Meet Jordan Navarro: Associate Attorney, Barton & Associates, Attorneys at Law
Texas State Bar Card Number: 24119196 | Licensed: April 27, 2023
Who is Jordan Navarro, and Why Does His South Texas Background Matter to Your Family Law Case?
Family law cases are deeply personal, and the attorney a client chooses to navigate them needs to understand more than just the Texas Family Code. They need to understand the community the client comes from, the pressures families in that community face, and the cultural context that shapes how parents, spouses and children experience the legal process. Jordan Navarro is an Associate Attorney at Barton & Associates focusing exclusively on family law, and he brings something to this practice that cannot be taught in a classroom: he is a native of the Rio Grande Valley—one of the most distinctive and tightly knit regional communities in all of Texas—who chose to study law at St. Mary’s University School of Law in San Antonio and then built his family law career here. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice with a minor in Political Science from the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, earned his Juris Doctorate from St. Mary’s University School of Law in 2022, and was licensed by the State Bar of Texas on April 27, 2023. He understands the culture, the language of family relationships and the specific dynamics of South Texas communities in a way that shapes how he listens to clients, how he frames their cases and how he advocates for them in Bexar County family courts. For clients from San Antonio, the Rio Grande Valley or anywhere in South Texas who want an attorney who genuinely understands where they come from, Jordan Navarro is that attorney.
Credentials at a Glance
- Legal Name: Jordan Fox Navarro
- Known As: Jordan Navarro
- Title: Associate Attorney
- Firm: Barton & Associates, Attorneys at Law
- Texas State Bar Card Number: 24119196
- Texas Bar License Date: April 27, 2023
- Bar Status: Active, Good Standing
- Primary Practice Area: Family Law
Education: UTRGV and St. Mary’s University School of Law
Jordan Navarro’s academic path from the Rio Grande Valley to San Antonio reflects a student who was preparing for a career in law and advocacy from the beginning of his undergraduate years—not someone who arrived at the legal profession by accident or after exploring unrelated fields.
- B.A., Criminal Justice with a Minor in Political Science — University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV), Edinburg, Texas. UTRGV is the flagship public university of the Rio Grande Valley and one of the largest Hispanic-Serving Institutions in the United States. A degree in Criminal Justice from UTRGV provides direct, substantive training in how legal systems operate, how courts process cases, how law enforcement and the judiciary interact, and how social structures shape legal outcomes. Combined with a Political Science minor—which develops understanding of governmental institutions, policy, and the relationship between law and political power—Jordan Navarro arrived at law school with a foundational understanding of the legal system that went well beyond what most incoming law students bring to their first year.
- Doctor of Jurisprudence (J.D.) — St. Mary’s University School of Law, San Antonio, Texas, 2022. St. Mary’s University School of Law is the only ABA-accredited law school in San Antonio and is consistently recognized among the top law schools in Texas for practice-ready legal education. Its curriculum, clinical programs and faculty are embedded in the Bexar County legal community, giving students who train there an understanding of San Antonio’s courts, judges and legal culture that attorneys who trained elsewhere and relocated to the city do not have at the outset of their careers.
- Texas State Bar: Licensed April 27, 2023 — Bar Card Number 24119196, active good standing.
The UTRGV Criminal Justice degree deserves particular attention for prospective family law clients. Family law cases in Texas frequently intersect with the criminal justice system—domestic violence allegations, protective orders, CPS investigations triggered by criminal charges, and custody disputes involving a parent’s criminal history all require an attorney who understands how criminal and family law interact. Jordan Navarro studied the criminal justice system as a discipline before he ever studied the Texas Family Code. That dual literacy—in how criminal cases are processed and how family courts respond to them—is a meaningful advantage in exactly the kinds of high-stakes, cross-system family law matters that are most difficult to navigate.
Why a Rio Grande Valley Native Practicing in San Antonio is a Strategic Asset for South Texas Families
The Rio Grande Valley is not simply a geographic region—it is a deeply distinctive cultural community with its own values, family structures, communication styles and relationship to legal institutions. Attorneys who have not lived it often do not understand it. Jordan Navarro grew up in the Valley. He was educated at UTRGV. He came to San Antonio for law school and built his career here, but he has never lost the cultural fluency and community understanding that come from being raised in the Rio Grande Valley. For clients from the Valley, from Laredo, from Corpus Christi, or from any of the South Texas communities between the Valley and San Antonio, that fluency matters in practical ways. It means Jordan Navarro does not need cultural context explained to him. It means he understands the significance of extended family in parenting disputes, the role of community relationships in custody evaluations, and the pressures that South Texas families face during a divorce or CPS case in ways that shape his advocacy from the first client meeting through the final hearing. For clients from San Antonio itself, it means they are working with an attorney whose entire legal career has been built in the city’s courts—trained at St. Mary’s Law, practicing at Barton & Associates, immersed in Bexar County family law from the day he passed the bar.
