About Jeff Domen
Jeff Domen is Board Certified in Family Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and a LawDragon 500 Leading Family Lawyer. He represents professionals, executives, business owners, and their spouses in divorce, child custody, property division, and other complex family law matters.
His practice focuses on the financial complexities that often accompany high-asset divorce, including the characterization and division of separate and community property, asset tracing, closely held business interests, executive compensation, stock options, pensions, and other sophisticated financial issues. He handles contested custody and high-conflict family law matters, with a focus on protecting children’s well-being and long-term stability.
Jeff counsels Christian individuals and families who want their faith respected throughout the divorce process. He understands that family law matters often involve personal, financial, and spiritual considerations, and he works closely with clients to develop strategies that reflect their values and priorities.
Whenever possible, Jeff helps clients resolve disputes constructively and avoid unnecessary conflict. When a contested custody or complex financial matter must be decided in court, his trial experience — including service as an interim associate judge in the Dallas family courts and years spent teaching trial evidence and custody strategy to other lawyers — supports a steady focus on protecting his clients’ interests. Whether negotiating a settlement or representing a client at trial, his goal remains the same: helping clients make informed decisions and move forward with confidence.
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What Sets Him Apart
- Board Certified in Family Law. Certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization since 2009, a distinction that reflects substantial experience, demonstrated competence, and peer-recognized expertise in family law.
- Recognized Among the Nation’s Leading Family Lawyers. Named to LawDragon’s 500 Leading Family Lawyers in America for 2024, 2025, and 2026.
- Experience With Complex Financial Matters. He represents clients whose marital estates include closely held businesses, executive compensation, equity awards, retirement assets, and other significant property requiring detailed financial analysis and valuation.
- Experience With Faith-Informed Divorce. Jeff writes and speaks on the intersection of faith and divorce, representing clients who seek an approach aligned with their values.
- Prepared When Litigation Is Necessary. While he prioritizes constructive resolution whenever possible, he is an experienced trial advocate when contested custody or complex financial disputes require courtroom representation.
- Serving Families in Plano, Dallas, Flower Mound, and Midland. Jeff works with clients across North and West Texas from Goranson Bain Ausley’s Plano, Dallas, Flower Mound, and Midland offices, with long-standing roots in the North Texas legal community.
Practice Focus
Jeff advises clients in family law matters involving significant financial complexity and high-stakes decisions:
- High Net Worth Divorce. Counsel for clients navigating the division of substantial marital estates, sophisticated compensation structures, business interests, and other significant financial considerations.
- Divorce for Business Owners. Representation in matters involving closely held companies, including the protection of business value, ownership interests, and income through the divorce process.
- Business Valuation in Divorce. Guidance in matters requiring the valuation of businesses, professional practices, and equity compensation, supported by detailed financial analysis.
- Complex Property Division. Representation in identifying, tracing, characterizing, and dividing complex marital estates, including separate and community property and reimbursement claims.
- High-Conflict Divorce. Representation in contested matters that require careful strategy and, when necessary, experienced courtroom advocacy.
- Child Custody and Conservatorship. Counsel in matters involving conservatorship, possession schedules, and parenting arrangements that affect children’s well-being and long-term stability.
Recognition and Credentials
Jeff has earned recognition throughout his career. He has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America for Family Law every year since 2013, selected to Texas Super Lawyers (2014–2025) following earlier recognition as a Texas Rising Star (2008–2014), included in the Top 100: Dallas/Fort Worth Super Lawyers list (2020–2022), named among D Magazine’s Best Lawyers in Dallas (2025 and 2026), recognized by Doyle’s Guide as a recommended Dallas/Fort Worth family lawyer (2026), and listed in Texas Monthly’s Top Attorneys in Texas (2018).
He served as President of the Collin County Bar Association (2017–2018) and as an Interim Associate Judge in the Dallas family courts (2011). He is a Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation, a member of the Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists, and a member of the Denton County, Collin County, and Dallas County Bar Associations.
