Scott D. Weber

Scott D. Weber

Practice Areas

  • Probate, Trust, and Fiduciary Litigation
    • Claims against Executors/Administrators, Guardians, and Trustees
    • Defending Executors/Administrators, Guardians, and Trustees
    • Assisting Beneficiaries With Estate and Trust Issues
    • Common Law Spouse Claims
    • Disputed Heirship
    • Community Property Issues
  • Will Contests
  • Probate Wills
  • Estate Administration
    • Testate
    • Intestate
    • Independent
    • Dependent
    • Insolvent
    • Heirships
    • Creditor Claims
  • Guardianships
    • Seeking a Guardianship
    • Defending against a Guardianship
    • Contested Guardianships
    • Guardianship Administration
    • Certified Mediator: Probate, Trust, and Guardianship Disputes

Biography

  • Born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, December 23, 1964
  • Woodrow Wilson High School, Dallas, Texas (1982)
  • Columbia University in the City of New York, B.A. (1986)
  • Southern Methodist University School of Law, J.D. (1989)
  • Admitted to the State Bar of Texas, November, 1989
  • Board Certified Civil Trial Law – Texas Board of Legal Specialization (2006)
  • Admitted to Practice Before all of the Federal Courts in Texas, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, the United States Supreme Court, and the United States Tax Court
  • Certified Mediator (2009)
  • Member, Dallas Bar Association, Probate, Trusts & Estates Section:
    • Program Chair 2013-14
    • Secretary/Treasurer 2014-15
    • Chair Elect 2015-16
    • Chair 2016-17
  • Member, State Bar of Texas (Litigation Section and Real Estate, Probate & Trust Law Section)
  • Certified by the State Bar of Texas to serve as an Ad Litem in Guardianship Proceedings
  • Former Adjunct Professor of Trial Advocacy, Southern Methodist University, Dedman School of Law
  • Named a “Texas Super Lawyer” by Texas Monthly magazine – since 2006
  • Listed in The Best Lawyers in America – since 2008
  • Named as one of the Best Lawyers in Dallas by D Magazine in the area of Probate: Trust & Estates since 2021
  • Named by Best Lawyers as Litigation — Trusts and Estates, “Lawyer of the Year” in Dallas, Texas, in 2015 and 2022
  • Conversant in Spanish for Social and Business Purposes