Estate Planning & Probate Attorney

About the Role:

Legal boutique firm with over 30 years of experience in family law, estate planning, and probate in the Dallas area is currently looking for a senior-track Estate Planning & Probate Attorney with 7+ years of dedicated Texas experience. This role is designed for a sophisticated legal engineer who can seamlessly balance advanced trust drafting, corporate succession planning, and active litigation inside Dallas County Probate Courts.

• Experience Tier : Senior-level track, typically seeking 7+ years of dedicated practice in Texas estate law and wealth management.
• Core Mandate : Provide high-touch, empathetic, and sophisticated legal counsel to families, business owners, and fiduciaries navigating estate creation, business succession, or structural asset protection.
• Firm Environment : A boutique, family-run legal environment that blends customized client attention with the horsepower needed to execute large-scale asset preservation.

Key Responsibilities & Scope of Work

1. Advanced Estate Engineering : Drafting and custom-tailoring foundational and advanced estate plans, including Revocable Living Trusts, Irrevocable Trusts, Multi-Generational Wealth Planning instruments, and Complex Wills .
2. Business Succession & Protection : Designing structures to safeguard closely held businesses, complex real estate portfolios, and investment assets across generational transfers.
3. Probate & Estate Administration : Guiding independent executors, administrators, and fiduciaries through the complete Texas probate process, asset inventories, and accounting requirements.
4. Contested Probate Litigation : Representing plaintiffs or defendants in high-stakes will contests, guardianship disputes, and breach of fiduciary duty lawsuits in the Dallas County Probate Courts.
5. Court Appointments : Serving when designated as a court-appointed Attorney Ad Litem or Guardian Ad Litem .

Candidate Specifications

• Licensure : Active, good-standing license with the State Bar of Texas .
• Local Court Mechanics : Deep, fluent knowledge of Texas Estates Code and specific procedural rules governing Dallas County Probate Courts.
• Financial Fluency : Strong analytical capacity regarding tax mitigation strategies, asset valuations, and corporate entity frameworks