Episode 02 Season 2 Morning Soulshine With Bridget & Attorney Angela Gatlin Keys

This episode is a conversation with Attorney Angela Gatlin Keys as we discuss the laws in regards to domestic violence and the importance of restraining orders. Angela Gatlin Keys was born in Shreveport, Louisiana.  The last of seven children, she was always called the “smarty-pants” of the family (for her grades and her mouth). She first learned that she liked helping “the little people” when she was a sophomore in high school.  Her father, who served as Union and Labor President at the VA Hospital, made her sit down one night and write out a grievance complaint against one of the supervisors who had wronged a nurses aid.  She enjoyed the process so much that she began to help her dad on a regular basis.  They would often sit at the kitchen table and hash out the complaints, study the regulations and write out formal complaints.  This father-daughter collaboration resulted in a changed environment for the VA employees during his tenure and sparked Angela’s interest in the law. After graduating from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, she married her college sweetheart and they began a family.  A few years later, Angela fulfilled her life long dream and was accepted at Loyola University School of Law in New Orleans.  She started law school with two small children and graduated with 3. At one point, everyone in the household was in school and she and the kids did their homework together at the library. She practiced a variety of law disciplines for several years and then assumed a position with the 4th Circuit Court of Appeal. In 2005, Hurricane Katrina forced her family to relocate to Shreveport where they remained “longer than they planned.”  They eventually landed in the DFW area in 2014. She became a licensed attorney in Texas in 2016, a licensed realtor in 2018, and published her first book, which is based on her blog, “A Woman’s Wit,” in  July 2020. Angela is the mother of three and is the Gigi of two grandbabies – affectionately called Ladybug. & JuJubug. She’s also a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority and has served as Praise and Worship Leader/Minister of Music at a variety of churches for most of her adult life.