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Carla Calabrese and Lee Budner

Carla Calabrese
For more than 25 years, Carla M. Calabrese has successfully represented clients in every area of family law. What sets Carla apart is her balance of tenacity and level-headedness and her formative big firm training at Dallas-based Haynes & Boone, LLP. Carla primarily handles divorces and marital agreements for high-net worth clients with complex property and business issues. Combining her business background with being highly adept at reading and understanding people’s emotions, Carla strategically counsels clients to protect what matters most to them.

Lee Budner
Meet Lee Budner-Strategy-focused and driven, while possessing the emotional intelligence necessary to handle the most sensitive legal matters. Lee’s family law experience includes prevailing before the Dallas Court of Appeals and Texas Supreme Court in a challenge to the validity of a premarital agreement, including a successful motion for a new trial following a two-week jury trial. Lee will work tenaciously to protect what you value most using our unique Family Matters® approach.
Latest Episodes
Collaborative Divorce: The Financial Analysis
In this episode of the Dallas Divorce Talk podcast, Carla Calabrese explains how the Collaborative Divorce team reviews financials with the financial professional.
Facing a Grey Divorce? Consider Collaborative Divorce.
In this Dallas Divorce Talk podcast, Carla Calabrese explores how Collaborative Divorce can change the course of your grey divorce.
How Does the Collaborative Process Work?
Collaborative Divorce allows you to retain control over the timing of the process and the ultimate outcome. Carla Calabrese shares in-depth details about the collaborative process in this Dallas...
Extramarital Affairs Inside the Office
Many times, C-suite executives find themselves in an extramarital affair inside the office. In this Dallas Divorce Talk podcast, Carla Calabrese explains that if you find yourself in this...
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A smarter approach to family law.
Located in the Park Cities and serving Dallas, Collin, Tarrant, Denton and Rockwall counties, Calabrese Budner provides full-service expertise in Divorce Litigation, Collaborative Divorce, Complex Property Division, Child Custody & Visitation, Alimony & Spousal Support, Modification & Enforced Actions, Pre- & Post-Marital Agreements, Grandparents’ Rights, Mediation, Paternity & Parentage, Same-Sex Divorce & Parenting, Adoption, Assisted Reproductive Technology/Surrogacy & Gestational Agreements. Our attorneys bring big firm training and experience, objective insight, and solid business sense in every case they undertake.

Dallas Divorce TalkTM with Calabrese Budner