Ms. Esther R. Donald

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Ms. Esther R. Donald: Attorney with Goranson Bain Ausley Family Law

Biography

Esther Donald was trained as a mediator in the early 1990s, igniting her passion for solving legal problems through alternative dispute resolution. Her clients value her ability to resolve their family law disputes outside the courtroom with favorable financial outcomes and minimal collateral damage to children. Esther is a parent and stepparent who understands the realities of divorce and blended families. She mixes her life experience and legal training with logic, patience, and persuasion to move even the most emotional family law cases toward a more peaceful future for her clients and their families. She listens closely, asks the right questions, and works tirelessly to exceed her clients’ expectations.

Areas of Practice (22)

  • Family Partner Violence and Divorce
  • Divorce
  • Collaborative Divorce
  • Negotiated Divorce
  • High Net Worth Divorce
  • Gray Divorce
  • Amicable Divorce
  • Prenuptial and Postnuptial Agreements
  • Parenting Schedules
  • Divorce for Women
  • Divorce for Men
  • LGBT Divorce
  • LGBT Parenting Rights
  • Property Division
  • Dividing the Marital Home
  • Characterization of Separate and Community Property
  • Business Valuation in Divorce
  • Complex Property
  • Divorce for Business Owners
  • Mental Health and Addiction in Divorce
  • Grandparent Visitation and Custody Rights in Texas
  • Pre-Divorce Guidance

Education & Credentials

University Attended:
University of Texas at Austin, B.A., in English with honors, 1985
Law School Attended:
University of Texas School of Law, J.D., Texas Law Review, Associate Editor, 1988
Year of First Admission:
1988
Admission:
1988, Texas; 1988, U.S. District Court, Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas
Memberships:

Collaborative Divorce Texas, Member; Collin County Bar Association, Alternative Dispute Resolution Section, Secretary, Charter Board Member; Collin County Bar Association, Family Law Section, Member; Collaborative Divorce Collin County, President, 2024, Member; Dallas Bar Association, Fellow, Membership Chair, 2022, Board Member, 2021-23, Member, 2024-present; Dallas Bar Association, Collaborative Law Section, Chair, 2019 – 2020, Vice Chair, 2018 – 2019; Dallas Bar Association, Family Law Section, Member; Dallas Bar Foundation, Fellow, 2019; State Bar of Texas, Collaborative Law Council, Vice President, 2024 – 2025; State Bar of Texas, Collaborative Law Section, Member; State Bar of Texas Annual Collaborative Law Course, 2020 – Planning Committee Member and Speaker, 2021 – Assistant Course Director, 2022 – Course Director, 2023, 2024, 2025 – Planning Committee Member and Speaker; State Bar of Texas, Family Law Section, Member; Texas Center for the Judiciary, Presenter 2024 Family Justice Conference and Regional Conferences; Texas Family Law Foundation, Member

Birth Information:
St. Louis, Missouri, April 30, 1963
ISLN:
902009842

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214-838-7998  Phone

214-373-9959  Fax

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