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Jackson Walker’s Trusts & Estates practice offers comprehensive counsel across both planning and litigation. Our transactional team advises individuals, families, and family offices on preserving and transferring wealth through tax-efficient estate plans, charitable structures, and family office governance. We develop tailored strategies that reflect our clients’ values while minimizing tax exposure and navigating complex family dynamics.
On the litigation side, our attorneys represent fiduciaries, beneficiaries, closely held businesses, and family members in high-stakes disputes. We handle will contests, fiduciary litigation, trust modifications, guardianship matters, and conflicts involving unique assets or business interests. Our litigators collaborate closely with estate planners to deliver strategic, client-centered solutions in and out of court.
With deep experience and a multigenerational client base, we are trusted advisors through every stage of estate planning and administration.
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Jackson Walker advises on estate and trust administration, strategises sophisticated settlement structures, and litigates disputes on behalf of its clients. These clients include family offices, fiduciaries, beneficiaries and closely held businesses.
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Jackson Walker is very strong in every area necessary for a successful outcome in a trust and estate dispute.
If you have a gnarly dispute, you want Jackson Walker on your side. I try to work with them so they cannot work against us for the other side; that is how good they are.
Jackson Walker is very strong in every area necessary for a successful outcome in a trust and estate dispute.
If you have a gnarly dispute, you want Jackson Walker on your side. I try to work with them so they cannot work against us for the other side; that is how good they are.
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Sarah Patel Pacheco of Jackson Walker LLP is a well-respected fiduciary litigator in the Texas market. Her expertise includes probate, trust and guardianship matters.
Sarah is smart, tough, and really knows fiduciary law. She is the most knowledgeable litigator that I have ever met or worked with. I am very happy she is on our side and not the other side.
Sarah is the best at what she does. Her years of experience and killer instincts make for winning outcomes.
Sarah Patel Pacheco is a highly accomplished fiduciary litigation attorney deserving of her reputation as a top fiduciary litigator in Houston and Texas.
Sarah is absolutely wonderful. She is great at very contentious trusts disputes and is a good fighter for clients.
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