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Provided by Sarah Patel Pacheco

High Net Worth

Practice Areas

Trial & Appellate Litigation

Areas of Experience: Fiduciary Advice & Counsel; Probate, Trust, & Guardianship Administration; Trusts & Estates Litigation

Career

Sarah Patel Pacheco is a partner in the Trial & Appellate Litigation section of Jackson Walker’s Houston office. Sarah primarily focuses on fiduciary litigation; probate, trust, and guardianship administration; and general litigation. She offers experienced counsel related to controversies that involve fiduciary duties, trustees, executors, including will contests, will and trust interpretation issues, accounting and administration issues, prosecution and defense of fiduciary claims, and representation of creditors in probate and trust proceedings.

Sarah is board certified in Estate Planning and Probate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. She is also a trusted authority on trusts, estates, and fiduciary litigation as the co-author of three legal treatises, a frequent speaker for State Bar of Texas conferences, and a former chair the Texas Board of Legal Specialization’s Estate Planning and Probate Law Exam Commission and former member of the Texas Pattern Jury Charges Committee.

Professional Memberships

American Bar Association, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law and Litigation Sections

Texas Board of Legal Specialization, Estate Planning and Probate Law Exam Commission, Past Chair

State Bar of Texas, Guardianship Manual Committee, Past Chair

Houston Bar Association, Probate, Trust & Estate Section Council

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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.

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