Amber Carson Email and Phone Number

Amber Carson guides debtors, creditors, official committees and other parties through every phase of commercial bankruptcy and creditors’ rights matters before courts in Texas and across the country. She has helped clients achieve positive outcomes in difficult cases spanning many industries, from oil and gas, healthcare and retail to restaurants, construction and manufacturing. Amber also handles bankruptcy-related litigation involving a number of complex issues, including fraudulent transfers, preference actions, contract disputes and many more.Amber's work and experience has garnered attention on a national, state, and local level. Amber was honored in 2024 with the American Inns of Court Sandra Day O’Connor Award for Professional Service (sole recipient; presented at the Supreme Court of the US); named to the American Bar Association's "On the Rise - Top 40 Young Lawyers" (2023); the sole inaugural recipient of the Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Award given by the Bankruptcy Law Section of the State Bar of Texas (2023); the American Bankruptcy Institute's "40 Under 40" (2022); the sole recipient of the Romina L. Mulloy-Bossio Achievement Award, given by the Bankruptcy Law Section of the State Bar of Texas (2021); awarded a Presidential Citation in 2021 by the Dallas Bar Association; selected by her peers for inclusion in Woodward/White, Inc.'s The Best Lawyers in America "Ones to Watch" in the field of Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law (2021-2024); selected to participate in the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges Next Generation program (2022); named a Rising Star by Texas Super Lawyers (a Thomson Reuters company) as published in Texas Monthly and Texas Super Lawyers magazines (2019-2024), including one of the "Up-and-Coming 50: Women Texas Rising Stars Top List" (2023-24) and "Up-and-Coming 100: Texas Rising Stars Top List" (2023-24); and named to D Magazine's Best Lawyers Under 40 (2020, 2023, 2024).Amber has built a large network of connections through her leadership roles in several industry and community organizations, including the American Bankruptcy Institute, the Bankruptcy Law Section for the State Bar of Texas, and the International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation. She is committed to multiple organizations’ diversity and inclusion efforts and serves on Gray Reed’s DEI Committee.Before joining Gray Reed, Amber served as a judicial clerk for the Honorable Harlin D. Hale, Chief U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the Northern District of Texas.