Eric Robertson

About Eric Robertson

Eric Robertson is a family law attorney in Goranson Bain Ausley’s Austin office and a partner with more than 30 years of experience in family law. Board Certified in Family Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization since 1997, he serves business owners, professionals, and individuals through high-net-worth and complex divorces — primarily as a divorce coach, mediator, and arbitrator, drawing on graduate training in mental health counseling alongside three decades of legal practice. His purpose is to help people adapt to the uncertainty and discomfort of family law transitions and teach divorce survival skills.

Eric’s current focus on divorce coaching, mediation, and arbitration represents the culmination of his career in family law. His caseload draws on deep expertise in complex property division, business valuation, contested custody, and the financial structures that define high-net-worth divorce — but his goal is to help clients resolve those cases efficiently, often outside the courtroom. He works alongside other GBA attorneys as part of a client’s divorce team and brings additional support for families coping with mental health or addiction issues during separation.

Eric works with each client to reduce stress, restore a sense of control, and reach better outcomes — through clearer communication, healthier decisions, and creative solutions that resolve cases efficiently outside the courtroom where possible. In coaching and mediation engagements, he focuses on the practical issues that make or break a settlement: realistic expectations, sustainable parenting plans, and the financial structures that will hold up after the case ends.

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What Sets Him Apart

• Best Lawyers in America Across Four Fields. Continuously recognized in Family Law since 2005, with additional Best Lawyers recognition in Collaborative Law: Family Law (2024–2026), Family Law Mediation (2024–2026), and Family Law Arbitration (2025 & 2026) — covering the full alternative dispute resolution spectrum.
• 30+ Years of Family Law Experience. Partner at Goranson Bain Ausley since 2017, with prior partnerships at Ausley, Algert, Robertson & Flores (2000–2017) and Robertson and Robertson (1993–1998). His practice has spanned trial, collaborative, and alternative dispute resolution work across three decades.
• Mental Health Counseling Training. Holds an M.S. in Psychology (University of Texas at Arlington, 1986) and an M.A. in Mental Health Counseling from Seminary of the Southwest (2023), and is a Licensed Professional Counselor-Associate supervised by Lisa Blackwood, LPC-S, LCDC. The combination of clinical training and senior family law practice shapes how he handles emotionally complex divorces.
• Full ADR Credential Stack. Certified Arbitrator through the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Matrimonial Arbitration Institute (2018) and Certified Mediator through the University of Texas School of Law’s Center for Public Policy Dispute Resolution (2006) — credentials that support his work as the third-party neutral in arbitration and mediation.
• Leadership in Texas Family Law. Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Past Delegate to its Board of Governors (2018–2020), Past President of the Texas Chapter (2016–2017), and Past President of the Family Law Section of the Austin Bar Association (2002–2003).

Practice Focus

Eric is best suited to clients who want a senior family law attorney serving as their divorce coach, mediator, or arbitrator — and to people navigating complex property division or high-net-worth divorce who need experienced counsel.

• Divorce coaching. One-on-one work alongside a client’s legal team to help them minimize conflict, improve communication, find healthy coping skills, and set post-divorce goals.
• Divorce mediation. Serving as a neutral mediator, drawing on three decades of family law experience to help spouses reach negotiated resolutions outside court.
• Divorce arbitration. Serving as a certified arbitrator for couples who want a private, binding decision faster than the courts can offer.
• Mental health and addiction in divorce. Consultation for spouses, parents, and families navigating separation alongside mental health or substance use challenges.

Recognition and Credentials

Eric has been continuously listed in The Best Lawyers in America in Family Law from 2005 through 2026, and additionally included in Collaborative Law: Family Law (2024–2026), Family Law Mediation (2024–2026), and Family Law Arbitration (2025 & 2026). He was named the Best Lawyers® Family Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Austin in 2018. He has been selected to the Texas Super Lawyers list every year from 2009 through 2025, included on the Top 50: Central/West Texas Super Lawyers list from 2020 to 2023, and holds an AV® Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell.

Beyond recognition, Eric has held leadership roles across Texas family law. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and served as a Delegate to its Board of Governors from 2018 to 2020. He was President of the Texas Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (2016–2017) and President of the Family Law Section of the Austin Bar Association (2002–2003). He is a Past Chair of the State Bar of Texas Grievance Committee for District 9A and served as a member of the Texas Board of Legal Specialization for Family Law (Legal Assistants) from 2004 to 2007.

Eric also considers contributing to the legal education of his colleagues a core part of his practice. He chaired the drafting committee for the Annotated Texas Family Code, jointly produced by the State Bar Family Law Section and the Texas Family Law Foundation, and he has authored and spoken at dozens of continuing legal education events on property division, custody, arbitration, mediation, and divorce coaching. Recent published work includes “Mental Health and Substance Abuse in the Legal Profession” in the Texas Bar Journal (2025) and “Attorney Mental Health After Retirement” in Austin Lawyer (2024).

Beyond the Practice

After three decades of practice, Eric returned to graduate school to complete an M.A. in Mental Health Counseling at Seminary of the Southwest. The shift was deliberate. As he describes it, the goal is to “offer a different level of care” — drawing on training in psychology, mental health, and addiction counseling, alongside his family law experience, to support clients through the emotional reality of divorce as well as the legal one. His work as a divorce coach, mediator, and arbitrator is the culmination of that integration.