Estate Attorneys in Dallas County, Texas

14 estate law firms have an office in Dallas County, Texas, practicing estate planning, probate and guardianship. Each listing carries the firm's practice areas, its Dallas County office and its phone.

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Practice Area

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Planning ahead

Estate Planning13 Tax Planning6 Special Needs Planning2 Asset Protection2 Medicaid Planning2

Settling an estate

Trust Administration6 Probate13 Probate Litigation6 Trust Litigation4

Capacity and care

Elder Law4 Guardianship7

Firm Type

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14 firms

The Almaguer Law Firm

14902 Preston Rd, Suite 404-715, Dallas, TX 75254

Rio Grande Valley firm in McAllen serving Hidalgo, Cameron, Starr, and Willacy counties, with a second office in Dallas. Sharon Almaguer has practiced for more than 35 years and handles probate of wills, guardianship proceedings, elder law, and special needs planning. Virtual and in-person consultations are available by appointment in Edinburg, Brownsville, Port Isabel, and Harlingen.

Solo PracticeServes 6 countiesVirtual consultationsEstate PlanningProbateElder LawGuardianshipSpecial Needs Planning+2

1-956-451-3811

The Blum Firm, P.C.

300 Crescent Court, Suite 1350, Dallas, TX 75201

Fort Worth estate and tax specialty firm of more than 30 attorneys, with offices in Dallas and Austin, founded by Marvin Blum in 1980. Represents executors and trustees in probate court matters, trust funding, asset disclaimers, contested probate, and estate tax return preparation, and litigates fiduciary disputes on both sides.

Since 1980Serves 5 countiesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+3

1-214-751-2130

Burch Law

7920 Belt Line Rd, Suite 700, Dallas, TX 75254

North Dallas firm serving Dallas, Collin, and Denton counties, with founder Lorie Burch and two associate attorneys. Drafts wills, revocable living trusts, powers of attorney, and directives to physicians, handles probate, and runs a mobile notary service that brings document signings to clients at home or bedside. Initial calls are free of charge.

Serves 3 countiesFree consultationEstate PlanningProbateLiving WillsPower Of AttorneyTrustsWills

1-972-385-0558

Ford+Bergner LLP

901 Main Street, 33rd Floor, Dallas, TX 75202

Boutique estate-law firm whose Dallas office sits downtown on Main Street, with Houston and Austin offices and fourteen attorneys. Handles probate administration, fiduciary services, contested guardianships, and estate, trust, and guardianship litigation, and says it has worked in 112 of Texas' 254 counties. Free consultation.

Serves 4 countiesFree consultationEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTrust LitigationGuardianship+2

1-214-389-0887

Guthrie Law Firm, PLLC

12222 Merit Dr, Suite 340, Dallas, TX 75251

Southlake and Dallas firm serving the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, with attorneys carrying a combined 84 years of experience. Represents executors and administrators through probating wills, locating assets, legal notices, estate inventories, and estate and gift tax returns. Shannon Guthrie is board certified in estate planning and probate law.

Serves 3 countiesEstate PlanningProbateTax PlanningBusiness FormationCharitable Planning+2

1-214-550-8187

Holman Law LLP

12222 Merit Drive, Suite 1200, Dallas, TX 75251

Dallas estate planning and probate firm in the Merit Tower serving the greater Dallas-Fort Worth area. Attorney Steven C. Holman handles probate and estate administration, letters testamentary, revocable trusts, powers of attorney, and long-term care and incapacity planning. Meetings available at the office, by phone, or by video conference.

Serves 4 countiesFree consultationVirtual consultationsEstate PlanningProbateElder LawPower Of AttorneyRevocable Trusts

1-972-474-7828

Jackson Walker LLP

2323 Ross Ave., Suite 600, Dallas, TX 75201

Texas firm whose Trusts & Estates group works from six offices statewide, including Austin, for families, family offices, and closely held businesses. Handles probate, trust, and guardianship administration, fiduciary advice to executors and trustees, and trusts and estates litigation, alongside wealth transfer, business succession, and charitable planning.

Serves the whole stateEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTax Planning+4

1-214-953-6000

Livens & Reed, PLLC

14131 Midway Road, Suite 1100, Addison, TX 75001

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.

Serves 4 countiesFree consultationEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder LawSpecial Needs Planning+5

1-972-685-5202

Davis Stephenson, PLLC

100 Crescent Court, Suite 440, Dallas, TX 75201

Serves Dallas County and the surrounding North Texas area from 100 Crescent Court in downtown Dallas. Carries probate, estate administration, and trust administration alongside its planning work, with charitable, tax, and family business planning. All four attorneys are board certified in Estate Planning and Probate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.

