Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2024 
Kristiana Butler is Board Certified in Family Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, and a partner at Goranson Bain Ausley in Austin.
With over 13 years practicing exclusively in family law, Kristiana has been recognized in Best Lawyers in America for Family Law, Collaborative Law, and Family Law Mediation (2024–2025), named to Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Family Law (2020–2023), named a Texas Super Lawyers Rising Star (2017–2023), named by Texas Super Lawyers (2024-2025) and selected to Top Attorneys in Austin Monthly (2020–2025). She was also named to the Up-and-Coming 100: Texas Rising Stars and Up-and-Coming 50: Women Texas Rising Stars lists in 2023. Kristiana serves on the Texas Family Law Foundation Bill Review Committee.
Her practice focuses on high-net-worth divorce, family law appeals, and complex property division. She is trained in litigation, collaborative divorce, and mediation.
Many of Kristiana's clients are executives with complex compensation packages, business owners going through divorce, and other lawyers seeking appellate counsel, post-trial motions, and specialty drafting.
Kristiana earned her Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, from Texas Tech University School of Law in 2013, her Master of Science from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 2006, and her Bachelor of Science, magna cum laude, from Texas Christian University in 2005.
She is known for her detail-oriented work on complex and unusual family law issues, including appellate matters across Texas and representation of parties in international divorces.
