Kristiana Butler is Board Certified in Family Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. She is recognized for delivering strategic, results-oriented counsel to high-net-worth individuals, business owners, and professionals. With extensive experience in the complex financial and legal aspects of divorce, Kristiana is dedicated to safeguarding her clients’ separate property, business interests, and overall wealth.
A divorce lawyer with Goranson Bain Ausley in Austin, Kristiana is known for her meticulous attention to detail and proactive approach. She excels in managing intricate financial portfolios, business valuations, and asset tracing. Whether through skilled negotiation, Collaborative Divorce, or assertive courtroom advocacy, she partners closely with her clients to develop personalized strategies that protect their interests and secure their future. Kristiana also handles appeals of trial court decisions across Texas.
Kristiana is a trusted advisor for clients navigating significant personal and professional transitions. She combines her legal expertise with a compassionate, client-focused approach, ensuring that every client’s unique goals and concerns remain a priority.
Kristiana has practiced family law exclusively since 2013 and is trained in Collaborative Divorce and mediation. Her dedication to excellence has been widely recognized; she has been named a Rising Star by Super Lawyers from 2017 to 2025, a Top Attorney by Austin Monthly Magazine from 2020 to 2024 and has been included in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch every year since 2020.
Honors & Awards
Selected to the Texas Super Lawyers list,
Thomson Reuters, 2024 & 2025
Inclusion in The Best Lawyers in
America: Ones to Watch © in the field of Family Law, Best Lawyers,
2020-2023
Inclusion in The Best Lawyers in
America © in the field of Family Law, Best Lawyers, 2024 – 2026
Inclusion in The Best Lawyers in
America © in the field of Collaborative Law: Family Law, Best Lawyers,
2024 – 2026
Inclusion in The Best Lawyers in
America © in the field of Family Law Mediation, Best Lawyers, 2024 –
2026
Austin’s Top Attorneys, Austin Monthly
Magazine, 2020 – 2024
Selected to the Texas Rising Star list,
Thomson Reuters, 2017 – 2023
Up-and-Coming 100: Texas Rising Stars List,
Thomson Reuters, 2023
Up-and-Coming 50: Women Texas Rising Stars
List, Thomson Reuters, 2023
Articles
Navigating Changes in Texas Family Law: A Review of the
Updated Reimbursement Statute February 24, 2025
What Is A Good Divorce Process For LGBT+ Divorce In
Texas? February 26, 2024
Remote Learning and Child Custody September
2, 2020
Expect the Unexpected: COVID-19 and Possession Schedules
in the 2020-21 School Year June 9, 2020
How to Successfully Navigate Co-Parenting During
Coronavirus Webinar April 22, 2020
Sheltering-in-Place and Intimate Partner Violence:
Seeking Help During an Emergency March 27, 2020
Publications & Speeches
“Family Law Settlement Agreements:
Rule 11s, ISAs, MSAs, Collaborative Settlement Agreements, and Arbitration”,
author, State Bar of Texas, 2020
“Drafting Enforceable Orders”,
author, Advanced Family Law 101, State Bar of Texas, 2019
“Professionalism: Lessons Learned”,
co-author, Advanced Family Law, State Bar of Texas, 2019
“Which Way Do We Go?”, co-author, Drafting
Considerations in Jurisdiction, Advanced Drafting, State Bar of Texas, 2017
Texas Family Law Foundation’s Annotated Texas
Family Code, contributor, 2017
Presentations
“Family Law Settlement Agreements: Rule 11s,
ISAs, MSAs, Collaborative Settlement Agreements, and Arbitration,
presenter, State Bar of Texas, 2020
“Temporary Orders,” Volunteer Legal Services
Divorce Basics Seminar, 2019
“Social Media, Discovery and Ethics”, State
Bar of Texas Paralegal Division, TAPS Seminar, 2019
“Modifications”, Victoria Family Law
Essentials Seminar, Pro Bono Committee of the Family Law Section of the State
Bar of Texas, 2019
“Divorce 101”, Speaker, Williamson County/WLS
Presentation Series, May 2018
Certifications
Board Certified in Family Law, Texas Board of Legal
Specialization, 2024
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.