Serves 4 countiesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTax PlanningBusiness Succession

1-214-396-8800

Mincey-Carter, PC

12221 Merit Drive, Suite 200, Dallas, TX 75251

Serves Dallas County and the surrounding North Texas area from Merit Drive in north Dallas. Walks executors and trustees through Texas probate with an eye to limiting conflict among beneficiaries and exposure for the fiduciaries, alongside estate tax planning and business succession work. Founding partners Jim Mincey and Scott Carter are both board certified in Estate Planning and Probate Law.

Since 2005Serves 4 countiesEstate PlanningProbateTax PlanningBusiness SuccessionTrusts

1-469-916-1980

Pyke Balen & Moncure, P.C.

7557 Rambler Road, Suite 850, Dallas, TX 75231

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.

Since 2000Serves 6 countiesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationElder Law+2

1-214-866-0133

Sharpe Law Group

6688 N. Central Expy, Suite 450, Dallas, TX 75206

Dallas firm on North Central Expressway focused on estate planning, asset protection, and probate for families across the metroplex. Handles probate with a will, muniment of title, determination of heirship, affidavits of heirship, and small estate affidavits, plus wills, trusts, marital property agreements, and estate and gift tax returns.

Serves 4 countiesEstate PlanningProbateTax PlanningAsset ProtectionBusiness Law

1-214-742-6065

Spencer, Johnson, Harvell & Spencer, PLLC

500 N. Akard Street, Suite 2150, Dallas, TX 75201

Dallas litigation firm on North Akard Street representing executors, trustees, guardians, and beneficiaries in will contests, trust contests, other estate disputes, and fiduciary liability claims across the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex and throughout Texas. Also handles guardianship contests, probate mediations, and appeals.

Serves the whole stateFree consultationTrust AdministrationProbate LitigationTrust LitigationGuardianshipAppeals+2

1-214-965-9999

Staubus, Blankenship, Legere and Walker PLLC

8150 N Central Expy, Ste 850, Dallas, TX 75206

Attorneys with over 100 years of combined experience in estate planning, probate, and litigation. Ranked by Best Lawyers as a Tier One Best Law Firm in Dallas/Fort Worth for trust and estate litigation.

Serves 4 countiesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTrust LitigationGuardianshipTrust Planning

1-214-833-0100

Probate in Dallas County

Probate Court Record

Dallas County Probate Courts No. 1, 2 and 3

Dallas County

Phone

1-214-653-7099

Hours

Monday-Friday 8:00 AM-4:30 PM

Office

600 Commerce Street, 7th Floor, Suite 400, Dallas, TX 75202

Website

Court website →

E-filing

Required for attorneys

Self-represented filing

Attorney of record required

Self-help forms

Court forms packet

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How to file probate in Dallas County →

Verified October 16, 2026 · Source

Do I need a lawyer for probate in Dallas County? →Settling an estate in Dallas County →

Estate Law Firms Serving Dallas County

Bourland, Wall & Wenzel, P.C.

301 Commerce Street, Suite 2500, Fort Worth, TX 76102

Serves Tarrant and Dallas counties from Commerce Street in Fort Worth. Its Probate, Trust and Estate Administration section handles administration of estates and trusts after a death, including postmortem tax planning, and its fiduciary litigators represent beneficiaries, trustees, executors, and guardians in will contests, heirship determinations, and breach of fiduciary duty cases.

Since 1983Serves 2 countiesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+6

1-817-877-1088

Catherine H. Goodman, PLLC

306 W. 7th Street, Suite 306, Fort Worth, TX 76102

Fort Worth solo practice in the Fort Worth Club Building handling independent and dependent probate administration, contested and uncontested matters, and guardianship for Tarrant County families. Catherine Goodman is board certified in estate planning and probate law and takes will contests and trust and fiduciary litigation as well as drafting wills and directives.

Solo PracticeServes 4 countiesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTrust LitigationGuardianship

1-817-523-6044

Crain & Wooley

2805 Dallas Parkway, Suite 400, Plano, TX 75093

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.

Serves 4 countiesVirtual consultationsEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationGuardianshipAsset Protection+3

1-972-945-1610

Hernandez | Stokes Law, PLLC

132 West Main Street, Lewisville, TX 75057

Lewisville estate planning and probate firm in historic Old Town serving the Dallas, Denton, and Fort Worth Metroplex. Partners Donna Roberts Hernandez and Kellie Fister Stokes guide clients through probate matters and draft wills, trusts, and powers of attorney, and also handle small business formation and real estate transactions. Free initial consultation.

