Practice areas: Family Law, Personal Injury; view more
Licensed in Texas since: 2018
Education: Georgia State University College of Law
Languages spoken: English, French
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2025 
Selected to Rising Stars: 2022 - 2024 With extensive knowledge in family law and tort litigation, Jeffrey Connelly is an Austin, Texas, lawyer with a strong trial background. He is a Partner at the law firm of Cofer & Connelly, PLLC. He handles cases related to divorce, child custody and support, spousal maintenance, high-asset divorce and complex property division, and marital torts.
Mr. Connelly began his higher education by earning his Bachelor of Arts in philosophy and French from The University of the South in 2008. He later pursued his legal education at the Georgia State University College of Law and obtained his Juris Doctor in 2012. He participated in the Linz Austin Summer Program in commercial arbitration at Johannes Kepler University Linz.
Out of law school, Mr. Connelly gained valuable trial experience at the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office where he worked as an Assistant District Attorney. Mr. Connelly is licensed to practice in all the state courts of Texas and Georgia. His other professional admissions include the Supreme Court of Texas, the Supreme Court of Georgia, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, and the U.S. District Courts for the North and Middle Districts of Georgia.
The National Trial Lawyers recognized Mr. Connelly’s contributions by naming him in the Top 40 Under 40 Civil Plaintiff Lawyers list in 2020. He also won The Austin Chronicle's “Best of Austin” Award in 2021, 2022, and 2023. He won the Avvo Clients’ Choice Award and holds a AV Preeminent Peer Rating by Martindale-Hubbell.
Mr. Connelly is a member of the State Bar of Texas, the Austin Bar Association, the State Bar of Georgia, the American Bar Association, the Austin Young Lawyers Association, the Texas Trial Lawyers Association, the Capital Area Trial Lawyers Association, the Texas Bar College, and is a fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation.
Focusing his efforts on serving the community, Mr. Connelly frequently volunteers to provide services to the people in need. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Hill Country Conservancy, a nonprofit that preserves vital natural resources.
Practice areas
Family Law, Personal Injury - General: PlaintiffFocus areas
Alimony & Spousal Support, Animal Bites, Assault, Brain Injury, Child Support, Construction Accident, Custody & Visitation, Dissolution, Divorce, Domestic Violence, Dram Shop Laws, Father's Rights, Juvenile Law, Marital Property, Mediation & Collaborative Law, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Name Change, Paternity, Personal Injury - Plaintiff, Premises Liability - Plaintiff, Prenuptial Agreements, Same Sex Family Law, Sexual Abuse - Plaintiff, Slip and Fall, Trucking Accidents, Wrongful Death
- 50% Family Law
- 50% Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff
First Admitted: 2012, Georgia
Professional Webpage: https://www.coferconnelly.com/about-us/jeffrey-connelly/
Bar / Professional Activity
- Admitted to State Bar of Georgia, 2012
- Texas Bar Foundation
- United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia
- United States District Court for the North District of Georgia
- United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
- United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- Supreme Court of Georgia
- Supreme Court of Texas
- American Bar Association
- State Bar of Georgia
- Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
- Austin Young Lawyers Association
- Capital Area Trial Lawyers Association
- Texas Trial Lawyers Association
- Austin Bar Association - Family Law Section
- Texas Bar College
- Admitted to State Bar of Texas, 2018
Verdicts / Settlements (Case Results)
- Tried a 2 day final trial divorce case before the Honorable Amy Clark Meachum in the 201st District Court of Travis County, TX and secured a fantastic result for my client with regard to property division and awarding him primary custody of his two minor children. , 2023
- Tried a 3 days final trial in a Suit Affecting the Parent Child Relationship before the Honorable Maya Guerra-Gamble in the 459th Travis County District Court and secured a great result for our client. , 2023
Special Licenses / Certifications
- The Texas Bar College is a professional society of legal scholars who are leaders in the Texas legal community and champions of legal education. Our members are committed to high ethical standards and improved training for all legal professionals.
Pro bono / Community Service
- Serve on Board of Directors of the Hill Country Conservancy
- Member, Shoal Creek Conversancy Headwaters Circle (2021-Present)
- Fellow of Texas Bar Foundation
- I serve as the Governance Chair of the Violet Crown Trail Stewardship Council, a group of governmental and private partners tasked with creating and maintaining an approximately 30-mile multijurisdictional trail that will ultimately extend from Barton Springs in Austin south into Hays County.
Honors
- Choice Award, Avvo Client's
- Georgia Trend Legal Elite, 2015
- As a prosecutor with the Fulton County DA's office, I tried a case before a jury that returned a guilty on all count verdict in under 30 minutes. The DA gave me a "Clock Award" for the accomplishment, Clock Award - Jury Verdict Returned Under 30 Minutes, 2016
- The District Attorney awarded me with a Trial Division Leadership Award, Trial Division Leadership Award, 2017
- National Trial Lawyers 40 under 40 in Civil Plaintiff Litigation, 2020, 2020
Educational Background
- Johannes Kepler University in Linz Austin Summer Program in Commercial Arbitration, 2010
- Sewanee: The University of the South, BA with Honors (Philosophy and French), 2008
- IAU Aix-en-Provence, France School of Humanities, 2006
These comments were made by fellow attorneys during the annual nomination process.
“He's the best family law attorney in Austin. Brilliant and kind.”
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2025
- Rising Stars: 2022 - 2024
