About Candice Brown
Candice Brown Deyerle earned her law degree from the University of Houston Law Center in 2010 after completing a bachelor’s degree in psychology with a minor in business at Texas A&M University in 2003. Her academic path combined social science and practical business training, a blend that informed her early interest in family law and dispute resolution.
She launched her legal career the same year she graduated, joining Short Carter Morris, LLP as an associate. The first years of practice were spent learning courtroom procedure, client counseling and negotiation. In 2017 she moved to Kirker Davis, LLP as a senior associate and then became a partner there in 2021. Those roles expanded her responsibilities. She handled more complex litigation, mentored junior lawyers and took on larger caseloads.
In 2023 she co-founded Deyerle Silva Smith, PLLC. The move reflected an accumulation of two decades of legal training and hands-on practice. As a founding partner she oversees matters and helps shape firm strategy. Her colleagues describe her as methodical in preparation and straightforward in court, preferring clarity over flourish.
She is board certified in family law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. That credential signals a measured depth of practice in family law matters and an ability to meet the standards set by the state’s specialization body. She is also a certified mediator through the A.A. White Dispute Resolution Center and has developed a practice that includes negotiated resolutions as well as contested hearings. Her work spans divorce, child custody, modification proceedings and related property issues. She approaches each matter by parsing legal issues and separating facts from emotion so clients can make informed decisions.
Deyerle is licensed to practice in Texas and has built her career entirely within the state. Her progression from associate to partner and then to founding partner tracks a steady rise through firm roles that required both litigation skill and practice management. She has taken on trial work and settlement negotiations, and she continues to take cases that require courtroom presence.
She maintains an active role at Deyerle Silva Smith, PLLC, where she supervises case strategy and serves clients in family law and mediation. Her current practice focuses on family law litigation and alternative dispute resolution.
