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, education, 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.
In addition to owning The Law Office of Carol A. Wilson, PLLC, Carol is Of Counsel to Siebman Law, LLP, a prominent Northeast Texas litigation boutique. 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.
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How does owning a business affect a property division? January 2023
I was Board Certified in Family Law 30 years ago. These are the three most important lessons I've learned. November 2022
Marital Agreements Must Be Followed to Be Enforced, October 2022
10 Things to Consider Before Moving Out of Your Marital Residence, September 2022
How Does Social Media Affect Your Divorce? August 2022
What to Do When You Think Your Spouse Is Hiding Money, July 2022
How Are Retirement Plans Divided in Divorce? June 2022
Keeping Separate Property Separate, May 2022
Spouses Have a Fiduciary Duty, Until They ‘Lawyer Up’ for Divorce, April 2022
What to know about property settlements in Texas, March 2022
How to keep family property in the family, February 2022
What we hope outlasts the pandemic, January 2022
Ten Ways to Survive a Child Custody Case, November 2021
10 ways to survive a divorce, October 2021
How Buy/Sell Agreements Protect Your Business, September 2021
Questions I WISH My Clients Would Ask, August 2021
My 3 Most Frequently Asked Family Law Questions, July 2021
Refinancing A Separate Property Home During Marriage, June 2021
Marital Agreements Must Be Followed to Be Enforced, May 2021
How Does Owning a Business Affect a Property Division? April 2021
How Does Social Media Affect Your Divorce? March 2021
10 Things to Consider Before Moving Out of Your Marital Residence, February 2021
10 Things Business Owners Should Consider Before Getting Married in Texas, January 2021
The Texas Supreme Court’s Big Decision in Family Law This Year is In Re C.J.C., December 2020
What To Do When You Think Your Spouse Is Hiding Money, October 2020
10 Ways to Survive a Divorce, September 2020
Any Form of Support for a Child Under the Age of 18 can be Modified by the Court, August 2020
10 Ways to Survive a Custody Case, July 2020
2019 Child Support Cap Law Updates and Changes, March 2020
Refinancing A Separate Property Home During Marriage, May 2019
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