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
