The Team at GBA Family Law’s Austin Office

Goranson Bain Ausley’s Austin practice traces directly to Tom Ausley, who began practicing family law in Austin in 1980 and whose name the firm still proudly carries today. The office grew out of Ausley, Algert, Robertson & Flores, a respected Austin family law firm. That legacy is reflected in the leadership roles, legal scholarship, and service to the profession and clients that Austin attorneys continue to provide today. 

Over the decades, GBA Austin attorneys have helped shape the practice of family law in Texas. They have been leaders in the Austin Bar Association and its Family Law Section, the Texas Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Collaborative Divorce Texas, and other professional organizations; taught and directed the state’s leading family law education programs; authored chapters and reference materials, including the Annotated Texas Family Code; and championed access to justice through organizations such as Volunteer Legal Services of Central Texas. 

What distinguishes the office today is its focus on helping families resolve not only the legal issues of divorce, but the emotional and financial challenges that come with it. Alongside experienced trial attorneys, GBA Family Law has the largest Collaborative Divorce team in the country, with nationally recognized Collaborative leaders based in Austin. The office also offers in-house mediation and arbitration, giving clients access to multiple paths for resolving disputes outside the courtroom whenever possible. 

Divorce affects far more than the legal process. The firm has built meaningful support for the emotional side of divorce, with divorce coaching grounded in mental health counseling training and a trusted network of financial and mental health professionals when additional support is needed. Our goal is to address the whole situation a family is facing, not just the legal case.

That depth is matched by experience with the financial complexity common in Austin – closely held businesses, executive compensation, equity compensation, and substantial marital estates.  Clients who have spent years building businesses, financial security,  and careers work with attorneys who understand what is at stake and how to protect it.

Thomas L. Ausley: Board Certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization | Partner | Austin family law since 1980; Austin Monthly Top Attorney, multiple years

Kristen A. Algert: Board Certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization | Partner | Collaborative Divorce, Prenuptial and postnuptial agreements, complex property, and high-asset divorce

Kelly Ausley-Flores: Board Certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization | Partner | Collaborative Divorce, mediation, and negotiated resolution/Complex property and high-asset divorce.

Eric Robertson: Board Certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization | Partner | Divorce coaching, mediation, and arbitration

P. Lindley Bain: Board Certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization | Managing Partner | High-net-worth divorce, complex property, and collaborative family law 

Kristiana Butler: Board Certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization | Partner | High-net-worth, LGBTQ+ family support, and business-owner divorce; five-time Austin Monthly Top Attorney

Angelica Rolong Cormier: Board Certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization | Partner | Child-centered divorce for parents; four-time Austin Monthly Top Attorney

Kelly Caperton Fischer: Partner | Collaborative Divorce; recognized among Austin’s top collaborative lawyers

Rob Frazer: Board Certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization | Partner | Custody and complex family law matters; Austin Monthly Top Attorney

Carlos Gracia Associate | Divorce, custody, and family law matters with a practical, solutions-focused approach

Lauren Restino Associate | Divorce, custody, and property matters for professionals and families

Franchizca K. Scipio Associate | Child custody, SAPCR, and family law matters involving children

Built for Austin Families

Every family brings a different story, and every case calls for the right combination of experience, strategy, and judgment. In Austin, that means access to attorneys with deep Board Certified family law expertise for complex divorces and high-asset property division – able to handle everything from custody modifications to prenuptial agreements and business-owner matters.

Behind the local office is the strength of Texas’s largest family law firm. When a case requires appellate advocacy or coordination across jurisdictions, Austin clients have access to attorneys with the rare combination of Board Certification in both Family Law and Civil Appellate Law – credentials held by only a handful of lawyers in Texas, and available to Austin clients when the complexity of a case demands it.

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