Practice Chair(s)
Overview
Probate & Fiduciary Litigation
Trust and estate litigation involves a wide array of composite issues such as fiduciary duties, tax and real estate issues, rights of creditors, family business, and even bankruptcy. As a result, it is vitally important for clients to have a strong team of expert litigators dedicated to resolving complex trust and estate disputes with the best possible outcome. Knowing that every case comes with its own distinct and sometimes overwhelming issues, Chamberlain Hrdlicka’s trust and estate litigators approach each matter with genuine concern for our clients, coupled with an extensive foundation of legal and procedural knowledge.
Chamberlain Hrdlicka’s experienced trust and estate litigation attorneys handle extensive will and trust contests for a diverse range of clients, including individual and organizational trustees, personal representatives, and executors, as well as trust and estate beneficiaries and institutional trust departments.
We have successfully prosecuted and defended claims for our clients in matters such as:
- Asset recovery
- Breach of fiduciary duty
- Charitable gifts
- Contested guardianships
- Disputed estate and trust claims
- Fee disputes
- Fiduciary removal
- Fraud
- Heirship determinations and challenges
- Mental capacity
- Prudent investor rule issues
- Spousal rights and elective share proceedings
- Undue influence and duress
- Will and trust interpretation, construction
News
News
- Eleven Attorneys Selected for the 2024 Texas Super Lawyers ListSeptember 17, 2024
- Houston Shareholders Among FinalistsAugust 22, 2024
- The Firm Maintains and Adds New Private Wealth and Private Wealth Disputes Rankings in Texas and NationwideJuly 25, 2024
- Strong 2023 Performance Moves Chamberlain Hrdlicka into the Am Law 200 for the first timeMay 13, 2024
- Michael Feibus, Kevin Navetta, Kelly Shields, Leo Unzeitig, and Brittney Williams named Texas Rising StarsMarch 21, 2024
- 2023 Texas Super Lawyers includes Chamberlain Hrdlicka AttorneysSeptember 18, 2023
- For the Third Straight Year, Chamberlain Hrdlicka an HBJ Best Place to WorkSeptember 7, 2023
- Chamberlain Hrdlicka’s continued growth in Texas drives strategic office renovations in Houston and San AntonioAugust 4, 2023
- Stuart Clements, Michael Feibus, Kelly Shields, Leo Unzeitig, and Brittney Williams named Texas Rising StarsMarch 22, 2023
- Stuart Clements, Tres Gibbs, Jarrod Martin, Michael Overstreet, Kelly Shields, Matt Flores, and Leo Unzeitig named Texas Rising StarsMarch 22, 2022
- David Calvillo, Erica Opitz, and Kellen Scott elevated to Equity Shareholders and Patrick McCann, Steven Wyatt, and Kelly Shields to ShareholdersFebruary 14, 2022
- Chamberlain Hrdlicka increases and enhances listings in 2022 US News - Best Lawyers® "Best Law Firms" RankingsNovember 4, 2021
- Super Lawyers names Chamberlain Hrdlicka Attorneys at 2021 Texas Rising StarsMarch 23, 2021
- Chamberlain Hrdlicka Attorneys Recognized by San Antonio Scene MagazineSan Antonio Scene Magazine, August 3, 2020
- November 6, 2019
- US News, November 2019
- August 15, 2019
- May 24, 2019
Presentations
Seminars & Presentations
- Chamberlain Hrdlicka will host Laredo Tax and Business Planning Seminar at the Laredo Country Club on November 8, 2022November 8, 2022
- Chamberlain Hrdlicka will have our 5th Annual San Antonio Tax and Business Planning Seminar at The St. Anthony Hotel on November 3, 2022November 3, 2022
- Wyndham San Antonio Riverwalk, November 6, 2019