Focusing on the future rather than the past results in better decisions, Lindley Bain believes and counsels divorcing clients to strive for healthy, attainable goals. Relying on her background as an M.B.A. in Finance, Lindley offers a constructive and financially-minded approach to complex and difficult family, property, and business issues. Lindley is Board Certified in Family Law. She practices both Collaborative and traditional litigation with both creativity and compassion to address both their financial and emotional divorce.
Lindley received her Bachelor’s degree from Austin College and her Juris Doctor and M.B.A. in Finance from Southern Methodist University. Lindley has been continually named to The Best Lawyers in America© in the field of Family Law since 2015. Lindley practices in both Austin and Dallas.
- Southern Methodist University
- MBA (2007) | Finance
- SMU Dedman School of Law
- J.D. (2007)
- Austin College
- B.A. (2002) | Honors Spanish and International Studies
- Honors: Cum Laude
- Goranson Bain Ausley
- - Current
- Associate Attorney: June 2007 - December 2013, Partner: December 2013 - Present, Managing Partner: January 2021 - Present
- Characterization of Property in a Divorce, TAPS Seminar
- State Bar of Texas Paralegal Division
- Making a Better Agreement, Collaborative Law Course, Austin
- State Bar of Texas
- 2018
- Board Certified in Family Law
- Texas Board Of Legal Specialization
- The Best Lawyers in America, Family Law
- Best Lawyers
- Awarded since 2015.
- The Best Lawyers in America, Collaborative Law, Family Law
- Best Lawyers
- Awarded since 2024
- The Best Lawyers in America, Family Law Mediation
- Best Lawyers
- Awarded since 2024
- Texas Super Lawyers
- Thomson Reuters
- Awarded since 2020.
- 500 Leading Family Lawyers List
- LawDragon
- State Bar of Texas  # 24058566
- Member
- Current
- Austin Bar Association
- Member
- Current
- Austin Young Lawyers Association
- Member
- Current
- Collaborative Professionals of Dallas
- Member
- Current
- Annette Stewart Inn of Court
- Member
- Current
- Texas
- Credit Cards Accepted
- Family Law
- Adoption, Child Custody, Child Support, Father's Rights, Guardianship & Conservatorship, Paternity, Prenups & Marital Agreements, Restraining Orders, Same Sex Family Law
- Divorce
- Collaborative Law, Contested Divorce, Property Division, Same Sex Divorce, Spousal Support & Alimony, Uncontested Divorce
- English: Spoken, Written