Medicaid Planning Attorneys in Texas

16 medicaid planning firms in Texas, by county and firm type.

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16 firms

FirmSan Antonio, TX

Bertsch & Boze Elder Law, PC

Serves 3 counties

San Antonio elder law firm serving Bexar, Comal, and Guadalupe counties, led by Carol Bertsch, a Certified Elder Law Attorney. Handles probate administration including muniment of title and determination of heirship, special needs and qualified income trusts, and long-term care Medicaid planning. Probate is quoted as a one-time flat fee.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawMedicaid Planningand 2 more

Office: 8703 BroadwaySan Antonio, TX 78217
Phone: (210) 892-4555

Solo PracticeWichita Falls, TX

C. Dan Campbell, P.C.

Serves 5 counties

Wichita Falls practice serving Wichita, Clay, Archer, and neighboring North Texas counties. Dan Campbell is board certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in both estate planning and probate law and civil trial law, and has been a licensed CPA since 1973 — a pairing that covers estate administration as well as will contests and estate and trust litigation.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigationand 4 more

Office: 4245 Kemp Blvd., Suite 800Wichita Falls, TX 76308
Phone: (940) 696-5015

FirmPlano, TX

Crain & Wooley

Serves 4 counties

Serves the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex from Plano, with a Mansfield office and an appointment-only Fort Worth office. Handles independent and dependent administration, muniment of title, determination of heirship, and small estate affidavits in Collin, Dallas, Tarrant, and Denton county probate courts. Planning is billed at a flat rate, probate hourly.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationGuardianshipand 4 more

Office: 2805 Dallas Parkway, Suite 400Plano, TX 75093
Phone: (972) 945-1610

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Solo PracticeSherman, TX

Craig W. Watson, Attorney at Law

Serves 3 counties

Sherman practice serving Grayson County and the Texoma region, in the community since the 1990s. Craig Watson is a Certified Elder Law Attorney through the National Elder Law Foundation, with 30 years in estate planning, probate, and elder law and four earlier years as a CPA. Handles estate administration, will contests, guardianship, and nursing home Medicaid qualification.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigationand 4 more

Office: 805 North Travis Street, Suite 400Sherman, TX 75090
Phone: (903) 813-8500

FirmLongview, TX

Ishihara & Parker Law Firm PLLC

Serves 5 counties

Longview firm serving Gregg County and the surrounding East Texas counties in probate and estate administration, Medicaid applications and estate recovery, guardianships, and special needs planning. Kristen J. Ishihara is board certified in estate planning and probate law; associate Christopher A. Parker is a member of the National Association of Elder Law Attorneys.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawGuardianshipand 4 more

Office: 3000 H.G. Mosley PkwyLongview, TX 75605
Phone: (430) 625-3110

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FirmFort Worth, TX

Katten Benson Zachry Golightly, LLP

Serves 4 counties

Fort Worth elder law and estate planning firm serving Tarrant County and North Central Texas. Handles probate after a death, including independent administration, heirship determination, the 90-day inventory, and creditor notice, plus guardianship, Medicaid and long-term care planning, and supplemental needs trusts. All of its attorneys belong to the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawGuardianshipand 3 more

Office: 4763 Barwick Drive, Suite 100Fort Worth, TX 76132
Phone: (817) 857-4690

Solo PracticeLubbock, TX

Law Offices of Lee Franks

Serves 7 counties

Lubbock elder law practice serving Lubbock County and the surrounding South Plains counties. Handles probate, proving a will and transferring property to beneficiaries or determining heirs when there is no will, plus Medicaid planning and MERP, estate and disability planning, wills, and statutory durable and medical powers of attorney. Free 30-minute consultation.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawSpecial Needs Planningand 4 more

Office: 3330 70th Street, Suite 201Lubbock, TX 79413
Phone: (806) 368-8805

Free consultation

FirmBedford, TX

Livens & Reed, PLLC

Serves 4 counties

Serves Tarrant, Dallas, Denton, and Collin counties from Bedford, with a second office in Addison. Handles probate, estate and trust administration alongside elder law work, including Medicaid planning, special needs trusts, and veterans aid and attendance benefits.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 6 more

Office: 2516 Harwood RoadBedford, TX 76021
Phone: (817) 545-3425

Free consultation

Solo PracticeVictoria, TX

Law Office of Pamela D. Orsak

Serves 6 counties

Victoria estate planning, probate, and elder law attorney serving the Crossroads area — Victoria, DeWitt, Lavaca, Jackson, Goliad, and Refugio counties. Handles probate and estate administration, guardianships, and Medicaid planning alongside wills and trusts. Pamela D. Orsak is board certified in estate planning and probate law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawGuardianshipand 3 more

Office: 306-B E. Airline RdVictoria, TX 77901
Phone: (361) 578-0001

FirmDallas, TX

Pyke Balen & Moncure, P.C.

