Kristen A. Algert - Austin, TX

Overview

Awards and Honors

Awards

About Awards

Martindale Peer Awards

Martindale Peer Awards

Martindale Peer awards recognize the legal ability and ethical standards of an attorney as affirmed by their peers. The awards require a minimum threshold of qualifying Martindale-Hubbell reviews from fellow attorneys.

• 

  AV Preeminent®: This elite award is granted to attorneys who have been recognized by their peers for their very high ethical standards, with an average peer review score of 4.5 or higher.

• 

  Distinguished: This award is granted to attorneys who have been recognized by their peers for very high ethical standards, with an average peer review score of 3.0 to 4.4.

• 

  Notable: This award is granted to attorneys who have been reviewed by their peers, with an average peer review score below 3.0.

Client Champion Awards

Client Champion Awards

Client Champion awards recognize those attorneys who excel at service as affirmed by their clients. The awards, based on the quantity and quality of an attorney’s Martindale-Hubbell client reviews, demonstrate an ongoing commitment to delivering excellent client service.

• 

  Platinum: This award is granted to attorneys who have received at least 10 client reviews, and have an average review score of 4.5 or higher.

• 

  Gold: This award is granted to attorneys who have received at least 6 client reviews, and have an average review score of 4.2 or higher.

• 

  Silver: This award is granted to attorneys who have received at least 3 client reviews, and have an average review score of 4.0 or higher.

Avvo Awards

Avvo Awards

• 

  Avvo Top Contributor: This award is granted to attorneys who have significantly contributed to Avvo.com by answering questions in the Q&A forum, publishing legal guides, or other meaningful contributions to the Avvo community.

• 

  Avvo Client’s Choice: This award is granted to attorneys with at least 5 reviews with 4+ stars in a given year on Avvo.com.

Super Lawyers® Selections

Super Lawyers® Selections

• 

  Super Lawyers® is a rating service of outstanding lawyers who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The top 5% of lawyers in each state are selected using a patented selection process that includes independent research, peer nominations, and peer evaluations.

Martindale Peer Awards Client Champion Awards Avvo Awards Super Lawyers® Selections

Martindale Peer Awards

Martindale Peer awards recognize the legal ability and ethical standards of an attorney as affirmed by their peers. The awards require a minimum threshold of qualifying Martindale-Hubbell reviews from fellow attorneys.

• 

  AV Preeminent®: This elite award is granted to attorneys who have been recognized by their peers for their very high ethical standards, with an average peer review score of 4.5 or higher.

• 

  Distinguished: This award is granted to attorneys who have been recognized by their peers for very high ethical standards, with an average peer review score of 3.0 to 4.4.

• 

  Notable: This award is granted to attorneys who have been reviewed by their peers, with an average peer review score below 3.0.

Client Champion Awards

Client Champion awards recognize those attorneys who excel at service as affirmed by their clients. The awards, based on the quantity and quality of an attorney’s Martindale-Hubbell client reviews, demonstrate an ongoing commitment to delivering excellent client service.

• 

  Platinum: This award is granted to attorneys who have received at least 10 client reviews, and have an average review score of 4.5 or higher.

• 

  Gold: This award is granted to attorneys who have received at least 6 client reviews, and have an average review score of 4.2 or higher.

• 

  Silver: This award is granted to attorneys who have received at least 3 client reviews, and have an average review score of 4.0 or higher.

Avvo Awards

• 

  Avvo Top Contributor: This award is granted to attorneys who have significantly contributed to Avvo.com by answering questions in the Q&A forum, publishing legal guides, or other meaningful contributions to the Avvo community.

• 

  Avvo Client’s Choice: This award is granted to attorneys with at least 5 reviews with 4+ stars in a given year on Avvo.com.

Super Lawyers® Selections

• 

  Super Lawyers® is a rating service of outstanding lawyers who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The top 5% of lawyers in each state are selected using a patented selection process that includes independent research, peer nominations, and peer evaluations.

Super Lawyers® Selectees

About Awards

Martindale Peer Awards

Martindale Peer Awards

Martindale Peer awards recognize the legal ability and ethical standards of an attorney as affirmed by their peers. The awards require a minimum threshold of qualifying Martindale-Hubbell reviews from fellow attorneys.

• 

  AV Preeminent®: This elite award is granted to attorneys who have been recognized by their peers for their very high ethical standards, with an average peer review score of 4.5 or higher.

