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Biography
Larry is a trial lawyer whose practice is primarily lawsuits involving trusts and estates. Larry represents executors, trustees, beneficiaries, and others who are involved in lawsuits governed by the Texas Estates Code and the Texas Trust Code. This specialized litigation often involves such matters as will contests, or breaches of fiduciary litigation, but it can also involve contested guardianships.
Bar Admissions
- Member State Bar of Texas
- Member Dallas Bar Association
- Certified by the State Bar of Texas as an Ad Litem in guardianship proceedings
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas
- 5th District Court of Appeals
Education
- Baylor University School of Law, Waco, Texas
- J.D. - 1995
- Baylor University
- B.A. - 1992
Published Works
- Headnotes: “How to Avoid a Will Contest: Five Tips and Tricks 2017, 2021
- Headnotes: “How the Rise of Commercial DNA Tests Can Affext Estate Planning” - 2021, 2017
- Texas Pattern Jury Charges 2014
- Texas Pattern Jury Charges 2016
- Texas Pattern Jury Charges 2018
- Texas Pattern Jury Charges 2020
Honors
- Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Rating, 2016 – 2022
- Texas Super Lawyer, 2013 – 2022
- Rising Star Among Texas Super Lawyers for 2005
- Past Chairman Probate, Trust and Estate Section of the Dallas Bar Association, 2013 – 2014
- Member State Bar of Texas Pattern Jury Charge Committee for Probate, Trusts and Guardianships, 2014 – 2022
- Former Executive Council Member Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section of the State Bar of Texas (REPTL)
- Dallas Bar Association, President, 2013
- Dallas Probate Council Chair, 2011
- REPTL Member, 2008 – 2022
- Member Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 2019 - present
Classes & Seminars
- State Bar of Texas Annual Course Advanced Estate Planning Strategies: “The Best Laid Schemes: Five Questions to Ensure a Family Settlement Agreement Protects Your Client and Avoids “Round Two” of Litigation – June 2022
- Klemchuk CLE: “Ethics in the Trenches: War Stories from an Unrepentant Litigator” – April 2022
- State Bar of Texas Annual Course Fiduciary Litigation Seminar: “A Field Guide to Removal of Fiduciaries in Trust, Estate, and Guardianship Litigation” – December 2021
- State Bar of Texas Annual Course Advanced Estate Planning Strategies: “A Litigator's Prospective on the Counselor's Role - Strategies to Promote Harmony and Avoid The Big Fight” – April 2021
- State Bar of Texas Annual Course Fiduciary Litigation Seminar: “X Marks the Spot. . . or Does it - Probate Issues When Dealing With Signature Cards and Beneficiary Designations in Texas” – December 2020
- Dallas Bar Association DBA Probate Section Lunch: “Premarital Agreements and Effect on Probate Process “ – July 2020
- State Bar of Texas Annual Fiduciary Litigation Course: “The Perfect Storm: Estate Planning and the Crossover With Divorce” - December 2018
- State Bar of Texas Annual Fiduciary Litigation Course: “Texas Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act” – December 2017
- State Bar of Texas: “How to Armor the Estate Plan with Artful Drafting” - October 2017
- Plano Bar Association: “The New Probate Pattern Jury Charges” – November 2014
- Dallas Bar Association: “Probate and Guardianship for Beginners” – December 2013