Leading Wealth, Estates & Succession Planning Lawyers - Houston, 2026

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.

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Tiers are in rank order. Within a tier, names are alphabetical and are not ranked against one another.

Preeminent

Preeminent: 19 lawyers
Lawyer	Firm	Doyle’s ranking record
Stefnee Ashlock	Fizer Beck Webster Bentley & Scroggins	Doyle’s ranking record: Stefnee Ashlock
Roger Beck	Fizer Beck Webster Bentley & Scroggins	Doyle’s ranking record: Roger Beck
Brett Berly	Chamberlain Hrdlicka	Doyle’s ranking record: Brett Berly
Wesley Bowers	Fizer Beck Webster Bentley & Scroggins	Doyle’s ranking record: Wesley Bowers
Brian Cororve	Gray Reed	Doyle’s ranking record: Brian Cororve
Mickey Davis	Davis & Willms	Doyle’s ranking record: Mickey Davis
Stephen Dyer	Baker Botts	Doyle’s ranking record: Stephen Dyer
Julie Edelman	Chamberlain Hrdlicka	Doyle’s ranking record: Julie Edelman
Glen Eichelberger	Gray Reed	Doyle’s ranking record: Glen Eichelberger
Karen Gerstner	Karen S. Gerstner & Associates	Doyle’s ranking record: Karen Gerstner
Amanda Gyeszly	Gyeszly + Prangner	Doyle’s ranking record: Amanda Gyeszly
Mark Jacob	Troutman Pepper Locke	Doyle’s ranking record: Mark Jacob
Yolanda Chavez Knull	Ytterberg Deery Knull	Doyle’s ranking record: Yolanda Chavez Knull
Terri Lacy	Hunton Andrews Kurth	Doyle’s ranking record: Terri Lacy
Celeste Lawton	Norton Rose Fulbright	Doyle’s ranking record: Celeste Lawton
Chelsea Overhuls	Troutman Pepper Locke	Doyle’s ranking record: Chelsea Overhuls
Jerry Scroggins Jr	Fizer Beck Webster Bentley & Scroggins	Doyle’s ranking record: Jerry Scroggins Jr
Melissa Willms	Davis & Willms	Doyle’s ranking record: Melissa Willms
Alan Ytterberg	Ytterberg Deery Knull	Doyle’s ranking record: Alan Ytterberg

Leading

Leading: 24 lawyers
Lawyer	Firm	Doyle’s ranking record
Carol Bartlett	Carol J Bartlett Attorney at Law	Doyle’s ranking record: Carol Bartlett
Lawrence Bass	Chamberlain Hrdlicka	Doyle’s ranking record: Lawrence Bass
Scott Bayer	Gray Reed	Doyle’s ranking record: Scott Bayer
Michael Cenatiempo	Clark Hill	Doyle’s ranking record: Michael Cenatiempo
Jeffrey Chadwick	Winstead	Doyle’s ranking record: Jeffrey Chadwick
Perrin Clark	Ytterberg Deery Knull	Doyle’s ranking record: Perrin Clark
G. Edward Deery	Ytterberg Deery Knull	Doyle’s ranking record: G. Edward Deery
James Dossey	Dossey & Jones	Doyle’s ranking record: James Dossey
Lauren Doughty	Troutman Pepper Locke	Doyle’s ranking record: Lauren Doughty
S. Stacy Eastland	Ytterberg Deery Knull	Doyle’s ranking record: S. Stacy Eastland
Kristi Elsom	Fizer Beck Webster Bentley & Scroggins	Doyle’s ranking record: Kristi Elsom
Anthony Garcia	Crady Jewett McCulley & Houren	Doyle’s ranking record: Anthony Garcia
Jay Houren	Crady Jewett McCulley & Houren	Doyle’s ranking record: Jay Houren
Jay Knighton II	Knighton & Stone	Doyle’s ranking record: Jay Knighton II
Matthew Lueders	Fizer Beck Webster Bentley & Scroggins	Doyle’s ranking record: Matthew Lueders
Bryan Phillips	Ytterberg Deery Knull	Doyle’s ranking record: Bryan Phillips
Jovana Popovich	Fizer Beck Webster Bentley & Scroggins	Doyle’s ranking record: Jovana Popovich
Emily Radke	Gray Reed	Doyle’s ranking record: Emily Radke
Richard Ramirez	Baker Botts	Doyle’s ranking record: Richard Ramirez
Scott Schepps	Jackson Walker	Doyle’s ranking record: Scott Schepps
Marjorie Schultz	Fizer Beck Webster Bentley & Scroggins	Doyle’s ranking record: Marjorie Schultz
Joseph Sleeth Jr	Norton Rose Fulbright	Doyle’s ranking record: Joseph Sleeth Jr
Jennifer Klein Strauss	Ytterberg Deery Knull	Doyle’s ranking record: Jennifer Klein Strauss
R. Eric Viehman	Ytterberg Deery Knull	Doyle’s ranking record: R. Eric Viehman

Recommended: 19 lawyers
Lawyer	Firm	Doyle’s ranking record
Molly Dear Abshire	Wright Abshire Attorneys	Doyle’s ranking record: Molly Dear Abshire
Andrea Barr	Barr Law	Doyle’s ranking record: Andrea Barr
Lorette Bauarschi	Lorette Bauarschi Attorney at Law	Doyle’s ranking record: Lorette Bauarschi
Kelley Bentley	Bentley & Eckelkamp	Doyle’s ranking record: Kelley Bentley
John Brentin	Porter Hedges	Doyle’s ranking record: John Brentin
Louis Ditta	Ditta Law	Doyle’s ranking record: Louis Ditta
Nicholas Dupre	Stanfield & Dupre	Doyle’s ranking record: Nicholas Dupre
W. Alvin Early	Law Offices of W Alvin Early	Doyle’s ranking record: W. Alvin Early
Joy Eckelkamp	Bentley & Eckelkamp	Doyle’s ranking record: Joy Eckelkamp
Wendy Farner	Farner & Perrin	Doyle’s ranking record: Wendy Farner
Larry George	Crain Caton & James	Doyle’s ranking record: Larry George
Jack Lawter Jr.	Lawter & Lawter	Doyle’s ranking record: Jack Lawter Jr.
Emily Macey	Hunton Andrews Kurth	Doyle’s ranking record: Emily Macey
Thomas McCulloch	McCulloch & Miller	Doyle’s ranking record: Thomas McCulloch
Jaclyn Patton	Patton Law Firm	Doyle’s ranking record: Jaclyn Patton
Diane Perrin	Farner & Perrin	Doyle’s ranking record: Diane Perrin
Neil Rosenstein	Spencer Fane	Doyle’s ranking record: Neil Rosenstein
John Strohmeyer	Strohmeyer Law	Doyle’s ranking record: John Strohmeyer
Wesley Wright	Wright Abshire Attorneys	Doyle’s ranking record: Wesley Wright

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The 2026 rankings of leading Trusts, Estates & Succession Planning lawyers in the Houston metropolitan area, identified by fellow Houston Estates Lawyers. Compiled via our independent, peer-review methodology — rankings cannot be purchased.

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The 2026 rankings of leading Trusts, Estates & Succession Planning lawyers in the Houston metropolitan area, identified by fellow Houston Estates Lawyers. Compiled via our independent, peer-review methodology — rankings cannot be purchased.

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