Chris Oldner is senior partner and shareholder at Albin Oldner Law, PLLC. He leads the firms Family Law practice and focuses his practice in the areas of complex, high asset divorce, high asset estate enforcement, and alternative dispute resolution.
Chris Oldner is senior partner and shareholder at Albin Oldner Law, PLLC. He leads the firms Family Law practice and focuses his practice in the areas of complex, high asset divorce, high asset estate enforcement, and alternative dispute resolution.

As a former judge, Chris spent 17 years on the bench hearing family, civil, and criminal law matters before becoming a family lawyer. When he retired from the bench in 2016, he knew he wanted to use the experience and insight he had gained to help clients navigate all aspects of family law. Chris joined Albin Law Group in 2020, leading to the creation of Albin Oldner Law Group, PLLC. As the leader of the firm’s family law section, Chris oversees a team of outstanding family law attorneys, paralegals, and legal assistants.
Chris is one of only two attorneys in Collin County who is double board certified in Family Law and Criminal Law. He has been named one of the Best Lawyers in Dallas by D Magazine multiple times and has also been recognized as a Super Lawyer. He serves on the Board of Governors of the American Judges Association and is a Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation. Chris has received the Mari Kay Bickett Judicial Excellence Through Education Award and the Exemplary Judicial Faculty Award from the Texas Center for the Judiciary.
As a father of three, Chris is deeply committed to issues involving the protection and well-being of children. He served as co-chair of the Judicial Disproportionality Workgroup for the Supreme Court of Texas Permanent Commission for Children, Youth and Families’ Court Improvement Project and as a member of the Texas Center for the Judiciary’s Children’s Justice Act Task Force.



