Past Presidents

(December 16, 1968 - )

Cindy Tisdale
State Bar President, 2023-2024

Cindy Tisdale is a partner with Goranson Bain Ausley, PLLC in Granbury, Fort Worth, and Midland. She is certified in family law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and has been practicing for 28 years after earning her J.D. from Baylor Law School in 1995.

Tisdale was chair of the State Bar of Texas Board of Directors in 2013-2014. She also served as chair of the Texas Bar Foundation and chair of the Family Law Section, both in 2017-2018. She has served on numerous committees, the most recent being the Pattern Jury Charge, Family Law from 2019 to 2022.

Tisdale is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates, a past president of the Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists, a fellow in the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, and a fellow in the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. She is also a member of the Texas Bar College. She has been course director for numerous CLEs and has lectured/published more than 60 times for TexasBarCLE.