Dorothy Lawrence

Principal Attorney and Owner

Dorothy Lawrence is a seasoned financial attorney with over 13 years of experience in the fields of tax, bankruptcy and debtor defense. Upon graduation from Louisiana State University Law School, Dorothy continued her studies at the University of Denver to earn her LL.M. in taxation. After finishing her LL.M., Dorothy settled in Dripping Springs to raise a family.  She opened her law firm at the kitchen table while raising an infant.  That kitchen table law firm blossomed into the Dorothy Butler Law Firm. Since that time, she has been assisting individuals and business owners with tax preparation, defense from tax audits, offers in compromise, installment agreements, and formation of nonprofit entities. She annually prepares over 450 tax returns and in 2022 prepared tax returns in 38 different states – still waiting for the year she prepares returns for individuals in all 50 states! She has prepared thousands of bankruptcies and handled even more lawsuits for debtors being sued by their creditors. 

For the past seven years, Dorothy has been named a Rising Star in the field of Consumer Bankruptcy by Super Lawyers. For the past two years, she has been named a Top Attorney by Austin Monthly in the field of Bankruptcy. She was also selected as the Top Law Firm in Dripping Springs 2021. Dorothy is consistently honored in her field as a Top Financial and Bankruptcy Lawyer by her colleagues. 

Dorothy is also a professional musician who regularly performs in the greater Austin area. She is a multi-woodwind instrumentalist, performing on oboe, English horn, clarinet, saxophone, and flute. She has shared the stage with Andrea Bocelli, Bernadette Peters, The Who, Marvin Hamlisch, Il Divo and Celtic Women. She also performs regularly with Broadway Across America performances in Austin. Most recently, she has performed in the orchestras for West Side Story, Mary Poppins, Anastasia and Wicked. She is still waiting for Foreigner to ask her to perform in their symphony orchestra performance! 

In her free time, Dorothy spends time with her husband and two sons. She is a huge Disney lover (as evidenced by the large Disney wall murals in the law firm) and takes several trips a year to the Disney parks. She is also a huge lover of live rock music and can frequently be seen in the front rows of concerts across the Texas area.