Daniella Deseta Lyttle - Attorney and Managing Partner

Super Lawyer

Daniella D. Lyttle

Super Lawyer

Daniella Deseta Lyttle is an award-winning attorney that serves as the Managing Partner and Senior Attorney at Lyttle Law Firm, PLLC. Her practice areas include family law litigation and mediation, immigration law, and wills & estates. Ms. Lyttle earned a J.D. with honors from The Michigan State University College of Law where she graduated in the top ten percent of her class. She also has a B.A. with honors and distinction in Psychology and Gerontology from The University of South Florida.

Ms. Lyttle has received multiple awards, which include the prestigious 2018 and 2019 Super Lawyers award. Superlawyers recognizes no more than 2.5 percent of attorneys in the state of Texas. Ms. Lyttle is also a National Advocates Top 100 Lawyers award recipient, an Austin Monthly Top Attorney award recipient, and has been featured in ATX Women to Watch.

Prior to beginning her legal career, Ms. Lyttle was an enlisted soldier in the U.S. Army where she was trained as an Infantry Combat Medic and a Human Resource Specialist. She served in the U.S. Army from 1998 to 2004. After graduating from undergraduate school, Ms. Lyttle became one of the youngest Account Execute hires in the medical device field where she became an expert in highly specialized implantable cardiac pacing leads, venous access systems, and diagnostic catheters.

Ms. Lyttle began her legal career as a law clerk in the Texas Attorney General’s office (Tort Litigation Division). She was also a law clerk at Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid, where she handled a variety of family law cases and VAWA cases. Ms. Lyttle was also one of the first Court Visitors (Volunteer Program) in Travis County, serving the Travis County Probate Court and the Honorable Guy Herman where she assisted with Guardian-ship matters filed in Travis County. Prior to opening The Lyttle Law Firm in the fall of 2010, Ms. Lyttle was an associate at a small law firm in North Austin where she practiced family law and immigration.

Ms. Lyttle is fluent in both Spanish and Portuguese and is conversational in Italian.

I am an experienced family law attorney practicing law in Austin, Texas, as well as surrounding counties in central Texas.

Members of our community seek my legal advice during times that are chaotic, stressful, and at times unbearable. My job is to guide my clients during a time when some of the most difficult life decisions have to be made.

I take that responsibility seriously.

An ethical attorney should never promise a specific result; But there are some things about my practice that you can always count on:

I always help clients make informed decisions. I listen to what you have to say and I come up with ideas and solutions to get you where you want to be. I teach clients to have realistic expectations and advice my clients to make decisions that will yield a well adjusted person and well adjusted families.

Costs are almost always a concern for many clients. I always look for solutions and alternatives that may be less costly and that avoid litigation. When litigation is imminent, we work together to put a plan in motion that takes finances into consideration without jeopardizing results.

In the end, I never forget that my clients are going through a major life crisis when dealing with divorce and child custody issues. I work with some of the best professionals in the family arena in the areas of forensic accounting, financial advisors, and mental health professionals to help my clients with the family law process.

If you have a family law matter you wish to discuss with me, I look forward to meeting you. Consults in my office typically last at least an hour, and it will be worth your time. We will have an opportunity to discuss your goals, identify the issues involved, and begin a plan of action that brings you back to harmony.