
Practice Areas: Family Law; view more
Licensed in Texas since: 1986
Education: Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law
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Law Office of Carol A. Wilson, PLLC
3710 Rawlins StreetSuite 1420
Dallas, TX 75219 Visit website
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Carol A. Wilson provides expertise, focus and compassion in times of family turmoil, having skillfully litigated and tried complex divorce, property division, and child custody cases for more than 35 years. Since 1992, she has been Board Certified in Family Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, a rigorous designation with additional experience, educational, and testing requirements..She also completed the intensive National Family Law Trial Institute in 2017.
Carol believes that quality representation means using the lawyer’s version of the Golden Rule: treat your clients as you would want to be treated. Thorough preparation is one of the keys to Carol’s success, and she knows that the most effective way to settle is to prepare so thoroughly that she is ready to go to trial — and the other side knows it.
Carol has been recognized by her peers for her work in family law, including honors from The Best Lawyers in America®, Best Law Firms, Super Lawyers, D Magazine’s Best Lawyers in Dallas, and Martindale-Hubbell.
Carol earned her law degree from Southern Methodist University School of Law in 1985 and her bachelor’s degree, cum laude, in 1981 from Greenville University, which named her its Outstanding Alumnus of 2019. She is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas, and all Texas State Courts. A leader in her legal community, she is classed as a Master in the Annette Stewart Inns of Court and is a fellow of the Dallas Bar Foundation.
Practice areas
Family LawFocus areas
Adoption, Child Support, Custody & Visitation, Dissolution, Divorce, Marital Property, Paternity, Prenuptial Agreements
- 100% Family Law
First Admitted: 1986, Texas
Professional Webpage: https://cawilsonlaw.com/our-people
- Supreme Court of the United States Bar, 2016-present
- Dallas Bar Association Equality Committee, 2021
- State Bar of Texas, American Bar Association, Dallas Bar Association
- Dallas Women Lawyers Association, President - 1992, Advisory Board - 2019-2021
- Grievance Committee District 1A, State Bar of Texas, 1993-1999
- Annette Stewart Inns of Court, Member, 2008-2011, 2014-2017
- Dallas Bar Family Law Section Board of Directors, 2012-2018
- Dallas Bar Foundation Fellows Class of 2016
- National Family Law Trial Institute, 2017
- Texas Family Law Foundation Lobbyist Volunteer, 2017, 2019
- Dallas Bar Association, 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment Committee, 2020
- Board Certified Family Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 1992
- Dallas Bar Association Equality Committee, 2021
- Attorneys Serving the Community, 2011-present; Charity Selection Committee 2012, 2013; Meeting locations 2014, 2015; Speaker Selection Committee 2016; Chair Networking Committee 2018-current.
- Tex Protects Public Policy Committee, 2011-2019
- Scurry-Rosser Independent School District, School Board, 2011-2014
- ABC Circle of Influence, 2010-2018
- North Texas Council of Child Welfare Boards, Secretary, 2005-2006
- Dallas Women's Foundation Board, 2005-2008; Endowment Fund-Raising Committee 2002; Corporate Fundraising Committee 2003-2007; Advocacy Committee 2006; Grants Committee, 2008
- Kaufman County Child Welfare Board, 1999-2006; President, 2002-2005; Vice President, 2006
- Best Law Firms, 2020-present, BL Rankings, LLC
- Best Lawyers in Dallas, 2018-present, D Magazine
- Super Lawyers, 2003-2004, 2012-present; Top 100: Dallas/Fort Worth: 2017, 2019 - 2020, 2023 - present; Top 50: Women: 2017 - present, Thomson Reuters
- The Best Lawyers in America, 2019-present, BL Rankings, LLC
- Distinguished Alumnus, 2019, Greenville University
- Spirit Award, Dallas County Dispute Resolution Center, 2017
- AV Rating, Martindale-Hubbell
- Women to Watch, Today's Dallas Woman Magazine, 1998
- Greenville University, Greenville, Illinois, B.A., Cum Laude, 1981
- Panelist, The Intersection of Immigration and Family Law, Dallas Bar Association - Immigration Law Section, Immigration, Family Law, 2021
- Texas Separate and Community Property, Speaker, First Subtract Then Divide, CPAs, CFPs, Lawyers, 2018
- "Before You Crunch the Numbers, Know the Difference Between Separate and Community Property," Dallas Bar Association - North Dallas Section, July 9, 2010, Texas Society of CPA's, CPE Expo 2012, San Antonio, Houston and Arlington, and various other locations, 2013
- "Pillow Talk Negotiations, a/k/a Marital Agreements," Dallas Bar Association, Friday Clinic, and Northern Trust, 2013, 2013
- "Pets or Competitors: Horses in Family Law," with Larry Sullivant, Judge 235th Ret. and Paul French, III, CPA, Dallas Bar Family Law Section, Kaufman Bar Association, and Denton County Bar Association, 2004
- “Court for our Kids: A study in direct and cross examination of fact and expert witnesses.” Kaufman County Bar Association, Course Director, 2003
- “Protecting the Interests of Our Children, Mock Trial,” Kaufman County Bar Association, Course Director, 2002
- "Ethics in Family Law," Kaufman County Bar Association, September, 2001
- Texas Tech Law Review. VOL 27, No. 2, "Evidence, 1995", 1996
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Office location for Carol A. Wilson
3710 Rawlins Street
Suite 1420
Dallas, TX 75219
Phone: 214-785-6153
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