E-mail: jrnorris@cnbwlaw.com
Practice Areas:
- Guardianships
- Seeking a Guardianship
- Defending against a Guardianship
- Contested Guardianships
- Guardianship Administration
- Contested Estate Matters
- Claims against Executors/Administrators, Guardians, Trustees
- Defending Executors/Administrators, Guardians, Trustees
- Assisting Beneficiaries With Estate and Trust Issues
- Common law spouse claims
- Disputed Heirship
- Community Property Issues
- Estate Administration
- Testate
- Intestate
- Independent
- Dependent
- Insolvent
- Heirships
- Creditor Claims
- Will Contests
- Probate Litigation
- Trust Litigation
- Probate Wills
- Fiduciary Litigation
Born in Austin, Texas on December 2, 1953
Highland Park High School (1972)
Washington & Lee University,
University of Texas BBA (1976)
Southern Methodist University J.D. (1979)
Board Certified in Estate Planning and Probate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization (1989 - present)
Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (1995 - present)
Member, Dallas Bar Association (Probate, Trusts and Estates Section Chairperson, 1994 -1995)
Member, State Bar of Texas (District 6A Grievance Committee, 1995 - 2001; Chairperson, 1998 - 2000)
Fellow, Texas and Dallas Bar Foundations
Chairperson, Advisory Committee, Senior Citizens of Greater Dallas Volunteer Guardianship Program (1998 - present)
Co-Author & Manual Committee Member, Texas Guardianship Manual, 2d Edition, State Bar of Texas (2003)
Certified by the State Bar of Texas Under Probate Code Section 646 to serve as an Ad Litem in Guardianship Proceedings
Named “Texas Super Lawyer” by Texas Monthly magazine - 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008
Listed in “The Best Lawyers in America” from 1995 through 2007
Speaker on matters involving probate, guardianships and probate litigation
