division, Austin
1993-1999 – Assistant Attorney General and Division Chief, Office of the Attorney General Of Texas, Crime Victim’s Compensation Division, Austin
1990-1993 – Assistant District Attorney, Misdemeanor Section Chief, Hays County District Attorney, San Marcos
Assistant County Attorney, El Paso County Attorney’s Office, El Paso
CERTIFICATIONS
1989 – State Bar of Texas
1999 – United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
SPEAKER
2006 – Case Law Update, CLE International, Eminent Domain Conference, Austin
MEMBERSHIPS
Hays County Bar Association
Caldwell County Bar Association
Heritage Association of San Marcos
LBJ Museum of San Marcos, Board of Directors
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church