Since 2000 · Serves 6 counties

Operates from Dallas and Frisco, handling probate administration, will and trust contests, guardianship, and Medicaid planning in the Dallas, Tarrant, Collin, Denton, Ellis, and Rockwall county courts. Since 2000 the firm has managed hundreds of estates, from straightforward will probates to disputed multi-million-dollar matters, quoting fixed fees where possible.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 3 more

Office: 7557 Rambler Road, Suite 850Dallas, TX 75231
Phone: (214) 866-0133

FirmWaco, TX

Rainey & Rainey Attorneys At Law PLLC

Serves 8 counties

Waco elder law and estate planning firm serving McLennan County and the surrounding Central Texas counties, with a second office in Georgetown. Handles Medicaid planning, guardianship, probate, heirship proceedings, Miller trusts, and special needs trusts, plus wills and powers of attorney. Elisa Dillard Rainey is a Certified Elder Law Attorney (CELA).

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawGuardianshipand 5 more

Office: 3809 W. Waco DriveWaco, TX 76710
Phone: (254) 752-8644

Solo PracticeCorpus Christi, TX

Russell Manning Law PLLC

Serves 8 counties

Corpus Christi probate and estate planning attorney with over 30 years of experience, serving Nueces, Bee, Kleberg, Live Oak, Jim Wells, Aransas, and Victoria counties. Handles independent and dependent administration, estate litigation, will contests, fiduciary and trust disputes, elder financial abuse claims, and probate mediation.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigationand 3 more

Office: 711 N. Carancahua St, Suite 1810Corpus Christi, TX 78401
Phone: (361) 866-5842

FirmTexarkana, TX

Ross & Shoalmire, P.L.L.C.

Serves 6 counties

Elder law and estate planning firm with offices in Texarkana, Tyler, and Paris, Texas plus Magnolia and Hot Springs, Arkansas. Guides executors and administrators through estate settlement, will probate, and probate litigation over executor misconduct and inheritance disputes, and handles guardianship, Medicaid planning, asset protection, and special needs trusts.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationElder Lawand 5 more

Office: 1820 Galleria Oaks DrTexarkana, TX 75503
Phone: (903) 223-5653

FirmEl Paso, TX

Townsend Allala, Coulter & Kludt, PLLC

Serves 2 counties

El Paso firm on Trowbridge Drive serving El Paso County and Southern New Mexico, with a second office in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. Handles probate administration and guardianship in West Texas courts alongside Medicaid planning, MERP claims, special needs planning, and wills and trusts. More than 45 years of experience serving El Paso and Las Cruces.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawGuardianshipand 5 more

Office: 4131 Trowbridge DrEl Paso, TX 79903
Phone: (915) 533-0007

FirmNacogdoches, TX

Weatherly & Burns, Attorneys at Law, PLLC

Since 1979 · Serves 5 counties

Nacogdoches firm serving East Texas since 1979. Manages probate from the initial application through final distribution, handles intestate administrations, and helps out-of-state families administer East Texas real estate, alongside wills, trusts, special needs planning, and Medicaid and long-term care work. W. Albert Weatherly is board certified in estate planning and probate law.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawSpecial Needs Planningand 3 more

Office: 412 North St, Suite HNacogdoches, TX 75961
Phone: (936) 564-5142

FirmKaty, TX

Theander & Grimes, PLLC

Serves 3 counties

Serves Fort Bend and Harris counties from Katy, with a second office in Tomball. Attorneys Christy Theander and Amanda Grimes handle dependent and independent probate administrations and heirship proceedings, guardianships, and Medicaid and long-term care planning, alongside wills, trusts, and powers of attorney.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationElder Lawand 5 more

Office: 1325 Main Street, Suite 1101Katy, TX 77494
Phone: (281) 968-9965

Estate planning attorneys in Texas average $387 an hour for wills and estates work. A flat-fee package runs $1,161 to $2,322 for a simple individual will and $4,130 to $6,195 for a basic revocable trust. An online service prices the same documents in the tens to low hundreds of dollars; the Texas will cost calculator sets the two side by side.

In Texas, estates valued at $75,000 or less use the Small Estate Affidavit, 30 days after death, a court filing short of full probate. That route is a form rather than a court case, and most families handle it without an attorney. Above the line, formal probate generally benefits from counsel for the procedural work, even when nothing is contested. The Texas probate calculator estimates the cost by estate value.

In Texas, the situations where counsel is typically worth the cost are: a blended family with children from a prior relationship (community property rules can produce a surprising split); a business, rental property or significant investment assets; a dependent with special needs, who needs a special-needs trust to keep benefits; substantial property in more than one state. Where none of these apply, an online or self-help document is often enough.

Filter the directory by county and by the practice area you need, and look for experience with your situation; a board certification in estate planning, trust or probate law is a strong signal. Most Texas estate planning attorneys offer an initial consultation, some free and some for a flat fee. Ask up front whether the firm bills by the hour or by package, and what your situation is expected to cost.

Medicaid Planning Attorneys in Texas

Estate planning attorneys in Texas charge $387 per hour for wills and estates work. A simple will done through an attorney typically runs $1,161–$2,322; online services cost $30–$300 for the same document.

Texas is a community property state. For blended families with children from prior relationships, the default rules can produce inheritance outcomes neither spouse intended — that's the most common case where retaining counsel here is worth the cost.

Estates under $75,000 in Texas can use a simplified affidavit instead of formal probate. Most families in that range can handle it without retaining counsel.

SimplyTrust Editorial·Updated October 15, 2026

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