• 

  Distinguished: This award is granted to attorneys who have been recognized by their peers for very high ethical standards, with an average peer review score of 3.0 to 4.4.

• 

  Notable: This award is granted to attorneys who have been reviewed by their peers, with an average peer review score below 3.0.

Client Champion Awards

Client Champion Awards

Client Champion awards recognize those attorneys who excel at service as affirmed by their clients. The awards, based on the quantity and quality of an attorney’s Martindale-Hubbell client reviews, demonstrate an ongoing commitment to delivering excellent client service.

• 

  Platinum: This award is granted to attorneys who have received at least 10 client reviews, and have an average review score of 4.5 or higher.

• 

  Gold: This award is granted to attorneys who have received at least 6 client reviews, and have an average review score of 4.2 or higher.

• 

  Silver: This award is granted to attorneys who have received at least 3 client reviews, and have an average review score of 4.0 or higher.

Avvo Awards

Avvo Awards

• 

  Avvo Top Contributor: This award is granted to attorneys who have significantly contributed to Avvo.com by answering questions in the Q&A forum, publishing legal guides, or other meaningful contributions to the Avvo community.

• 

  Avvo Client’s Choice: This award is granted to attorneys with at least 5 reviews with 4+ stars in a given year on Avvo.com.

Super Lawyers® Selections

Super Lawyers® Selections

• 

  Super Lawyers® is a rating service of outstanding lawyers who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The top 5% of lawyers in each state are selected using a patented selection process that includes independent research, peer nominations, and peer evaluations.

Martindale Peer Awards Client Champion Awards Avvo Awards Super Lawyers® Selections

Martindale Peer Awards

Martindale Peer awards recognize the legal ability and ethical standards of an attorney as affirmed by their peers. The awards require a minimum threshold of qualifying Martindale-Hubbell reviews from fellow attorneys.

• 

  AV Preeminent®: This elite award is granted to attorneys who have been recognized by their peers for their very high ethical standards, with an average peer review score of 4.5 or higher.

• 

  Distinguished: This award is granted to attorneys who have been recognized by their peers for very high ethical standards, with an average peer review score of 3.0 to 4.4.

• 

  Notable: This award is granted to attorneys who have been reviewed by their peers, with an average peer review score below 3.0.

Client Champion Awards

Client Champion awards recognize those attorneys who excel at service as affirmed by their clients. The awards, based on the quantity and quality of an attorney’s Martindale-Hubbell client reviews, demonstrate an ongoing commitment to delivering excellent client service.

• 

  Platinum: This award is granted to attorneys who have received at least 10 client reviews, and have an average review score of 4.5 or higher.

• 

  Gold: This award is granted to attorneys who have received at least 6 client reviews, and have an average review score of 4.2 or higher.

• 

  Silver: This award is granted to attorneys who have received at least 3 client reviews, and have an average review score of 4.0 or higher.

Avvo Awards

• 

  Avvo Top Contributor: This award is granted to attorneys who have significantly contributed to Avvo.com by answering questions in the Q&A forum, publishing legal guides, or other meaningful contributions to the Avvo community.

• 

  Avvo Client’s Choice: This award is granted to attorneys with at least 5 reviews with 4+ stars in a given year on Avvo.com.

Super Lawyers® Selections

• 

  Super Lawyers® is a rating service of outstanding lawyers who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The top 5% of lawyers in each state are selected using a patented selection process that includes independent research, peer nominations, and peer evaluations.

Kristen A. Algert included in a Super Lawyers® list

Education

Current Employment Position(s)

• Partner

Classes and Seminars

• Course Director: SBOT/Collaborative Divorce Texas Collaborative Law Course (2021)
  
• Assistant Course Director: SBOT/Collaborative Divorce Texas Collaborative Law Course (2020)
  
• Panelist, “Collaborative Law Basics and the Paralegal’s Influential and Important Role”, State Bar of Texas Paralegal Division, TAPS Seminar, 2019
  
• Basic Collaborative Interdisciplinary Training, Collaborative Divorce Texas, Instructor, 2019
  
• “Negotiation is a Privilege; Litigation is a Right: Negotiating a Better Outcome with the Collaborative Law Process,” State Bar Annual Meeting, 2018
  
• Panelist: CLI-Tx Advanced Interdisciplinary Training, Negotiation Workbook, 2014
  
