About

Robin Cravey –
outdoorsman,
poet, citizen, lawyer.

Robin Cravey began practicing law in 1998, after years spent as a cabdriver, journalist, publisher, editor, city hall aide. He began as a solo practitioner, and he remains a solo practitioner, devoting his practice to estate planning, probate, and real estate. He says, “I’m happy to find that my clients are just responsible people trying to do the right thing. I like a representation that ends with a court hearing or a signing ceremony after which everyone smiles.”

A sixth-generation Texan and a lifelong poet, Robin was born in Houston and raised by hard-working parents in a loving household. His books include I am a Comet, Poems from a Houston boyhood, and Benchmarks, a Year of Sundays on the Lady Bird Lake Trail. His forthcoming book, Watermarks, Hiking, Writing, Dreaming on the Barton Creek Trail, is in serial publication in the Austin Sierran.

Robin was married to Jane Kurzawa Cravey for 42 years, and they have two daughters, Emma and Molly. Apart, Robin and Jane remain best of friends. Emma is a director at Earthshare of Texas, Inc. Molly is an archaeologist with the Forest Service.

Robin is, by turns, an avid hiker, bicyclist, swimmer and camper. He has pitched his tent in campgrounds throughout Texas. Besides hiking on camping trips, Robin has hiked regularly along the Barton Creek Trail, the Town Lake Trail, and other Austin trails. He swam every morning at Barton Springs Pool for many years, and volunteered countless hours for its maintenance and preservation.

Robin ran for city council on the commonsense ticket, and he spoke up for great parks, affordable housing, and public transit.

Robin recently revived his passion for bicycling and bought an electric bicycle (pedal assist), which he rides everywhere. He now divides his time between Austin and Providence, Rhode Island. He calls himself a climate migrant. Providence is a great bicycle town, and Robin loves to cruise down the East Bay Bike Path on mild summer days. He’s also getting to know the Acela train line from Providence to Baltimore, where he flies back and forth to Austin.

Sierra Nowakowski 

Sierra Nowakowski grew up in a small town in East Texas, but knew she had to leave as soon as possible.  A few short months after graduating high school, she moved to the slightly larger city of Waco to attend college.  Since then, she’s lived in various parts of Texas and New Mexico, searching diligently for her home.  Then, in the summer of 2016, she found it when she moved to South Austin.  Sierra immediately fell in love with the city and is thrilled to have the opportunity spend her life here.  

Sierra joined the practice as Administrative Assistant in March of 2017 and has since advanced to Legal Assistant.  She greatly enjoys working with Robin and our clients and is looking forward to continuing to build relationships here with us and with you. 

Sierra has held a wide variety of professional positions ranging from waitress to billing specialist to retail store manager to radio disc jockey and just about everywhere in between.  Although she’s held various positions, the one thing that has remained constant has been serving clients and customers and providing them with an excellent experience.

Sierra’s most important positions, however, are that of wife to her husband, Kris, and mother to her four wonderful boys.  She has spent most of her time during the last 22 years raising her sons to be kind and caring young men and encouraging their individuality.  Although two of her sons have successfully reached adulthood, they still find time in their busy lives to come visit.  Some of her family’s favorite Austin activities are live music events, stand-up comedy, and dining out in Austin’s many amazing restaurants. They also enjoy cross-country road trips, weekend camping trips, hiking through the green belt, and swimming in Barton Springs Pool.  Although she doesn’t get much free time away from work and family, when she does, Sierra enjoys reading, sewing, crafting, and watching movies from the 80s and 90s.