Jeff also contributes to the continuing legal education of his peers. He has presented at the State Bar of Texas Advanced Family Law Course and the Marriage Dissolution Institute on subjects including trial evidence, custody strategy, and the financial issues that arise in divorce, and he has served as an editor of the Texas Annotated Family Code.
Frequently Asked Questions
What Types of Family Law Cases Does Jeff Domen Handle?
Jeff concentrates on divorce and family law matters involving financial complexity or significant conflict, including high-net-worth and business-owner divorce, complex property division, business valuation, and contested custody. He resolves many matters through negotiation and collaborative processes, and provides experienced courtroom representation if a matter must be litigated. He also represents clients who wish to keep their faith central to the process.
What’s Jeff’s Experience With Business Valuation and Complex Financial Matters?
Jeff has significant experience representing clients in divorces that involve a closely held company, professional practice, executive compensation, equity awards, or other complex assets. He advises on the valuation and characterization of those interests and on the tracing of marital and separate property. His focus is protecting clients’ financial interests through detailed, careful analysis.
Can Jeff Help Christian Clients Who Want a Faith-Informed Approach to Divorce?
Yes. Jeff regularly represents Christians navigating divorce who want their beliefs respected at every stage. He has written and spoken publicly on navigating divorce as a Christian, and works to guide clients with clarity, dignity, and respect for what matters most to them.
Where Does Jeff Practice?
Jeff works from Goranson Bain Ausley’s Plano, Dallas, Flower Mound, and Midland offices and represents clients across North and West Texas. His North Texas work spans Plano, Frisco, Flower Mound, Highland Village, Argyle, Lantana, and Northlake, as well as the wider Denton and Collin County areas, and he also serves clients in the Midland region. He practices regularly in the Denton, Collin, and Dallas County courts.
What Does It Cost to Work With Jeff?
Goranson Bain Ausley works on a retainer and hourly billing model. Because every family law matter is unique, retainer amounts vary based on the complexity of the issues involved and the anticipated scope of representation. During an initial consultation, clients receive information about the firm’s fee structure and what to expect throughout the process.
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Beyond the Practice
Outside his practice, Jeff is active in the North Texas faith and civic community. He serves on the board of the Christian Legal Society and has been a longtime supporter of Coram Deo Academy, where his children have studied. He and his family are members of Hope Fellowship Church in Frisco.
Jeff views family law as both a profession and a calling. He believes clients deserve skilled legal counsel, honest guidance, and encouragement during one of life’s most challenging transitions. His goal is to help clients move forward with greater clarity, confidence, and hope for the future.
Services
Services
- Family Partner Violence And Divorce
- Divorce
- Litigated Divorce
- Contested Divorce
- Modification and Enforcement
- Divorce for Men
- Adoption
- Becoming a Foster Parent
- Property Division
- Child Custody
- Child Support
- High-Conflict Divorce
- Mental Health and Addiction in Divorce
- Divorce for Women
- Parenting Schedules
- Visitation Rights
- Grandparent Visitation and Custody Rights in Texas
- High Net Worth Divorce
- Complex Property
- Dividing the Marital Home
- Divorce for Business Owners
- Characterization of Separate and Community Property
- Business Valuation in Divorce
- Paternity
- Alimony & Spousal Maintenance
- Cohabitation Agreements
- Uncontested Divorce
- Negotiated Divorce
- Family Law/Divorce Appeals
- Pre-Divorce Guidance
- Prenuptial and Postnuptial Agreements
Honors & Awards
Honors & Awards
- Doyle’s Guide Leading Family, Matrimonial & Divorce Lawyers – Dallas/Fort Worth, Recommended Attorney, 2026
