The 2026 listing of leading Houston Trusts, Estates & Succession Planning Lawyers details lawyers practising in trusts, estate & succession planning law matters in the Houston legal market who have been identified by their fellow Houston lawyers, clients and referrers specialising in these areas for their expertise and abilities in the area.
Preeminent
Stefnee Ashlock, Fizer Beck Webster Bentley & Scroggins
Roger Beck, Fizer Beck Webster Bentley & Scroggins
Brett Berly, Chamberlain Hrdlicka
Wesley Bowers, Fizer Beck Webster Bentley & Scroggins
Brian Cororve, Gray Reed
Mickey Davis, Davis & Willms
Stephen Dyer, Baker Botts
Julie Edelman, Chamberlain Hrdlicka
Glen Eichelberger, Gray Reed
Karen Gerstner, Karen S. Gerstner & Associates
Amanda Gyeszly, Gyeszly + Prangner
Mark Jacob, Troutman Pepper Locke
Yolanda Chavez Knull, Ytterberg Deery Knull
Terri Lacy, Hunton Andrews Kurth
Celeste Lawton, Norton Rose Fulbright
Chelsea Overhuls, Troutman Pepper Locke
Jerry Scroggins Jr, Fizer Beck Webster Bentley & Scroggins
Melissa Willms, Davis & Willms
Alan Ytterberg, Ytterberg Deery Knull
Leading
Carol Bartlett, Carol J Bartlett Attorney at Law
Lawrence Bass, Chamberlain Hrdlicka
Scott Bayer, Gray Reed
Michael Cenatiempo, Clark Hill
Jeffrey Chadwick, Winstead
Perrin Clark, Ytterberg Deery Knull
G. Edward Deery, Ytterberg Deery Knull
James Dossey, Dossey & Jones
Lauren Doughty, Troutman Pepper Locke
S. Stacy Eastland, Ytterberg Deery Knull
Kristi Elsom, Fizer Beck Webster Bentley & Scroggins
Anthony Garcia, Crady Jewett McCulley & Houren
Jay Houren, Crady Jewett McCulley & Houren
Jay Knighton II, Knighton & Stone
Matthew Lueders, Fizer Beck Webster Bentley & Scroggins
Bryan Phillips, Ytterberg Deery Knull
Jovana Popovich, Fizer Beck Webster Bentley & Scroggins
Emily Radke, Gray Reed
Richard Ramirez, Baker Botts
Scott Schepps, Jackson Walker
Marjorie Schultz, Fizer Beck Webster Bentley & Scroggins
Joseph Sleeth Jr, Norton Rose Fulbright
Jennifer Klein Strauss, Ytterberg Deery Knull
R. Eric Viehman, Ytterberg Deery Knull
Recommended
Molly Dear Abshire, Wright Abshire Attorneys
Andrea Barr, Barr Law
Lorette Bauarschi, Lorette Bauarschi Attorney at Law
Kelley Bentley, Bentley & Eckelkamp
John Brentin, Porter Hedges
Louis Ditta, Ditta Law
Nicholas Dupre, Stanfield & Dupre
W. Alvin Early, Law Offices of W Alvin Early
Joy Eckelkamp, Bentley & Eckelkamp
Wendy Farner, Farner & Perrin
Larry George, Crain Caton & James
Jack Lawter Jr., Lawter & Lawter
Emily Macey, Hunton Andrews Kurth
Thomas McCulloch, McCulloch & Miller
Jaclyn Patton, Patton Law Firm
Diane Perrin, Farner & Perrin
Neil Rosenstein, Spencer Fane
John Strohmeyer, Strohmeyer Law
Wesley Wright, Wright Abshire Attorneys