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Dallas Family Law Attorney

When it comes to family law, we keep conversations from overheating. The family law attorneys at GoransonBain have substantial experience representing clients in Dallas and Collin Counties with emotionally-charged legal concerns.

Since 1987, we have provided high caliber legal services to clients with substantial assets facing complicated legal crossroads. If you and your spouse are considering a divorce, put our law firm's experience to work for you. We will draw on our exceptional level of experience in and out of the courtroom to craft long-term solutions, control your costs and minimize any disruptions to your life. Contact our law firm today to schedule a convenient consultation.

Offering Substantial Experience in Family Law

When you choose GoransonBain, you can trust you will be represented by a highly skilled family law attorney. GoransonBain attorneys have been recognized among the finest family lawyers in Dallas & throughout the state of Texas. All of our partners offer more than 20 years of experience handling complex divorces in the Dallas area.

Our law firm includes three former family court judges. Clients benefit from our ability to analyze the outcome of high-asset divorce matters and other areas of family law from a judge's perspective. GoransonBain is one of the most trusted law firms in Dallas and Collin Counties with a variety of accolades, including:

  • All four female partners, Angie Bain, Paula Larsen, Beth Maultsby, and Kathryn Murphy, were selected for inclusion in the list of "Best Women Lawyers in Dallas" by D Magazine, 2010.
  • All of the firm's partners, Thomas Goranson, Angie Bain, Paula Larsen, Thomas Greenwald, Beth Maultsby, and Kathryn Murphy, were selected for inclusion in the list of Texas Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters service in 2009 printed in Texas Monthly.
  • All of the firm's partners, Thomas Goranson, Angie Bain, Paula Larsen, Thomas Greenwald, Beth Maultsby, and Kathryn Murphy, were selected for inclusion in the list of "Best Lawyers in America" in The Best Lawyers in America ®2011 (copyright 2010 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.)
  • The firm's two Plano partners, Thomas Greenwald and Kathryn Murphy, were selected for inclusion in the list of "Best Lawyers in Plano for Family Law" in The Best Lawyers in America ®2011 (copyright 2010 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.)
  • The firm's four Dallas partners, Thomas Goranson, Angie Bain, Paula Larsen, and Beth Maultsby, were selected for inclusion in the list of "Best Lawyers in Dallas for Family Law" in The Best Lawyers in America ®2011 (copyright 2010 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.)

We are leaders in the legal community. Our firm's divorce lawyers are frequent authors and speakers in family law matters at continuing legal education seminars, and they mentor up-and-coming attorneys in Texas. One of our partners, Kathryn Murphy, co-authored the Texas Family Law Practice Guide published by West, a Thomson Reuters business in 2000 and supplemented annually.

We are not just experienced attorneys with high ethical standards. We are real people who are compassionate about alleviating your emotional drain.

Put Our Experience On Your Side

Our goal is to achieve a successful outcome on your behalf, while minimizing the stress and disruption to your life. Just as important, we help you prepare to face the future. Contact our law firm today to schedule a consultation and discover how we can help you.

