Amber Liddell Alwais

Amber Liddell Alwais is a staunch advocate for clients, committed to providing highly personalized legal services in all Family Law matters, including traditional and non-traditional divorce, custody issues, property division, child support and adoption matters. In addition to her legal practice, Amber serves as a Family Law, Probate Law and Criminal Law instructor at The University of Texas at San Antonio. She is vice president of the San Antonio Bar Association Family Law section. Amber was named the 2003 Outstanding Young Lawyer of the Year by the Women’s Bar Association of Bexar County in recognition of her contributions to the San Antonio legal community. She also has been honored on both the Texas Super Lawyers and Texas Rising Stars listings published by Thomson Reuters, Legal Division, and regularly has been selected to San Antonio's Top Attorneys list published by S.A. Scene Magazine Board Certified in Family Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization since 2009, Amber is licensed to practice law in Texas state district courts, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, and the Supreme Court of Texas. She is a former staff attorney for the Civil District Judges of Bexar County. A 1996 graduate of St. Mary’s University School of Law, she earned her Bachelor’s Degree from Sam Houston State University in 1993. Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees Amber Liddell Alwais included in a Super Lawyers® list Honors Texas Super Lawyers, Thomson Reuters, Legal Division, 2013 Texas Rising Stars, Thomson Reuters, Legal Division, 2008 - 2010 San Antonio's Top Attorneys, S.A. Scene Magazine, 2007 - 2010, 2012 - 2014 Outstanding Young Lawyer of the Year, Women's Bar Association of Bexar County, 2003 Other Sources of Feedback About Amber Liddell Alwais Included on the 2026Texas Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2025 Texas Super Lawyers list 2024 Texas Super Lawyers list 2023 Texas Super Lawyers list 2022 Texas Super Lawyers list 2021 Texas Super Lawyers list 2020 Texas Super Lawyers list 2019 Texas Super Lawyers list 2018 Texas Super Lawyers list 2017 Texas Super Lawyers list 2016 Texas Super Lawyers list 2015 Texas Super Lawyers list 2014 Texas Super Lawyers list 2013 Texas Super Lawyers list 2010 Texas Super Lawyers list 2009 Texas Super Lawyers list 2008 Texas Super Lawyers list

• Partner

• Extreme Family Law Makeover VIII (Course Director), 2009
• Extreme Family Law Makeover VII (Course Director), 2008
• Texas Post Adoption Professionals Annual Meeting (Speaker), 2000 - 2005
• San Antonio Bar Association CLE Lunches (Speaker), 2002 - 2004
• National Crime Victims' Rights Week (Speaker), 2002
• Judicial Section Annual Conference (Speaker), 2001 - 2002
• Advanced Family Law Seminar (Speaker), 2000
• State Bar Leaders Seminar (Speaker), 2000

• Texas, 1996
• U.S. District Court Western District of Texas, 1997
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1996
• Supreme Court of Texas, 1996
• Specialties and Certifications
• Family Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 2009

• TACA (Texas Association of Court Administrators), 2010 - Present (Member)
• Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists, 2010 - Present (Member)
• San Antonio Family Lawyers Association, 2010 - Present (Treasurer)
• San Antonio Bar Association, Family Law Section, 2013 - Present (Vice President)
• San Antonio Bar Association, Family Law Section, 2009 - Present (Sergeant at Arms)
• San Antonio Bar Association, Family Law Section, 2006 - Present (Board Member)
• State Bar of Texas, Family Law Section, 2000 (Member)
• College of the State Bar of Texas, 2001 - Present (Member)
• Texas Association of Family Law Specialists, 2010 - Present (Member)
• Extreme Family Law Makeover, 2008 - 2010 (Course Director)
• San Antonio Bar Foundation, 2004 - Present (Member)
• San Antonio Family Lawyers Association, 2010 - Present (Member)
• CASA of San Antonio, 2001 - 2006 (Board Member)
• Bexar County Women's Bar Association, 2002 - 2005 (Chair, Judicial Liaisons)
• Bexar County Women's Bar Association, 2007 - Present (Bench Brunch Volunteers Chair)
• Bexar County Women's Bar Association, 2003 - 2005 (Bench Brunch Volunteers Chair)
• Bexar County Women's Bar Association (Member)