Thomas P. Carnes
Resolving disputes for businesses and individuals since 1992.
Tom Carnes is a civil trial lawyer and mediator in Fredericksburg, Texas, in the heart of the Texas Hill Country.
Tom's practice in business litigation includes a broad range of matters, ranging from contracts, to real estate litigation, to construction disputes, to competitive hiring and trade secret litigation. His family law practice includes, but is not limited to, collaborative divorce matters. His traditional family law practice includes all aspects of family law, including divorce, child custody, modification, and enforcement.
Tom also serves as a neutral third-party mediator in a broad range of business and family law matters.
Tom is from Denton, Texas. He graduated from the University of North Texas with BBA and MBA degrees, and The University of Houston Law Center with a JD, magna cum laude.
Tom lives with his wife Beverly on their ranch outside of Fredericksburg, Texas, where they raise heritage breeds of sheep and together run Agarita Creek, A Texas Hill Country Ranch Retreat, a hospitality business. The Carnes are active in Saint Barnabas Episcopal Church in Fredericksburg, where Tom is the mentor for the Education for Ministry program, sponsored by the School of Theology at the University of the South (Sewanee).
- University of Houston Law Center
- Juris Doctor (1992)
- Honors: Graduated magna cum laude; Order of the Coif; Order of the Barons
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- University of North Texas
- MBA (1988)
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- University of North Texas
- BBA (1983)
- Honors: Jack Johnson Memorial Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Economics
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- Owner
- Thomas P. Carnes, Attorney & Mediator
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- Carnes Ely, LLC
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- Owner
- Thomas P. Carnes, Attorney
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- Associate
- Locke Liddell & Sapp
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- Associate
- Seiler Cohn & Stebbins
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- Associate
- Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP
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- Collaborative Divorce Texas
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- College of the State Bar of Texas
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- State Bar of Texas # 00783795
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- Texas
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- Credit Cards Accepted
- Arbitration & Mediation
- Business Arbitration, Consumer Arbitration, Family Arbitration
- Divorce
- Collaborative Law, Contested Divorce, Property Division, Same Sex Divorce, Spousal Support & Alimony, Uncontested Divorce
- Estate Planning
- Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills
- Family Law
- Adoption, Child Custody, Child Support, Father's Rights, Guardianship & Conservatorship, Paternity, Prenups & Marital Agreements, Restraining Orders, Same Sex Family Law