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Lone Star Counsel serves families, physicians, energy-sector professionals, business owners, and rental-property investors across Greater Houston. We meet clients by appointment at our Sugar Land and The Woodlands offices, and by telephone or video throughout Harris, Fort Bend, Montgomery, Brazoria, and surrounding counties.
Harris County has dedicated statutory probate courts, while many surrounding counties hear probate and guardianship matters in a county court at law. A plan that avoids or simplifies probate is especially worth discussing when property is held in several counties.
Energy, medical-center, and corporate employees often hold restricted stock, deferred compensation, and large retirement accounts. These pass by beneficiary designation, so they are reviewed against the will or trust rather than assumed to follow it.
Practice ownership interests, buy-sell terms, and professional-licensing limits on who can own a practice should be coordinated with the estate plan so the family is not left managing an interest it cannot hold.
Related: Texas estate planning · Trusts · Business succession · Trust funding review
These are examples, not a complete list. We serve clients in every Texas community.
2245 Texas Drive, Suite 170
Sugar Land, Texas 77479
By appointment only
9595 Six Pines Drive, Bldg 8, 2nd Floor, Suite 8210
The Woodlands, Texas 77380
By appointment only
Most consultations and planning meetings can take place by telephone or video. Some steps may still require in-person action: a Texas will is generally signed before two credible witnesses, many documents must be notarized, deeds are recorded with the county clerk where the property is located, and probate or guardianship matters may require hearings in the county where they are filed. We explain which steps your matter requires and how they can be arranged.
Yes, by appointment. Both offices are by appointment only; telephone and video meetings are also available across Greater Houston.
Generally not. Retirement accounts and life insurance pass to the beneficiaries named on the account. We review those designations as part of the plan so they work with your will or trust.
It can. Property in more than one county, LLC ownership, and lender or insurance requirements all affect how a trust is funded or a transfer is arranged. We review them together.
Lone Star Counsel is a dba of Pratt Law Group, PLLC. Attorney advertising. General information only; not legal or tax advice. Contacting the firm does not create an attorney-client relationship. Representation is subject to conflict review and an engagement agreement. Legal disclosures.
