Top Rated Family Law Attorney in Austin, TX

A partner at Thompson Salinas Londergan LLP, Carlos G. Salinas focuses his practice exclusively on family law matters. Located in Austin, Texas, he provides advice and counsel to Travis County residents who are facing the end of their marriages and who are grappling with such divorce-related issues as child custody and visitation, alimony, child support, and the division of complex community assets and debts. Having been trained in both collaborative law and mediation, Mr. Salinas will often encourage his clients to attempt to reach an agreement using one of these alternative dispute resolution methods. However, he has extensive litigation experience as well, and he has proven to be a forceful courtroom advocate.

Fluent in both English and Spanish, Mr. Salinas has experience in other types of family law matters as well. In particular, he assists clients whose children have been abducted across borders by the other parent to seek relief under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. Mr. Salinas also helps clients who are attempting to enforce or modify existing court orders, and he files motions for protective orders on behalf of people who have been the victims of domestic violence. He also regularly reviews and prepares prenuptial agreements. Highly regarded by his fellow professionals for his track record and high degree of ethics, he has received a 10.0 "Superb" peer review rating through Avvo.

Majoring in international business, Mr. Salinas attended Georgetown University and received a bachelor's degree in 1998. He then pursued his legal education at The University of Texas at Austin School of Law and obtained his Juris Doctor in 2003. Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Salinas was a staff attorney at Texas RioGrande Legal Aid, Inc. He is an active participant in numerous legal and community organizations.