Emily Elizabeth Leezer Landeros

Emily E. Landeros has practiced family law since 2015, focusing on complex divorces, child custody litigation, modification actions, pre- and post-marital agreements, termination and adoption, and other family law matters.

Emily is an experienced attorney and litigator. She honed her trial advocacy skills while working for the Hays County District Attorney’s Office as an Assistant District Attorney, where she represented the Department of Family and Protective Services in cases involving abuse and neglect of children.

Emily earned her J.D. with honors from Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law in 2015. During law school, she served as Managing Editor of the SMU Law Review Association and as a judicial extern for the Honorable Catharina Haynes of the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. She also worked as a student attorney in the Child Advocacy Clinic, where she represented children as attorney and guardian ad litem in suits involving Child Protective Services.

Today, Emily is involved in several professional organizations, including the Junior League of Austin, the Austin Young Lawyers Association, and the Travis County Women Lawyers Association.

Education

• Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law – J.D., cum laude
• The University of Texas at Austin – B.A.

Licenses

• State Bar of Texas, 2015

Practice Areas

• Family Law

Professional Activities & Associations

• State Bar of Texas – Family Law Section, Member
• State Bar of Texas – Child Protection Law Section, Member
• Travis County Women Lawyers Association, Member
• Austin Bar Association – Family Law Section, Member
• Austin Young Lawyers Association, Member
• Williamson County Bar Association, Member

Civic & Community Involvement

• Junior League of Austin, Active Member, 2020 – present
• The University of Texas Longhorn Alumni Band, Member, 2012 – present