Serves 4 countiesFree consultationEstate PlanningProbateAsset ProtectionBusiness FormationPower Of Attorney+4

1-972-449-8606

Krupa Downs Law, PLLC

400 Chisholm Place, Suite 216, Plano, TX 75075

Plano solo practice serving Collin, Dallas, and Denton counties — the only counties its attorney practices in. Christene Krupa Downs helps survivors choose between a full probate administration and the lighter Texas procedures available when an estate holds few or only non-probate assets, and handles guardianships, wills, revocable living trusts, and powers of attorney.

Solo PracticeServes 3 countiesEstate PlanningProbateGuardianshipPower Of AttorneyTrustsWills

1-214-556-3862

Leach Fox Law, P.C.

8229 Mid Cities Blvd., North Richland Hills, TX 76182

North Richland Hills firm serving Tarrant County and the Fort Worth metro, with over 40 years of combined experience between its attorneys. Terry R. Leach and Tena G. Fox are both board certified in estate planning and probate law and guide executors through estate administration, assessing estate debts and assets and meeting probate deadlines, alongside wills, trusts, and powers of attorney.

Serves 3 countiesEstate PlanningProbatePower Of AttorneyTrustsWills

1-817-280-0811

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Forms for Planning and Settling an Estate in Texas

Free Texas forms to plan or settle an estate: a will, trust, powers of attorney, TOD deed and the probate forms. Prepare each form for Texas.

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Revocable Living Trust

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Last Will and Testament

In Texas, a will is signed before 2 witnesses, and a self-proving affidavit signed with it lets the court admit it without witness testimony.

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Healthcare Power of Attorney

Texas allows a choice for a healthcare power of attorney: 2 witnesses or a notary.

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Financial Power of Attorney

Texas requires explicit durability language for a power of attorney to survive incapacity, and it is signed before a notary.

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Pour-Over Will

In Texas, a pour-over will is signed before 2 witnesses and moves anything left outside the trust into it through probate.

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Transfer on Death Deed

In Texas, a transfer on death deed is signed before a notary, then recorded with the county before the owner's death.

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Tools for Planning and Settling an Estate in Texas

Free calculators and checklists to plan or settle an estate in Texas: will and trust costs, probate, executor pay and taxes. Run each tool for Texas.

Trust or Will: Which Costs Less?

In Texas, a will-based plan pays probate attorney fees of typically 2.2% to 3.5% of the estate; a funded revocable trust keeps those assets out of probate and off that fee.

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Do I Need a Revocable Trust?

Probate in Texas takes 4 months to 6 months for a simple estate and charges attorney fees of typically 2.2% to 3.5% of the estate; assets held in a revocable trust skip both.

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How Much Does Probate Cost?

Probate on a $500,000 estate in Texas costs an estimated $27,634. Attorney fees run 2.2% to 3.5% of the estate under a reasonable-compensation standard.

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What Are the Estate Laws in My State?

Probate on a $500,000 estate in Texas costs an estimated $27,634 and takes 4 months to 6 months for a simple estate, with attorney fees of typically 2.2% to 3.5% of the estate. Estates under $75,000 can use a small-estate procedure instead.

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How Do I Settle an Estate?

Settling an estate in Texas: the personal representative files the estate inventory within 90 days of appointment; creditors have 4 months to present claims; a simple estate closes in 4 months to 6 months.

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What Does Estate Planning Actually Cost?

An attorney-prepared revocable trust in Texas runs $4,130 to $6,195 and a simple will $1,161 to $2,322, against $0 to $549 up front plus a subscription with an online service.

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Estate Attorneys in Dallas County, Texas

Probate in Dallas County

Dallas County Probate Courts No. 1, 2 and 3

Estate Law Firms Serving Dallas County

Forms for Planning and Settling an Estate in Texas

Revocable Living Trust

Last Will and Testament

Healthcare Power of Attorney

Financial Power of Attorney

Pour-Over Will

Transfer on Death Deed

Tools for Planning and Settling an Estate in Texas

Trust or Will: Which Costs Less?

Do I Need a Revocable Trust?

How Much Does Probate Cost?

What Are the Estate Laws in My State?

How Do I Settle an Estate?

What Does Estate Planning Actually Cost?

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Estate Attorneys in Dallas County, Texas