19 Best Fort Worth Probate Attorneys

Founded in 1945, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld LLP is a full-service law firm serving Fort Worth and 20 other international locations. The firm focuses on estate planning with an emphasis on probate filings and trust administration matters. Its attorneys represent individual and corporate trustees and executors responsible for managing tax obligations and the fiduciary responsibilities of medium-size to high-net-worth estates. The firm's other practice areas include consumer protection and defense and global financial services regulation.

Founded in 2015, Blake & Blake LLP provides legal services in Fort Worth. The firm represents family members in probate cases involving no estate plan or a will rather than a trust. Its attorneys' assistance with the process includes filing appropriate court documents, investigating estate assets, determining taxes and debts, establishing the estate's heirs, resolving disputes, and distributing beneficiary assets. The firm's other practice areas include estate planning, business litigation, and construction, entertainment, and insurance law.

Founded in 1978, Brackett & Ellis PC provides legal counsel in Fort Worth. The firm's attorneys assist clients with estate administration in the probate process, including the management of court documents, asset valuation, creditor payment, dispute litigation and resolution, and disbursement of beneficiary assets. The firm's probate attorneys are board certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. Other practice areas include corporate, real estate, banking, and employment law as well as matters involving the oil and gas industry.

Gonzales Law PLLC provides legal services in Forth Worth. Founding attorney Joe Gonzales, Jr. assists clients with the probate process when there is not an estate plan or a will exists instead of a trust. He evaluates the decedent's property, pays estate taxes and debts, investigates claims by heirs, resolves dispute, and distributes the beneficiaries' inheritance. The firm's other practice areas include estate planning, CPA services, business formation, and real estate, tax, and contract law.

Law Office of Kyle Whitaker is a Fort Worth-based firm providing probate services to clients throughout the metro area. The firm handles all aspects of estate administration and assists the executor in tasks such as filing probate with appropriate courts, distributing assets as intended by the will or in lieu of one, and settling the estate's remaining expenses. Sometimes the firm performs mediation to help resolve disagreements between heirs outside of court. It also provides estate planning services.

The Law Offices of Paula R. Moore has provided legal services in Fort Worth for more than 13 years. The firm assists estate administrators throughout the probate process. Founding attorney Moore guides clients through document management and filing, the estate's asset inventory, payment of debts, justification of heirs, dispute resolution, and beneficiary asset distribution. Its other practice areas include establishing wills, trusts, guardianship, and power of attorney through the estate planning process.

Lively & Associates PLLC has provided legal counsel in Fort Worth since 2007. Its attorneys assist clients with the probate process by drafting and filing court documents, evaluating estate assets, paying creditors, distributing remaining assets among beneficiaries, and litigating disputes when necessary. The firm's other practice areas include estate planning and business, real estate, and appellate law. Lively & Associates holds an AV Peer-Review Rating by Martindale-Hubbell for legal knowledge and professional ethics.

McDonald Sanders PC, Attorneys at Law has provided legal services in Fort Worth since 1951. Its attorneys represent beneficiaries, executors, and heirs They assist their clients with navigating the probate process from the initial court filings to beneficiary asset distribution, including litigation when necessary. The firm's other practice areas include banking, construction, corporate, and appellate law. McDonald Sanders has received U.S. News & World Reports' distinction of Best Law Firms,

Scharar Law Firm PC has provided legal services in Fort Worth for more than six years. Its attorneys assist clients with probate administration, including document filing, asset valuation, creditor payment, beneficiary asset distribution, and dispute litigation. The firm's other practice areas include estate planning and CPA tax services as well as employment, business, and contract law. Founding attorney Ryan Scharar is a member of the Texas State Bar and the U.S. District Court for the Northern and Southern Districts of Texas.

Founded in 2017, The Law Office of Ronda S. Haynes maintains offices in Fort Worth and Azle. The firm assists clients with all stages of the probate process, including letters testamentary, letters of administration, security and distribution of assets, and settlement of outstanding debt. Attorneys handle probate cases with or without a will. Its legal team works directly with clients to determine if probate can be avoided. Attorney Ronda Haynes is a member of the Tarrant County Probate Bar Association.

Turkett Law Office PLLC has provided legal counsel in Fort Worth for more than six years. The firm assists the personal representative in determining the probate process according to the situation. Its attorneys help with the management and filing of court documents, gathering and valuing estate assets, paying taxes and debts, determining heirs, managing disputes, and dispensing the beneficiaries' assets. Clients can also find assistance with estate planning, guardianship, elder law, and Medicaid planning.

Founded in 2004, Wick Phillips is a firm of attorneys and counselors located in Fort Worth that provides sophisticated representation in matters of probate and estate planning for high-net-worth clients throughout the metro area. Its attorneys assist personal representatives and other stakeholders at every stage of probate, from the preparation and filing of court documents to advising on tax minimization and distributing the estate to its heirs. The firm also mediates and litigates in cases of contested wills.