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  • Dallas financier T. Boone Pickens and nationally-known conflict resolution expert Bill Eddy are joining collaborative lawyers, financial professionals, and mental health professionals for the state of Texas' foremost collaborative law conference -- and GoransonBain attorney Curtis Harrison is central to making it happen.
  • Curtis Harrison is Assistant Course Director for the event, taking place Feb. 28 and Mar. 1 at the Hotel Palomar in Dallas. Twenty collaborative law experts will present on trends and new developments in collaborative law, including a review of recent laws affecting collaborative family law practice, sessions geared toward improving the collaborative process, and sessions specifically geared toward the mental health professional’s perspective on the collaborative law process.
  • Kathryn J. Murphy of Goranson Bain, PLLC, received the Annette Stewart Inn of Court, Serjeant of the Inn Award on January 10, 2013, an award to an attorney who has made significant contributions to the legal profession and the community.
  • Tom Greenwald spoke at the 38th Annual Advance Family Law Course on the topic of Drug Testing – Use and Defense.
  • Thomas Greenwald was selected for inclusion in the list of "Best Lawyers in America" in The Best Lawyers in America ®2013 (copyright 2012 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.)
  • Angie Bain spoke at the Advanced Estate Planning and Probate Course on the Application of Collaborative Law Procedures To Will, Probate, Trust and Guardianship Disputes.
  • Tom Greenwald, Paula Larsen and Angie Bain were selected for inclusion in the list of "Best Lawyers in Dallas" by D Magazine in 2012.
  • Aimee Pingenot and Lindley Bain were selected for inclusion in the Texas Rising Stars, a Thomson Reuters service in 2012 printed in Texas Monthly.
  • Thomas Greenwald was recently quoted in an Associated Press Article, Divorce Dilemma: Texas Says Gays Can't Get Divorced.
  • Thomas Greenwald's byline article, Divorce and the Stay-At-Home Mom, published by Huffington Post.
  • Thomas Greenwald's byline article, Finding a Family Law Attorney, published by Huffington Post.
  • All of the Goranson Bain partners, Thomas Goranson, Angie Bain, Paula Larsen, Thomas Greenwald, Beth Maultsby, and Kathryn Murphy, were selected for inclusion in the list of Texas Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters service in 2011 printed in Texas Monthly.
  • Angie Bain, Paula Larsen, Kathryn Murphy and Thomas Greenwald were selected for inclusion in the lists of Top 100 Lawyers in Dallas/ Ft. Worth, a Thomson Reuters service in 2011printed in Texas Monthly.
  • Angie Bain, Paula Larsen and Kathryn Murphy were selected for inclusion in the list of Top 50 Women Lawyers in Texas, a Thomson Reuters sercie in 2011printed in Texas Monthly.
  • Aimee Pingenot, Clint Westhoff and Lindley Bain were selected for inclusion in the Texas Rising Stars, a Thomson Reuters service in 2011 printed in Texas Monthly.
  • Angie Bain has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Citizens for a Qualified Judiciary.
  • Kathryn Murphy spoke on the topic of Characterization of Property on Divorce at the annual Family Law on the Front Lines course in Austin on June 16, 2011.
  • Tom Greenwald was selected for inclusion in the list of "Best Lawyers in Dallas" by D Magazine in 2011.
  • Kathryn Murphy was the co-course director for the New Frontiers in Marital Property Law Course, State Bar of Texas (Oct. 2010).
  • Kathryn Murphy was the course director for the Collaborative Law Course 2011, State Bar of Texas.
  • Kathryn Murphy was assistant course director for the Collaborative Law Course 2010, State Bar of Texas.
  • Aimee Pingenot and Lindley Bain we recently selected for inclusion on the list of "Rising Stars" by Thomson Reuters for 2011.
  • Tom Greenwald spoke at the Collaborative Law Alliance of Collin County Team Thursday meeting on the topic of collaborative law and premarital, postmarital, and cohabitation agreements.
  • Tom Greenwald spoke at the 2010 New Frontiers in Marital Property Law Course in Scottsdale, Arizona. Tom spoke on the topic of premarital, postmarital, and cohabitation agreements.
  • Paula Larsen was selected for inclusion in the list of "Best Lawyers -- Lawyer of the Year, 2011" in the Practice Area of Collaborative Law: Family Law (Copyright 2011, by Woodward/White, Inc. of Aiken, S.C.).
  • Kathryn Murphy has been elected President of the Texas Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.
  • Paula Larsen has been named chairperson of The Collaborative Alliance.
  • All four female partners, Angie Bain, Paula Larsen, Beth Maultsby, and Kathryn Murphy, were selected for inclusion in the list of "The Best Women Lawyers in Dallas" by D Magazine, 2010.
  • Beth Maultsby spoke at the 36th Annual Advanced Family Law Course on the topic of The Mentally Incompetent Party.
  • Angie Bain has received the prestigious honor of being selected for inclusion in the list of Top 10 Texas Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters service in 2010 printed in Texas Monthly.
  • Thomson Reuters has named Tom Greenwald in the Texas Monthly magazine for inclusion in the list of Top 100 Lawyers in the State of Texas, Top 100 Lawyers in the Dallas/Fort Worth Region, and Texas Super Lawyers,2010.
  • Tom Greenwald has been selected by his peers for inclusion in the "Best Lawyers in America" in the area of Family Law, in the "Best Lawyers in America" ® 2011 (Copyright 2010 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.).
  • Beth Maultsby has been selected by her peers for inclusion in the "Best Lawyers in America" in the area of Family Law, in the "Best Lawyers in America" ® 2011 (Copyright 2010 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.).
  • Paula Larsen has been selected by her peers for inclusion in the "Best Lawyers in America" in the area of Family Law, in the "Best Lawyers in America" ® 2011 (Copyright 2010 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.).
