Probate and Fiduciary Litigation

Fulbright & Jaworski's Probate and Fiduciary Practice is known for its ability to resolve major family-wealth issues, both inside and outside the courtroom.

Fulbright's Trust and Estates Practice frequently teams with our world-renowned litigators and arbitors to negotiate the probate and family court systems throughout the country.

Frequently working with families and individuals in the United States and abroad, we have the international experience to handle complicated wealth management issues, tax complications, inheritance matters, assignments and contested matters.

Fulbright's Probate, Wills and Fiduciary Practice represents a wide range of clients in trust and estates and guardianship disputes and we have the ability to represent all sides of a matter.

• Beneficiaries: individuals, businesses, universities, foundations and large charities
• Trustees: corporate and individual trustee matters
• Executors and guardians: in will contests, heirship determinations, guardianship contests, cy-pres cases, tortious interference with inheritance rights cases, breach of fiduciary duty cases, creditor claims, accountings and trustee removals.

Awards

• For the tenth year, Corporate Board Member magazine reported that its survey of public company directors identified Fulbright as one of the top 25 corporate law firms in the nation. Similar research by Corporate Board Member magazine identified Fulbright among the top 25 firms that general counsel would most likely hire for national matters. (2011)
• Fulbright received the first-ever Client Choice Award from the International Law Office, the official online media partner of the International Bar Association (IBA) and an international media partner to the Association of Corporate Counsel. Based on survey responses received from more than 1,000 corporate counsel, Fulbright was named as the top law firm for client service in the United States. Read more . . .