• Moderator: Collaborative Program, Advanced Family Law Course, 2011
  
• Speaker: State Bar of Texas/CLI-Tx Spring Conference, Unusual Process Challenges, 2011
  
• Speaker: State Bar of Texas/CLI-Tx Spring Conference, Nuts & Bolts: Paradigm Shift, 2011
  
• Speaker: IACP 11th Anniversary Forum The Late Life Divorce, 2010
  
• Speaker: State Bar of Texas/CLI-Tx Spring Conference, Case Autopsy, 2008
  
• Speaker: State Bar of Texas/CLI-Tx Spring Conference, Nuts & Bolts: Protocols, 2008
  
• Course Director: Collaborative Law Institute of Texas Spring Retreat, 2007
  
• Assistant Course Director: Collaborative Law Institute of Texas Spring Retreat, 2006
  
• Panelist: Collaborative Law Institute of Texas: 3rd Annual Spring retreat: Getting Comfortable with Discomfort, 2006
  
• Panelist Collaborative Law Institute of Texas: 2nd Annual Spring Retreat: Evolution of Collaborative Practice, 2005
  
• Trainer/Facilitator of Collaborative Family Law Process for Collaborative Divorce Texas (CDT) (2003 - 2018)

Pro Bono Activities

• Volunteer Legal Services of Central Texas, Board of Directors, 2001 - 2014
• Volunteer Legal Services of Central Texas, Secretary, 2003 - 2004
• Volunteer Legal Services of Central Texas, Treasurer, 2005 - 2006
• Volunteer Legal Services of Central Texas, Program Services Committee Chair, 2005 - 2018
• Baylor Law Alumni Association

Published Works

Articles

• Author/Co-Speaker: Collaborative Divorce Texas/Collaborative Law Course Collaborative Cross Pollination Across Texas (2026)
  
• Author/Co-Speaker: State Bar of Texas/Collaborative Law Course Sea Monsters & Mermaids—Collaborative Myth Busting (2024)
  
• Author/Co-Speaker: State Bar of Texas/Collaborative Law Course Sticking to the Game Plan (2022)
  
• Author/Co-Speaker: IACP Continuing Education Initial Client Contact: The Conversation is Everything (2022)
  
• Author/Co-Speaker: IACP Networking & Educational Forum Navigating Financial Narratives (2020)
  
