As founder and managing attorney of Brandy Austin Law Firm, PLLC, Brandy Austin has worked to build an innovative law firm that caters to the needs of each client, provides professional growth opportunities for each team member, and gives back to the community. She strives to create a diverse team of lawyers that provide innovative, high-quality, and cost-effective legal services to the every day person and small business. Brandy manages all the business, financial, marketing, and administrative aspects of the firm. She also supervises client accounts and the associates' case assignments. Committed to the success of happy employees and work-life balance, Brandy created a flex-time program that benefits all employees, including attorneys. Brandy is heavily involved in the community and instills this principle into the firm culture. Each department and all members of the firm have the opportunity and are encouraged to become active members of the local community, as well as non-profit organizations that directly support the local community. As a trial attorney, Brandy focuses on multiple types of litigation, including personal injury, business disputes, probate, and contested family law. Brandy has tried multiple cases to verdict and is the lead member of the firm trial team. Brandy was born and raised in Salisbury, North Carolina. Although neither of her parents graduated from college, she defied the odds to attain a high level of education. Following law school, she worked on medical malpractice and medical device cases. Work-life balance become a priority after having a child so Brandy started her own firm working part-time with only an initial investment of $300. She has continually reinvested in herself and her team and created a successful firm with a supportive, team-centric environment. Her life is a testament to what you can achieve through hard work, perseverance, determination, and resilience. She has an entrepreneurial drive that constantly moves her forward in the face of obstacles.
Notable Accomplishments
Rising Star, Super Lawyers 2015-2017
Top 10 Attorney Award Under 40, National Academy Of Personal Injury Attorneys
AVVO Top Attorney Award
Top Attorney, Ft. Worth Magazine 2015-2016
10 Best Client Satisfaction, American Institute of Legal Counsel
Fellows of the Texas Bar Foundation
Reversal of existing law: Terry Revell v. Morrison Supply Company, LLC, No. 02-15-00195-CV
Judgment awarded for over $1,000,000 for dog bite injuries
Bar Admissions
Texas, 2008
U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas, 2013
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas, 2014
U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas, 2014
Education
Baylor University School of Law, Waco, Texas
J.D. - 2008
Honors: Dean's List
Honors: Chair of the Alumni Committee for Phi Alpha Delta
Honors: Finalist of Naman Howell Smith and Lee Interscholastic Client Counseling Competition
Honors: Coach of National Client Counseling Team
Honors: High A; Family Rights Litigation
Honors: Participant in Strasburger & Price Moot Court Competition
East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina
B.A. magna cum laude - 2005
Honors: Dean's List, Chancellor's List
Honors: First Generation College Graduate
Honors: Recipient of Carlton-Troutman Scholarship for Political Science
Honors: Attorney General of the East Carolina University Judicial Board
Honors: Scholar for Council on Legal Education Opportunity
Honors: Treasurer of Phi Alpha Delta
Honors: Member of Gamma Beta Phi
Honors: National Society of Collegiate Scholars
Honors: Member of East Carolina Honors Organization
Honors: Chancellor's List
Honors: Top 10% of Graduating Class
Major: English & Political Science
Published Works
Quarterly Family Law Newsletter, April, 2009
Cemetery of Roses, Nonfiction, Rebel: 47., 2005
Uneaten Birthday Cake, Fiction, Rebel: 47., 2005
At the End of the Dirt Road, Original play performed at Emerge Art Gallery, 2005
Professional Associations and Memberships
YMCA, Cooper Street, Board of Directors
Tarrant County Trial Lawyers, Board of Directors
Center for Transforming Lives, Board Shadow
Tarrant County Bar Association
Arlington Chamber of Commerce
Professionals Serving Seniors
Leading Edge of Leadership Fort Worth
Cemetery Board, Burleson, Texas
Arlington Bar Association
Ancillary Businesses
Mediation
