Kody C. Silva

Kody C. Silva, a Founding Partner of Deyerle Silva Smith, PLLC, is a highly skilled and experienced family law practitioner with over a decade of family law experience. Kody is dedicated to providing comprehensive and personalized legal solutions to clients facing complex family law matters. With a practice focused on divorce, custody, premarital and post marital agreements, pre-litigation consulting, protective orders, and LGBTQ+ family law issues, Kody has gained a reputation as a compassionate and fierce advocate for his clients. Kody received his Juris Doctorate from Baylor Law School and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Sociology from the University of Nebraska – Lincoln. After law school, Kody worked for the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia and then as an Associate Attorney at the law firm of Ackerman Brown. In 2015, Kody returned to his home state of Texas and began working as an attorney at an Austin-based family law firm, where he became a Partner in 2019. In 2023, Kody and his fellow Partners, Candice Deyerle and Lianna Garza Smith, founded Deyerle Silva Smith, PLLC to provide excellent family law representation to Austin and the surrounding communities of Central Texas under a shared vision. Kody is admitted to practice law in the State of Texas and in the District of Columbia. In addition to his legal practice, Kody is a member of the Austin and Williamson County Bar Associations and he recently finished a six-year term as a member of the Board of Directors for a local non-profit organization, Out Youth. Kody has been recognized for his excellence in family law as a SuperLawyer Rising Star At Deyerle Silva Smith, PLLC, Kody is committed to providing personalized attention and tailored legal solutions to every client. His extensive experience and unwavering dedication to his clients make him a trusted and respected attorney in the family law community. Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees Kody C. Silva included in a Super Lawyers® list Honors SuperLawyer Rising Star Other Sources of Feedback About Kody C. Silva 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

• Founding Partner

• Zinda & Davis, PLLC, Family Law Attorney
• Ackerman Brown, PLLC, Associate Attorney
• Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia, Assistant Attorney General
• Office of the Attorney General, Civil Litigation Division, Special Assistant Attorney General
• McLennan County District Attorney’s Office, Juvenile Prosecutor

• Texas, 2011
• District of Columbia, 2012

• Austin Bar Association
• Austin Young Lawyers Association
• Austin Family Law Section (Member)
• Austin LGBT Bar Section (Member)
• Collaborative Divorce Austin
• Collaborative Divorce Texas
• Collaborative Divorce Section of the Texas State Bar Association