John R. Norris III

Practice Areas

• Guardianships
  • Seeking a Guardianship
  • Defending against a Guardianship
  • Contested Guardianships
  • Guardianship Administration
• Contested Estate Matters
  • Assisting Beneficiaries With Estate and Trust Issues
  • Common law spouse claims
  • Disputed Heirship Claims against Executors/Administrators, Guardians, Trustees Community Property Issues
  • Defending Executors/Administrators, Guardians, Trustees
• Estate Administration
  • Testate
  • Intestate
  • Independent
  • Dependent
  • Insolvent
  • Heirships
  • Creditor Claims
• Will Contests
• Probate Litigation
• Trust Litigation
• Probate Wills
• Fiduciary Litigation

Biography

• 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 Litigation 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 - 2001)
• 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 through 2015
• Listed in “The Best Lawyers in America” from 1995 through 2014
• Speaker on matters involving probate, guardianships and probate litigation
• The Senior Source - in 2018, received the Molly H. Bogen Service Award

• Dallas Bar Association Probate, Trust & Estates Law Section Lifetime Achievement Award (2021)