About Hayley
Hayley Collins followed a steady academic path into law. She completed undergraduate studies at Southern Methodist University in 2008 and earned her law degree from Saint Louis University School of Law in 2011. She is admitted to practice in Texas and built her practice in the state after law school.
Her credential from the Texas Board of Legal Specialization sets her apart among practitioners in the area. She is Board Certified in Family Law, which signals a concentrated knowledge of divorce, child custody, child support, and related matters. That certification reflects hours in practice, peer review, and additional testing — a formal recognition of specialization that matters in contested family matters.
Collins is a member of several professional organizations in the region. She holds membership in the Annette Stewart American Inn of Court and participates in local bar activities through the Collin County Bar Association and the Dallas Bar Association. Those connections place her in frequent contact with judges, mediators, and other family law practitioners, which can shape how cases proceed and how issues are resolved.
In day-to-day practice she handles a range of family law matters. Her work involves negotiation, drafting of agreements, and litigation when disputes proceed to court. Clients encounter the procedural side of family law through motions, hearings, discovery, and settlement conferences. Collins’s practice covers the familiar phases of domestic relations work: pretrial preparation, trial advocacy, post-judgment modification, and enforcement.
Her legal training and board certification inform how she prepares cases. She pays attention to the factual record and the applicable statutory and case law that judges will rely on. In contested proceedings, she plans for evidentiary hearings and the development of testimony. In negotiated matters she organizes financial disclosures and settlement terms so agreements are durable and enforceable.
Outside casework, Collins engages professionally through her Inn of Court membership and local bar associations. Those memberships offer ongoing education and a forum for discussing procedural developments and appellate decisions that affect family law practice in Texas.
She works at Goranson Bain Ausley. She practices family law at Goranson Bain Ausley.
