Amber Liddell Alwais
Top rated Family Law attorney in San Antonio, Texas
Orsinger, Nelson, Downing and Anderson, LLP
Practice areas: Family Law, Appellate
Licensed in Texas since: 1996
Education: St. Mary's University School of Law
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2013 - 2026 
Selected to Rising Stars: 2008 - 2010 Orsinger, Nelson, Downing and Anderson, LLP
425 SoledadSuite 550
San Antonio, TX 78205 Phone: 210-225-5567 Email: Amber Liddell Alwais Visit website
Details 
Amber Liddell Alwais handles all areas of Family Law matters for her clients. Her practice involves divorce, property division, custody, adoptions, child support, and grandparents’ rights and interstate Family Law issues, as well as appeals. Her experience serving as a former staff attorney for the Civil District Judges of Bexar County has provided her with insight greatly benefiting clients during the litigation process. She is a frequent speaker and author on a wide range of complex Family Law issues and serves as an instructor at The University of Texas at San Antonio and San Antonio College. She is Board Certified in Family Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.
First Admitted: 1996, Texas
Professional Webpage: https://www.ondafamilylaw.com/attorney/amber-liddell-alwais/
Bar / Professional Activity
- Texas Bar Foundation, Fellow, 2015-Present
- San Antonio Family Lawyers Association, Member, 2010 – Present; Vice-President, 2015-2016
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1996
- Bexar County Women’s Bar Association, Bench Brunch Volunteers Chair, 2007 – Present
- Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists, Member, 2010 – Present
- San Antonio Bar Association, Family Law Section, Sergeant at Arms, 2009 – Present
- College of the State Bar of Texas, Member, 2001 – Present
- San Antonio Bar Foundation, Member, 2004 – Present
- U.S. District Court Western District of Texas, 1997
- Bexar County Women’s Bar Association, Chair, Judicial Liaisons, 2002 – 2005
- TACA (Texas Association of Court Administrators), Member, 2010 – Present
- Bexar County Women’s Bar Association, Member
- San Antonio Bar Association, Family Law Section, Vice President, 2013 – Present
- State Bar of Texas, Family Law Section, Member, 2000
- Extreme Family Law Makeover, Course Director, 2008 – 2010
- State Bar of Texas, 1996
- CASA of San Antonio, Board Member, 2001 – 2006
- U.S. Supreme Court of Texas, 1996
- Bexar County Women’s Bar Association, Bench Brunch Volunteers Chair, 2003 – 2005
- San Antonio Family Lawyers Association, Treasurer, 2010 – Present
- San Antonio Bar Association, Family Law Section, Board Member, 2006 – Present
- Texas Association of Family Law Specialists, Member, 2010 – Present
Representative Clients
- Due to the nature of Family Law, clients are kept confidential.
Special Licenses / Certifications
- Board Certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization - Family Law, 2009
Educational Background
- St. Mary's University School of Law, J.D., 1996
- Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas, B.A. magna cum laude, 1993
Scholarly Lectures / Writings
- When Your Opponent Has a Fool for a Client: Facing the Pro Se Party and Getting Through a Jane Doe Application from Beginning to End: The Parental By-Pass Notification Act 2000 Judicial Seminar
- Featured, Texas Bar Journal, ”The San Antonio Pro Se Assistance Program,” October 2000
- Speaker: 2001 and 2002 Judicial Section Annual Conference
- Presenter, Reconciling the Interdisciplinary Model with the Texas Lawyer’s Creed, Kids First, Parents Second, September 25, 2015
- Speaker: Texas Association of Domestic Relations Office, 2014; Texas Association of Court Administrators, 2009-2011; Corpus Christi Bar Association Annual CLE, October 2009; Texas Post Adoption Professionals Annual Meeting, 2000-2005; various San Antonio Bar Association CLE Lunches, 2002-2004; Advanced Family Law Course, 2000; State Bar Leaders Seminar, 2000; Texas Wills & Estates Seminar, 1997
- Co-Course Director, Extreme Family Law Makeover, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2018
- Surviving Presiding Court in Bexar County, Texas, presented annually to St. Mary's University School of Law Students and at Trying a Custody Case on a Shoestring Budget and The Anatomy of a Civil Trial
- Understanding Real Value, 2008 Advanced Family Law Course
- Using Summary Judgments in Family Law, 2006 Advanced Family Law Course
Other Outstanding Achievements
- The National Advocates, Top 100, 2015
- Associate Judge, City of San Antonio, 2006-2009
Honors
- Best Lawyers in America, Family Law, 2018-2021
- Texas Super Lawyers by Thomson Reuters, 2013-2020
- Texas Rising Stars by Thomson Reuters, as published in Texas Monthly, 2008-2010
- San Antonio’s Top Attorneys, S.A. Scene Magazine, 2007–2010, 2012–2017
- Outstanding Young Lawyer of the Year, Women’s Bar Association of Bexar County, 2003
- President’s Award, San Antonio Bar Association - Family Law Section, 2012-2013
Office location for Amber Liddell Alwais
425 Soledad
Suite 550
San Antonio, TX 78205
Selections
14 Years Super Lawyers
3 Years Rising Stars
- Super Lawyers: 2013 - 2026
- Rising Stars: 2008 - 2010