Lauren Davis Hunt

Practice Areas

Ms. Hunt is a Partner of Osborne, Helman, Scott, Knisely & Stanton, LLP. She focuses her practice in the area of fiduciary litigation, primarily involving trusts, estates, family limited partnerships, powers of attorney, community property and financial account disputes. Ms. Hunt currently serves as a Board Member for the Texas Real Estate & Probate Institute (“T-REP”), and is Chair of Estate and Trust Legislative Affairs for TREP, where she participates in the development and passage of new legislation related to the Texas Trust Code, the Texas Estates Code, and related practice areas including Guardianship, Powers of Attorney, Advanced Directives and Digital Assets. Ms. Hunt is also the Chair of the Estate and Trust Legislative Affairs Committee for the Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section of the State Bar of Texas ("REPTL"). Ms. Hunt is a former Council Member and former Chair of the Fiduciary Litigation Committee of REPTL. Ms. Hunt is a regular speaker on topics related to fiduciary litigation and related legislative changes and updates at Continuing Legal Education programs for other attorneys and professionals in her practice area.

Professional Memberships

Selected for inclusion in the 30th–31st Editions of The Best Lawyers® in America in the practice area of Trusts and Estates Litigation (2024 to present)

Board Member and Estate and Trust Legislative Affairs Chair, Texas Real Estate & Probate Institute (2022–2027)

Chair (2021–2023), Co-Chair (2019–2021), Estate and Trust Legislative Affairs Committee for the Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section of the State Bar of Texas (2019–2023)

Council Member, Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section of the State Bar of Texas (2016–2020)

Chair, Fiduciary Litigation Committee, Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section of the State Bar of Texas (2017–2019)

Listed, Texas Rising Stars, sponsored by Thomson Reuters and published in Texas Monthly (2016–2018)

Fellow, The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC), 2023 to present

Member, Texas Bar College

Member, Austin Bar Association

Member, State Bar of Texas

Member, Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section of the State Bar of Texas

Member, Texas Bar Foundation

Past Member, Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section, Trust Code Committee

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Publications

2024 Legislative Update

San Antonio Estate Planners Council Docket Call

Presentation

2024

2024 Legislative Update

Texas Tech Estate Planning & Community Property Law Journal CLE & Expo

Presentation

2024

2023 Legislative Update

Texas Bar Association Estate and Trusts Legislative Update, Webcast

Presentation

2023

2023 Legislative Update

University of Texas CLE Estate Planning, Guardianship and Elder Law Conference

Presentation

2023

2023 Legislative Update

University of Texas Tax Institute, Stanley M. Johanson Estate Planning Workshop

Presentation

2023

Legislative Update

American National Bank & Trust CLE, Zoom, September 2022

Presentation

2022

Jurisdiction and Venue in Probate Proceedings

Estate Planning & Community Property Law Journal, Texas Tech University School of Law, June 2022

Publication

2022

Standing and Capacity in Estate and Trust Litigation

State Bar of Texas, Advanced Estate Planning & Probate

Presentation/Publication

2022

What Every Planner Needs to Know About Fiduciary Litigation

State Bar of Texas, Advanced Estate Planning Strategies, Zoom

Presentation

2021

Legislative Update

State Bar of Texas, Advanced Estate Planning and Probate Course, Zoom

Presentation

2021

Legislative Update

UT Law Estate Planning, Guardianship and Elder Law Conference, Galveston, Texas

Presentation

2021

Alternatives to Tortious Interference with Inheritance

Estate Planning & Community Property Law Journal, Texas Tech University School of Law, March 2021

Publication

2021

Venue and Jurisdiction in Probate Proceedings

State Bar of Texas, Fiduciary Litigation Course

Presentation/Publication

2021

Legislative Update

Elder Law Section of San Antonio Bar Association, Zoom

Presentation

2021

2021 Legislative Proposals

Disability and Elder Law Attorney Association, Houston, October 2020

Presentation

2020

Alternatives to Tortious Interference with Inheritance

State Bar of Texas Advanced Estate Planning and Probate Course, June 2020

Presentation

2020

Legislative Update

Corpus Christi Estate Planning Council, September 2019

Presentation

2019

Strategies for Suing and Defending Fiduciary Decision Making

State Bar of Texas Fiduciary Litigation Course

Presentation/Publication

2018

Case Development Strategies

State Bar of Texas Fiduciary Litigation Course, December 2016

Presentation

2016

Standing and Capacity to Sue in Estate and Trust Litigation

Tarrant County Probate Litigation Seminar, September 2016

Presentation/Publication

2016

Standing and Capacity to Sue in Estate and Trust Litigation

State Bar of Texas Fiduciary Litigation Course, December 2015

Presentation/Publication

2015

The Client is Incapacitated – What Do You Do Next?

State Bar of Texas Advanced Estate Planning and Probate Course, June 2014

Presentation/Publication

2014

Capacity, Standing and Jurisdiction

State Bar of Texas Advanced Estate Planning and Probate Course, June 2013

Presentation/Publication

2013

Decanting with No Sour Grapes

State Bar of Texas Estate Planning and Probate Drafting, October 2013

Presentation

2013

Informal Demand or Formal Discovery: The Debate on Obtaining Information from Fiduciaries Under Their Duty to Disclose

State Bar of Texas, Fiduciary Litigation Beyond the Basics

Presentation

2011

Exculpatory Clauses

State Bar of Texas, Trial of a Fiduciary Litigation Case, December 2009

Presentation/Publication

2009

2023 Legislative Preview

Texas Tech Estate Planning & Community Property Law Journal CLE & Expo

Presentation

2003

2023 Legislative Update

State Bar of Texas, Advanced Estate Planning & Probate

Presentation

2003

2023 Legislative Update

Texas Bar Association Annual Meeting Conference

Presentation

2003

Education