• Author/Co-Speaker: IACP Networking & Educational Forum: Establishing the Relationship & Expectations from Initial Client Contact (2019)
• Author/Co-Speaker: State Bar of Texas/Collaborative Law Course: “Succeeding Collaboratively with the Impossible Case”, Collaborative Law: Avoid Breaking Bad When Breaking Up, State Bar of Texas, 2019
• Author/Speaker: State Bar of Texas/Collaborative Law Course, I am the Best Thing to Happen to (Your) Client, 2017
• Author/Co-Speaker: Collaborative Law Institute Minneapolis/St. Paul, Fostering Trusting Relationships in Your Practice Group, 2016
• Author/Co-Speaker: State Bar of Texas/CLI-Tx Spring Conference, All In–How Committed Are You to the Process?, 2016
• Author/Co-Speaker: IACP Pre-Forum/Networking & Educational Forum, Fostering Trusting Relationships in Your Practice Group, 2015
• Author/Co-Speaker: State Bar of Texas/CLI-Tx Spring Conference, When Leveling the Playing Field Isn’t Enough: Addressing Power Imbalances Between Spouses Without Disrupting the Collaborative Team Structure, 2015
• Author/Speaker: IACP Networking & Educational Forum, We’re All Porcupines: Fostering Trusting Relationships in Your Practice, 2014
• Author: State Bar of Texas Collaborative Law: Start to Finish, Chapter 9 “Starting and Running a Successful Collaborative Practice”, 2014/2015
• Co-Author/Co-Speaker: Collaborating the Later Life Divorce Baltimore, Maryland, 2012
• Author: American Bar Association Litigation Section’s Journal Litigation, Divorce and Custody Claims in “GyneTech Scandals Send Stock into Free Fall” Vol. 38 No. 2, 2012
• Author/Speaker: The Collaborative Institute-Unique Approaches in Collaborative Divorce, Collaborating the Later Life Divorce, 2012
• The Collaborative Team: Who Plays What Role, Collaborative Divorce Texas, 2010
• Author/Speaker: State Bar of Texas: Advanced Family Law Course, Creating a Collaborative Community, 2010
• Author/Speaker: State Bar of Texas/CLI-Tx Spring Conference, Case Autopsy, 2010
• Author/Speaker: State Bar of Texas/CLI-Tx Spring Conference, Negotiating from the Middle Collaborative Law Negotiations: Redefining Control, 2009
• Author/Speaker: UT Parenting Plan Conference, Identifying Parental Interests in Parent-Child Relationships, 2007
• Author/Speaker: State Bar of Texas: Advanced Family Law Course, Protecting Your Client’s Interests Through the Process, 2006
• Author: State Bar of Texas: TAFLS Trial Institute, Litigation Alternative – Collaborative Law, 2006
• Author/Speaker: State Bar of Texas: Advanced Family Law Drafting Course, Drafting for Your Collaborative Practice, 2005
• Author: State Bar of Texas: Trial Notebook, Pre-Trial & Scheduling Orders, 2004
• Author: State Bar of Texas: Advanced Family Law, Characterization Presumptions & Tracing Methods, 2003
• Author: State Bar of Texas: Advanced Family Law, Valuation and Appraisals, 1997
• Author/Speaker: Volunteer Legal Services of Central Texas Seminars, Beyond Basic Property Issues, 2004
• Author/Speaker: Volunteer Legal Services of Central Texas Seminars, Divorce Procedures, 2003-2008
• Author/Speaker: Volunteer Legal Services of Central Texas Seminars, Domestic Violence, 2002
• Author/Speaker: Volunteer Legal Services of Central Texas Seminars, Property Issues and Closing the File, 1999-2002
• How the Collaborative Divorce Process Works Under Texas Law February 2, 2026
• Prioritizing Well-Being During Divorce: Why Emotional Support During Divorce Leads to Better Financial Decisions December 8, 2025
• Understanding Grey Divorce: Why Ending a Long Marriage Can Be the Right Choice August 8, 2025
• How to Divide Equity in a Home in a Divorce and Still Keep the House May 5, 2025
• Understanding Gray Divorce: Why More Couples Are Divorcing Later in Life November 27, 2024
• Top 10 Reasons for a Collaborative Divorce in Texas May 29, 2024
• Mediation for a Gray Divorce July 11, 2023
• What You Need to Know About Same-Sex Divorce and Common Law Marriage and Divorce in Texas June 7, 2022
• Power Imbalances in Divorce: How to Level the Playing Field January 5, 2022
• Divorcing a Narcissist (or Any Other Really Difficult Person) December 28, 2021
• Facing Your Post-Divorce Future with Confidence November 17, 2021
• Divorce After 50: How To Minimize Surprises & Unintended Consequences October 15, 2021
• Top Five Reasons to Consider a Collaborative Divorce During Coronavirus (Covid-19) April 9, 2020
• COVID-19, Recession, and Divorce: Five Tips for Making Smart Decisions March 23, 2020
• Can You Have a Collaborative Divorce If Your Spouse Has a Difficult Personality? April 15, 2019
• Tips for Staying on the High Road During a Divorce February 18, 2019
• Should You Say “I Do” to a Premarital Agreement January 1, 2019

Bar Admissions

• Texas, 1988
• U.S. District Court Western District of Texas, 1989

Specialties and Certifications

• Board Certified in Family Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 1997
• Master Credentialed Collaborative Professional, Collaborative Divorce Texas, 2017

Other Affiliations

• American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (Member)
• State Bar of Texas (including Family Law Section) (Member)
• Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists (Member)
• Texas Family Law Foundation (Member)
• Travis County Family Law Advocates (Member)
• Collaborative Divorce Texas (Member)
• Collaborative Divorce Austin (Member)
• International Academy of Collaborative Professionals (Member)
• Austin Bar Association (including Family Law Section) (Member)
• Texas College of Collaborative Law (Member)
• Collaborative Law Institute of Texas, 2007 - 2013 (Board of Trustees)
• Collaborative Law Institute of Texas, President Elect, 2008 - 2010
• Collaborative Law Institute of Texas, President, 2010 - 2012
• Legal Assistant Commission, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 2001 - 2004
• State Bar of Texas, Family Law Section (Member)
• State Bar of Texas, Family Law Section, Life Fellow

Fraternities and Sororities

• Phi Delta Phi