- Best Lawyers in Dallas, D Magazine, 2025 & 2026
- Inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© in the field of Family Law, Best Lawyers, 2013 – 2026
- Named to the 500 Leading Family Lawyers List, LawDragon, 2024 – 2026
- Selected to the Texas Super Lawyers List, Thomson Reuters, 2014 – 2025
- Inclusion in Top 100: Dallas/Fort Worth Super Lawyers list, Thomson Reuters, 2020-2022
- Texas Monthly – Top Attorneys in Texas, 2018
- Selected to the Texas Rising Star list, Thomson Reuters, 2008 – 2014
- Best Lawyers in Texas, Wall Street Journal, 2016
- Top 10 Attorney Award, National Academy of Family Law Lawyers, 2015
- Interim Associate Judge – Dallas Family Courts, 2011
Articles
Articles
- Is a Sexless Marriage Biblical Grounds for Divorce April 30, 2026
- Divorce for Christians: Can it Be an Act of Faith? February 21, 2025
- Co-Parenting Advice for Christians Going through a Divorce February 21, 2025
- Malicious Parent Syndrome February 11, 2025
- Protecting Children in a Divorce Involving Alcohol Abuse April 26, 2022
- How to Strengthen Your Marriage – Tips from a Divorce Attorney July 17, 2020
- The Art of an Uncontested Divorce September 13, 2016
- Parenting Plans: The Most Important Document in a Divorce November 12, 2015
Publications & Speeches
Publications & Speeches
- “Overlooked Financial Issues“, 41st Annual Marriage Dissolution Institute, State Bar of Texas, April 2018
- Texas Annotated Family Code , LexisNexis-Editor , 2010
- Texas Practice Guide , Family Law – Editor , 2005
Videos & Podcasts
Videos
Presentations
Presentations
- How to Prepare and Win Your Custody Case on Any Budget – 2021 Advanced Family Law
- Born to Be Wild: Teenager Issues and Difficult Co-Parenting Decisions – 2020 Advanced Family Law
- Forgotten Issues in Divorce – 2019 Sulphur Springs Bar Association, 2019 Advanced Family Law
- Traps for the Unwary – Family Law – Collin County Bar Association 2018
- “The Unknown Unknowns“, 41st Annual Marriage Dissolution Institute, State Bar of Texas, April 2018
- Welcoming Remarks, 43rd Annual Course Advanced Family Law, August 2017
- “How to Take and use Depositions in a Family Law Case”, 43rd Annual Course Advanced Family Law, August 2017
- “Characterization of Separate and Community Property”, Estate Planning Council of North Texas, 2017
- “When to Consult a Family Law Attorney”, Dallas Bench Bar, 2016
- “Characterization of Property/Marital Agreements”, Collin County Estate Planning Section, 2016
- Judges’ Tech Tips, Advanced Family Law, August 2015
- Collaborative Law Myths, Collin County Bench Bar, May 2015
- “Top Evidentiary Mistakes Made by Attorneys”, Advanced Family Law, August 2014
- “Professionalism”, Baylor Law School, January 2014
- “Top Evidentiary and Discovery Mistakes Made by Attorneys”, Advanced Family Law, August 2013
- “To Catch an Alcoholic-A Soberlink Case Study”, Collin County Bench Bar, May 2013
- “To Catch an Alcoholic-A Soberlink Case Study”, Denton County Bench Bar, 2013
- “Using your iPad effectively in the Courtroom”, Plano Bar Association, 2012
- “Evidence and Trial Procedure”, Frisco Bar Association, 2012
- “Getting Your Case From 0 to 60”, Collaborative Conference, 2010
- “Texas Annotated Family Code”, LexisNexis, 2010
- “Family Law Update”, General Practice Institute, 2008
- “Estate Planning and Divorce”, Estate Planning Council of North Texas, 2008
- “Texas Practice Guide – Family Law”, Editor, 2005
Professional Associations
Professional Associations
- Christian Legal Society
- Board Member
- Collin County Bar Association, Family Law Section
- Member
- President, 2017 – 2018
- Dallas Bar Association
- Member
- Denton County Bar Association
- Member
- Frisco Bar Association
- Member, 2014
- State Bar of Texas, Family Law Section
- Member
- Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists
- Member
- Texas Bar Foundation
- Fellow
- Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee, Member, 2009 – 2012
Education
Education
- Baylor University School of Law, 2000
- J.D., Law
- Baylor University, 1997
- B.A., Political Science
Bar Admissions
Bar Admissions
- Texas, 2000
Certifications
Certifications
Board Certified in Family Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 2009

