Private Wealth Disputes
Texas
2 years ranked
INDIVIDUAL PROFILE
Sarah Patel Pacheco
High Net Worth 2025
Ranked in 1 practice area
About
Provided by Jackson Walker LLP
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
Chambers Review
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Chambers High Net Worth
Private Wealth Disputes - Texas
Band 1
Individual Editorial
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.
Strengths
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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.
Private Wealth DisputesChambers High Net WorthSarah is the best at what she does. Her years of experience and killer instincts make for winning outcomes.
Private Wealth DisputesChambers High Net WorthSarah Patel Pacheco is a highly accomplished fiduciary litigation attorney deserving of her reputation as a top fiduciary litigator in Houston and Texas.
Private Wealth DisputesChambers High Net WorthSarah is absolutely wonderful. She is great at very contentious trusts disputes and is a good fighter for clients.
Private Wealth DisputesChambers High Net Worth
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