Probate, Estate, Trust & Fiduciary Litigation

Represented a client that provides offshore mooring systems for the energy industry in the acquisition of the equity of a provider of anchoring and mooring solutions and its subsidiaries. The complex cross-border transaction involved the acquisition of assets located on and entities domiciled in at least twelve different countries and negotiations of definitive agreements with legal counsel in Norway.

Represented grocers in administration disputes with the State of Texas through trial at the administrative level.

Represented several large corporations and individuals in matters involving various contractual and business tort disputes, including fraud, misrepresentation, breach of fiduciary duty, and breach of contract claims through trial, summary judgment, and mediation.

Represented several large corporate fiduciaries in their respective roles as trustees, executors, and administrators of estates in both contested lawsuits and administrative matters related to wills, trusts, and estates.

Represented individual trustee in actions involving multiple beneficiaries of a multi-million dollar trust holding numerous assets including stock in a privately held company.

Represented named beneficiary and daughter of a major steel manufacturer in obtaining multi-million dollar settlement of her father’s estate.

Represented executor and head of a charitable foundation in litigation involving multiple assets and the divisions of multiple tracts of valuable real estate.

Represented executor and named beneficiaries in a $15 million estate regarding the division of assets including various trusts and family partnerships.

Obtained a plaintiffs verdict in upholding a tax planned will for the beneficiaries in a will contest lawsuit.

Obtained defense verdict in the representation of a corporation being sued in a wrongful death action and the corresponding probate matters arising out of that dispute.

Represented Temporary Administrator in multi-million dollar will contest involving multiple gifts to Houston based charitable organizations and museums.

Represented named beneficiary and daughter of a major steel manufacturer in obtaining multi-million dollar settlement of her father’s estate.

Represented executor and head of a charitable foundation in litigation involving multiple assets and the divisions of multiple tracts of valuable real estate.

Represented executor and named beneficiaries in a $15 million estate regarding the division of assets including various trusts and family partnerships.

Obtained a plaintiffs verdict in upholding a tax planned will for the beneficiaries in a will contest lawsuit.

Obtained defense verdict in the representation of a corporation being sued in a wrongful death action and the corresponding probate matters arising out of that dispute.