How to Protect Your Family, Your Life and Your Future

Most people don’t think about having - much less using - an estate plan until something catastrophic happens to a loved one, such as a fatal accident, diagnosis of a terminal illness, incapacity or sudden death. During such periods of extreme emotional distress and grief, family members are often left with no clear direction, and have no legal authority to make decisions, neither do they have any legal right to property. Debt and estate taxes can make it even more difficult.

As a former litigating attorney, Tracy believes the best way to resolve potentially thorny estate disputes  is to prevent them from occurring in the first place.  Selected as a Texas Super Lawyer each year from 2009 to 2018, Tracy’s practice includes estate planning, elder law, probate and estate administration, probate and estate litigation and civil appeals. Her extensive trial and appellate experience includes litigating guardianships, trusts, will contests, heirship disputes, and real estate divisions in probate.

Tracy is a member of the College of the State Bar of Texas, the Appellate Practice Sections of the State Bar of Texas and the Austin Bar Association. She has represented clients at all levels of federal courts including district courts, courts of appeals and the United States Supreme Court.