Tarrant County Courthouse, Fort Worth

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Fort Worth, in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, Texas

Best family lawyers inFort Worth, Texas

5 of 27 listings passed

As of November 11, 2026, the top-ranked family lawyers with an office in Fort Worth, Texas are Varghese Summersett, Mims Ballew Hollingsworth and Dally & Webb Family Law, PLLC. We screened 27 family lawyer listings located in Fort Worth; 5 listings passed every check, and all 5 appear below in order. The full Dallas-Fort Worth list covers every city in the metroplex.

Tarrant County Courthouse, Fort Worth Jruizalvarez, CC BY-SA 4.0. Cropped and colour graded.

Family lawyers in Fort Worth, Texas, ranked Nov 11, 2026
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1Varghese SummersettFort Worthdivorce cases (named in 28 of its 179 newest Google reviews with text)4.9 (1,339)
2Mims Ballew HollingsworthFort Worthfamily-law litigation, including trials and appeals, as its member's biography describes4.8 (69)
3Dally & Webb Family Law, PLLCFort Worthchild custody cases (named in 9 of its 43 newest Google reviews with text)4.7 (46)
4McNulty Law FirmFort Worthchild custody cases (named in 18 of its 95 newest Google reviews with text)4.6 (103)
5Sisemore Law Firm, P.C.Fort Worthdivorce cases (named in 50 of its 147 newest Google reviews with text)4.5 (193)

The picks, in order

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How we picked this list

How we pick
    • State Bar of Texas record matched to the business by name plus a second identifier (phone, address or published number), checked November 10 to 11, 2026
    • A Google rating of at least 4.5 from at least 10 reviews, read by the business's Maps place ID, November 10, 2026
    • An office in Fort Worth (its Google Maps address), inside the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex
    • Independence: we leave out any business connected to our publisher's client work or sales outreach, and the numbered order comes only from the method on this page
    • Order: Google rating adjusted for review count (a 50-review prior at 4.5); ties go to more reviews in the past 12 months
    • One entry per firm (grouped by firm name): only branches in this city are grouped, the branch with the most Google reviews represents it, and its numbers are the ones printed and ranked
  1. Screened 27 Maps listings. Passed 5. Held for a missing or unmatched check 13. Failed a required check 9.

    Grade A means we matched the business to the issuing body's own record on the date shown. It describes how certain the match is, not the quality of the work.

How do I check a lawyer's licence in Texas?

Search the State Bar of Texas Find a Lawyer directory. Each profile shows the lawyer's bar card number, whether they are eligible to practise in Texas, and any public discipline. Practice areas on a profile are self-reported. Board certification is a separate credential issued by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization; its site, read November 10, 2026, reports more than 6,650 board-certified lawyers in Texas. We did not check board certification for the firms on this page.

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How do I check a lawyer's licence in Texas?

Search the State Bar of Texas Find a Lawyer directory. Each profile shows the lawyer's bar card number, whether they are eligible to practise in Texas, and any public discipline. Practice areas on a profile are self-reported. Board certification is a separate credential issued by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization; its site, read November 10, 2026, reports more than 6,650 board-certified lawyers in Texas. We did not check board certification for the firms on this page.

How did you choose these 5 firms?

We screened 27 family lawyer listings located in Fort Worth found through Google Maps searches and the businesses AI answer engines named. 5 listings met every check in the method above; we rank them by Google rating adjusted for review count, and print every number we used.

Is any placement on this list paid?

The numbered order comes only from the method on this page. A paid placement, if a page ever has one, is labelled Sponsored, sits outside the numbered order and carries a disclosure next to it, following the FTC's Endorsement Guides. As of November 11, 2026, no placement on this page is paid.

Do these firms handle custody as well as divorce?

Each listing's Best for line comes from the firm's own published practice description, captured November 10, 2026. Ask each firm directly whether it takes your type of case, such as custody, modification or protective orders.

Dated, and answerable

This list, change by change

  1. Checked November 10 to 11, 2026

  2. Screened 27 Maps listings. Passed 5. Held for a missing or unmatched check 13. Failed a required check 9.

Where they're based

Fort Worth #1, #2, #3, #4, #5
Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas. Drawn from approximate public coordinates. Numbers refer to the ranked picks.