Lindsey Obenhaus is an experienced family lawyer who excels in handling complicated financial issues in divorce, including business and real estate valuations, complex property division, and asset tracing. As a former prosecutor, Lindsey uses her extensive courtroom experience and strategic thinking to help clients make informed decisions to achieve the best outcomes possible.
Lindsey is known for her experience with complex child custody cases, including ones that require her to work with child protective services or serve as an amicus attorney or a guardian or attorney ad litem, as well as cases involving interstate adoptions, termination of adoption, paternity disputes, and grandparents’ rights. She is also skilled at handling cases involving addiction, mental illness, or domestic abuse, and she has a wealth of experience with couples looking to create cohabitation agreements or pre-or post-marital agreements.
Lindsey was named D Magazine’s Best Lawyer in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 & 2026 and was also named to D Magazine’s Top Lawyers Under 40 for three consecutive years. Lindsey is Board Certified in Family Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and is a Fellow of the prestigious American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and International Academy of Family Lawyers. She was selected to be a member of the 2020 Dallas Bar Association Women’s Empowered to Lead Program and the 2021 State Bar of Texas LeadershipSBOT Program. Lindsey was also selected to the 2023 D CEO Emerging Women’s Leadership Network, a group of professional up-and-coming female leaders in the Dallas community.
Working out of our Dallas and Plano office locations, Lindsey is a partner at Goranson Bain Ausley and a highly experienced Dallas divorce attorney.
Honors & Awards
Inclusion in The Best Lawyers in
America © in the field of Family Law, Best Lawyers, 2024 – 2026
Selected to the Texas Super Lawyers list,
Thomson Reuters, 2024 & 2025
Best Lawyers in Dallas, D Magazine, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
& 2026
Inclusion in The Best Lawyers in
America: Ones to Watch © in the field of Family Law, Best Lawyers,
2021 & 2022
Selected to the Texas Rising Star list,
Thomson Reuters, 2022 – 2024
Best Lawyers Under 40, D Magazine, 2021, 2022, 2023, & 2024
Articles
Hidden Assets in Divorce and How Forensic Accountants
Find Them April 27, 2026
Inventory and Appraisement in a Texas Divorce: What It Is
and How to Complete It January 27, 2026
Co-Parenting Connected: Simplifying Communication November
19, 2025
Divorce Mediator vs. Attorney: Which Do You Need? July
10, 2025
Signs of a Toxic Marriage and How to Get Out February
20, 2025
Emotional Affairs and Divorce August 6,
2024
Female Divorce Lawyers in the Dallas-Fort Worth Area July
11, 2024
When Worlds Collide: Immigration Law Issues Within a
Family Law Practice July 11, 2024
Alcohol and Child Custody: Protecting Your Child’s Safety
With an Alcoholic Co-Parent May 30, 2024
Navigating Divorce as a Working Mom July
17, 2023
Modifying your Texas Divorce Decree is Not a Do-it-Yourself
Project April 19, 2023
5 Essential Tips for Working Moms & Divorce April
5, 2023
How to Split Stock Options and Restricted Stock Units in
Divorce March 3, 2023
What Happens When Co-parents Disagree on the COVID
Vaccine in Texas? August 17, 2021
Job Loss & Child Support During Coronavirus April
1, 2020
How Domestic Violence Impacts Family Law Cases September
30, 2019
Tips for Financial Wellness in Divorce July
31, 2018
Publications & Speeches
Planning Committee, 2026 Marriage Dissolution
Institute “Building Better Outcomes: Neurodivergence & Divorce”
“Client Preparation & Setting
Expectations” American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers National Family Law
Conference, 2025
Guest Speaker at the SMU Dedman School of Law
2023, 2024, 2025 (Family Law class)
“AI for Family Lawyers,” The Melinda Eitzen
Podcast, 2024
“Professional Women & Divorce” the Holly
Draper Podcast, 2023
Presenter in Mock Trial, February 2023 Texas
Academy of Family Law Specialists Trial Institute (Angelina Jolie vs. Brad Pitt
Divorce)
Author & Presenter, “Community Property
Pitfalls for Estate Planning and Probate Attorneys” 2023 DBA Probate Section
Bench Bar
Author, “When Worlds Collide – Family Law
& Immigration Law,” October 2022 DBA Headnotes
Author, “Protective Orders,” Advanced Family
Law Conference, August 2021
Moderator, “Assisting Legal Aid (or other Non-Profits)
during the Pandemic with Domestic Violence on the Rise,“ American Bar
Association webinar, July, 2021
Presenter, “Dragnet: Alcohol & Drug
Testing & Devices that Actually Work” Family Law Essentials- Giving Back to
Your Community, 2021
Guest on the “#Lawyered” Podcast, “Balancing
Motherhood and Lawyering,” May, 2021
Author, “Covid-19 and Family Law: What Every
Practitioner Needs to Know.” Texas Bar Journal, May 2019
Author and Presenter, “Taking the Board
Certification Exam,” Advanced Family Law Conference, August 2020
Author and Presenter, “Overlapping Issues in
Criminal Law and Family Law” – 2019 DBA Criminal Law Section, Dallas
Presenter, “Drafting Emergency Affidavits” –
2018 Dallas Association of Paralegals, Dallas
Presenter, “Family Law for Domestic Violence
Advocates” – 2016 Latinos Against Domestic Violence Annual Conference, Dallas
Author, “Evidence Tools in Family Violence
Cases” – October 2015 DBA Headnotes, Dallas
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.