  • Angie Bain has been selected by her peers for inclusion in the "Best Lawyers in America" in the area of Family Law, in the "Best Lawyers in America" ® 2011 (Copyright 2010 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.).
  • Kathryn Murphy has been selected by her peers for inclusion in the "Best Lawyers in America" in the area of Family Law, in the "Best Lawyers in America" ® 2011 (Copyright 2010 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.).
  • Tom Goranson has been selected by his peers for inclusion in the "Best Lawyers in America" in the area of Family Law, in the "Best Lawyers in America" ® 2011 (Copyright 2010 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.).
  • Angie Bain presented at the Advanced Family Law Seminar in August 2009. Angie presented with Dr. John Zervopoulos and Judge Scott Beauchamp on "Conflicting Court- Appointed Mental Health Roles: How to Find Them; How to Handle Them."
  • Angie Bain has been nominated to serve on the State Bar of Texas District 6A Grievance Committee.
  • Once again, Angie Bain, Tom Goranson, Tom Greenwald, Paula Larsen, Beth Maultsby, and Kathryn Murphy have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2010 edition of Best Lawyers in America in the area of Family Law. Angie Bain and Paula Larsen are among a distinguished group of attorneys who have now been listed in Best Lawyers for ten years or longer and Tom Goranson has now been listed for over twenty years. Beth Maultsby was also selected by her peers for recognition in the area of Family Law Mediation and Paula Larsen in the area of Collaborative Law.
  • Paula Larsen has been reappointed to the State Bar of Texas Pattern Jury Charge (Family) Committee.
  • Beth Maultsby spoke at the State Bar of Texas Marriage Dissolution Course in Fort Worth on the topic of "Preparing Your Client for Social Studies and Psychological Evaluations."
  • Kathryn Murphy spoke at the State Bar of Texas Marriage Dissolution Course in Fort Worth on the topic of "Characterization of Marital Property."
  • Kathryn Murphy spoke to the Collin County Bar Association and the Collin County Bar Association Estate Planning Section on the topic of "Premarital and Postmarital Agreements."
  • Kathryn Murphy spoke at the University of Texas School of Law Parent-Child Relationships course in Austin on the topic of "Civil and Ethical Implications of Electronic Evidence."
  • Tom Greenwald spoke at the University of Texas Family Law on the Front Lines course in San Antonio on the topic of "Models of Effective Presentations."
  • Beth Maultsby participated in a panel discussion at the University of Texas Family Law on the Front Lines course in San Antonio on the topic of cases involving substance abuse.
  • Angie Bain wrote a paper on the topic of "Cohabitation Contracts" spoke on the topic at the University of Texas Family Law on the Front Lines course in San Antonio.
  • Kathryn Murphy spoke at the University of Texas Family Law on the Front Lines course in San Antonio on the topic of "Electronic Evidence."
  • Tom Greenwald spoke on the topic of "Models of Effective Presentations" at the 9th Annual Family Law on the Front Lines Conference conducted by The University of Texas School of Law in San Antonio, Texas.
  • Tom Greenwald spoke on the topic of "Models of Effective Presentations and Visual Persuasion: The Effective Use of Trial Aids, Demonstrative Aids, and Summaries" at the 2009 Collin County Bench/Bar Conference conducted by the Collin County Bench Bar Foundation.
  • Tom Greenwald, Tom Goranson, Angie Bain and Kathryn Murphy were selected for inclusion in the list of "Best Lawyers in Dallas" by D Magazine in 2009.
  • Tom Greenwald was selected for inclusion in the list of "Best Lawyer in America" by Woodward/White Press Best Lawyers in America 2009.
  • Thomas Greenwald participated as a panelist on the topic of "Evidentiary and Discovery Issues in Family Law Cases" via webcast conducted by the State Bar of Texas on January 29, 2009. The webcast has been re-webcast several times since the original webcast.
  • All of the Goranson Bain partners, Thomas Goranson, Angie Bain, Paula Larsen, Thomas Greenwald, Beth Maultsby, and Kathryn Murphy, were selected for inclusion in Texas Super Lawyers in the October 2009 edition of Texas Monthly magazine by Thomson Reuters. Only 5 percent of the total lawyers in Texas are recognized as Super Lawyers.
  • Angie Bain was honored by being selected for inclusion in the list of Top 10 Texas Super Lawyers (Thomson Reuters) of 2009. She was also recognized by being selected for inclusion in the list of the top 50 women attorneys in the State of Texas, one of the top 100 lawyers in the Dallas/Fort Worth region and one of the top 100 lawyers in Texas.
  • Paula Larsen was selected by Thomson Reuters in 2009 for inclusion in the list of top 50 women attorneys in the State of Texas, one of the top 100 lawyers in the Dallas/Fort Worth region, and Texas Super Lawyers.
  • Tom Greenwald was selected by Thomson Reuters in 2009 for inclusion in the list of top 100 lawyers in the Dallas/Fort Worth region, and Texas Super Lawyers.
  • Beth Maultsby selected for inclusion in the list of Texas Super Lawyers (Thomson Reuters) in 2009.
  • Kathryn Murphy was selected by Thomson Reuters for inclusion in the list of "Top 100 Texas Super Lawyers" (2004-2009), the "Top 50 Women Texas Super Lawyers" (2003-2010), and the "Top 100 Dallas/Ft. Worth Super Lawyers" (2003-2006; 2008-2009).
  • Tom Goranson participated as a panelist on the topic of "Dealing with Complex Business Entities on Divorce" at the New Frontiers in Marital Property Law Seminar conducted by the State Bar of Texas on October 16, 2008 in Napa, California

Goranson Bain, PLLC
8350 N. Central Expressway
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Dallas, TX 75206
Phone: (214)-699-1923
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Plano, TX 75024
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