Kelly Caperton Fischer is a partner with Goranson Bain Ausley and respected family lawyer in Austin, Texas. In 2024, she was honored as Lawyer of the Year for Collaborative Law in Austin by Best Lawyers©, and she has received the Austin Top Attorney award from Austin Monthly Magazine for three consecutive years. Kelly is actively involved with the Texas Family Law Foundation, the Family Law Section of the Austin Bar Association, and Volunteer Legal Services. Having been a family lawyer at Goranson Bain Ausley since 2006, she has been consistently recognized on the Texas Super Lawyers list by Thomson Reuters since 2021 and included in The Best Lawyers in America© in the field of Family Law from 2021 to 2026. A native Texan raised in Austin, Kelly completed her undergraduate studies at Texas A&M University and earned her law degree from the University of Texas School of Law.
Honors & Awards
Selected to the Texas Super Lawyers list,
Thomson Reuters, 2021 – 2025
Inclusion in The Best Lawyers in
America© in the field of Family Law, Best Lawyers, 2021-2026
Inclusion in The Best Lawyers in
America© in the field of Collaborative Law: Family Law, Best Lawyers, 2021
-2026
Named the Best Lawyers©
Collaborative Law: Family Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Austin, Best Lawyers,
2024
Named to the 500 Leading Family Lawyers List,
LawDragon, 2025 – 2026
Austin’s Top Attorneys, Austin Monthly
Magazine, 2020 & 2022 – 2024
Selected to the Texas Rising Stars list,
Thomson Reuters, 2009 – 2012, 2018, 2019
Articles
Protecting Your Child’s Well-Being Through a Constructive
Approach to Custody November 21, 2025
How to Minimize the Negative Effects of Divorce on
Children October 11, 2024
How to Navigate Co-Parenting During Texas Covid-19
Reopening Pause July 27, 2020
How to Successfully Navigate Co-Parenting During
Coronavirus Webinar April 22, 2020
Is a Flat Fee Divorce Right for You? February
28, 2020
Co-parenting Tips for Summer Fun May 17,
2018
The Effects of Divorce on Children of All Ages August
31, 2016
Publications & Speeches
“Financially Surviving a Divorce“,
Money Circle ATX, 2020
“Regaining Financial Control
Post-Divorce“, Money Circle ATX, 2020
“Child Support Agreements.” Author, Advanced
Family Law Seminar 2013, State Bar of Texas, 2013
“Traveling Light: Collaborative Law Without
Paralegals or Assistants”, Co-Author, Collaborative Law Spring Conference 2008,
State Bar of Texas, 2008
“Child Support (What Do Judges Do in Various
Counties) Above & Below the Guidelines, the High Income Earners (Death of
the Obligor),” Co-Author, Marriage Dissolution Institute, State Bar of Texas
and Family Law Section, 2008
“Closing the File” Co-Author, Summer School,
State Bar College, State Bar of Texas, 2008
Presentations
“Professionalism for the Paralegal.” Texas
Advanced Paralegal Seminar 2014, The Paralegal Division of the State Bar of
Texas, 2014
“Volunteer Legal Services: Judge and Attorney
Panel.” Austin Bar Association Family Law Section CLE, 2014
“QDROs” Family Law Essentials, Family Law
Council, Marble Falls, Texas, 2009
“Spousal Maintenance and Alimony” Family Law
Essentials, Family Law Council, Seguin, Texas, 2008
“Collaborative Law” Alternative Dispute
Resolution Course, University of Texas Law School, Professor Cynthia Bryant,
2008
Professional Associations
Texas Advocacy Project previously Women’s
Advocacy Project
Volunteer: lawyer, 2006 – present
Volunteer Legal Services of Central Texas
Volunteer: mentor and lawyer, 2006 – present
AV Preeminent®: The highest peer rating standard. This rating signifies a large number of the lawyer’s peers rank him
or her at the highest level of professional excellence for their legal knowledge, communication skills and ethical standards.
Distinguished: An excellent rating for a lawyer with some experience. This rating indicates the attorney is widely
respected by their peers for high professional achievement and ethical standards.
Notable: This rating indicates that the lawyer has been recognized by a large number of their peers for strong ethical standards.
