John R. Norris III
Email: John@norris-weberlaw.com
Member
Practice Areas
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Guardianships
- Seeking a Guardianship
- Defending against a Guardianship
- Contested Guardianships
- Guardianship Administration
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Contested Estate Matters
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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
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Assisting Beneficiaries With Estate and Trust Issues
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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