The Value of the Barton & Associates Environment for Jordan Navarro’s Developing Law Practice
A newer attorney’s development is shaped as much by the environment they practice in as by the credentials they bring to it. At Barton & Associates, Jordan Navarro works alongside Managing Attorney Duane Graeff—a 26-year litigation veteran, Law Review Articles Editor, Order of Barristers honoree, and federally admitted litigator with deep family law trial experience—and within a team that includes Trial Attorney Desirée Flye Marshall, a 19-year family law veteran with Harris County jury trial experience and judicial appointment credentials as both Attorney Ad Litem and Amicus Attorney, and Founding Attorney Gary J. Barton, a Board Certified criminal defense lawyer and former Major Crimes Unit prosecutor. The standards of preparation, client communication and courtroom readiness that Barton & Associates operates under are not aspirational—they are built into the daily culture of the firm, reflected in over 500 five-star client reviews, and modeled by attorneys who have spent decades proving them in court. Jordan Navarro practices family law inside that culture every day, and his clients receive the benefit of it in every case he handles.
Areas of Practice
Jordan Navarro focuses exclusively on family law at Barton & Associates, representing clients in San Antonio, Bexar County, the Rio Grande Valley and throughout South Texas.
Divorce and Separation
- Contested and uncontested divorce in Bexar County and throughout South Texas
- High-conflict and fault-based divorce
- Divorce involving children, custody, and parenting plan disputes
- Community property characterization and division under Texas law
- Separate property tracing and reimbursement claims
- Complex asset and debt division
- Divorce involving domestic violence allegations and protective orders
- Prenuptial and postnuptial agreements
- Annulment proceedings
Child Custody and Conservatorship
- Contested child custody and conservatorship disputes
- Suits Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship (SAPCR)
- Emergency custody orders and temporary restraining orders
- Standard Possession Orders and expanded Standard Possession Orders
- Father’s rights and paternity actions
- Grandparents’ rights and third-party custody matters
- Joint managing conservatorship and sole managing conservatorship disputes
- Geographic restriction and relocation disputes
- Custody matters involving CPS or DFPS investigations
Child Support
- Initial child support orders and calculation under Texas Family Code guidelines
- Child support enforcement and contempt proceedings
- Modification of child support based on material and substantial change
- Medical and dental insurance allocation and expense reimbursement
- Failure to pay child support and enforcement actions
Visitation and Possession
- Possession order establishment, modification, and enforcement
- Holiday, vacation, and school-year possession schedule disputes
- Right of first refusal provisions and enforcement
- Geographic restriction and relocation negotiations
Post-Divorce and Modification Matters
- Post-divorce modification of custody, conservatorship, and possession orders
- Spousal maintenance and contractual alimony
- Enforcement of family court orders when the opposing party fails to comply
- Material and substantial change of circumstances petitions
Additional Family Law Matters
- Adoption proceedings
- Legal guardianship — minor and adult guardianship, temporary and emergency guardianship
- Protective orders and family violence restraining orders
- Divorce mediation and alternative dispute resolution
- Parenting plan development and negotiation
About Jordan Navarro: The Person Behind the Practice
Jordan Navarro’s professional commitment to family law is rooted in something more than career choice. Growing up in the Rio Grande Valley—a region where family ties are central to community life and where legal resources have historically been harder to access than in larger urban centers—he developed a firsthand understanding of what it means for a family to face a legal crisis without the right advocate in their corner. That understanding drives how he approaches every client relationship: with genuine attention to what the client is actually going through, clear communication about what the legal process will require, and a commitment to advocating boldly when the situation demands it. His entire legal career has been devoted to this work—studying criminal justice and political science at UTRGV, earning his law degree at St. Mary’s in San Antonio, and joining Barton & Associates to continue growing as a family law advocate inside one of the most credentialed legal teams in the city. The clients he represents are not abstractions. They are families from communities he understands personally, navigating some of the hardest moments of their lives, and they deserve an attorney who treats their case with the weight it carries.
How to Reach Jordan Navarro and Barton & Associates
If you are facing a divorce, custody dispute, child support matter or any other family law issue in San Antonio, Bexar County, the Rio Grande Valley or anywhere in South Texas, Jordan Navarro and the full legal team at Barton & Associates are ready to help. The firm offers free consultations and is available evenings, weekends and holidays.
- San Antonio (Main Office): 115 Camaron St, San Antonio, TX 78205 | 210-500-0000
- Austin (By Appt): 316 W 12th St Suite 400, Austin, TX 78701 | 512-THE-FIRM (843-3476)
- Corpus Christi (By Appt): 5110 Wilkinson Dr Suite 210, Corpus Christi, TX 78415 | 361-800-6780
- Email: Info@BartonLawOffice.com
The firm serves clients throughout Bexar, Travis, Nueces, Hidalgo, Cameron, Webb, Comal, Guadalupe, Bandera, Medina, and Kendall Counties, and across South and Central Texas.
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Barton & Associates, Attorneys at Law
115 Camaron St, San Antonio, TX 78205
Office: 210-500-0000
