Ms. Dean's professional experience encompasses a broad range of legal matters. Her primary emphases are estate planning, elder law, and probate. Her estate planning practice involves helping clients orchestrate their estates by drafting a vast array of trusts, wills and powers of attorney. Ms. Dean also provides compassionate legal advice while assisting families through the probate process. Ms. Dean's legal expertise in civil appeals includes both advising at the trial court level and handling all aspects of the appeal. She has handled appeals dealing with complex insurance matters, business matters, personal injury and family law appeals. She has successfully argued in federal and state courts, including the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, on behalf of a major insurance company, corporations, and individuals. She works with trial attorneys and clients to preserve error on the trial court level, preparing legal motions, handling mandamus actions, preparing and arguing the jury charge and handling all post-judgment motions. At the appellate level, Ms. Dean leads the appeal of a judgment, including preparing briefs, petitions for review and briefs on the merits to the Texas Supreme Court, and presenting oral argument before diverse panels of judges. Throughout her career, Ms. Dean has handled other civil matters as well, such as complex commercial litigation, corporate buy-outs, employment and business contracts, consumer issues, family law litigation, adoptions, real estate transactions and personal injury litigation. She successfully negotiated and closed a multi-million dollar buy-out of a snowboard clothing company to a major sporting goods conglomerate. Prior to specializing in appellate law, Ms. Dean engaged in a successful trial practice and as a result, understands the needs of trial attorneys and what it takes to make them successful at the trial level and on appeal. Integrity and operating under a high standard of ethics are of utmost importance to us at The Dean Law Firm. We abide by the Texas Lawyer's Creed.

Tanner is committed to simplifying business, real estate and estate planning matters for his clients, providing comprehensive, straight forward legal services. When you need your interests and assets protected, he's who you want in your corner.

Attorney Claudia Avalos takes a highly client-focused approach in practicing law. Before she begins a case, she conducts a thorough, in-depth consultation with her clients to determine their goals. Once she has a clear view of their motivations and goals, she works tirelessly at achieving the best possible outcome for them. She makes a point of being easily accessible to clients, providing prompt communication, support, and comfort. As a negotiator, she is aggressive and devoted to getting results. In addition to her work at her firm, she has also provided pro bono legal services and has acted as a mediator.

Some family law situations require immediate action—especially when the safety and well-being of a child is at risk. At the Law Office of Bryan Fagan, founded by Houston family law attorney Bryan Fagan, Christopher David Bunch represents clients in family law matters with a focus on CPS cases, child protection, and high-stakes custody matters. Serving clients from the firm’s Richmond office, he works with families across the Houston area to protect parental rights and advocate for the best interests of children.

Robert D. Clements, Jr. is a firm courtroom presence—aggressive when necessary but always aware that people’s lives are in the balance. His goal is to provide the same counsel and same protection to each client that he would give when representing a close friend or family member. Understanding that—even when a litigant’s choice is painful—bad counsel and bad decision-making can seriously exacerbate their losses. Though the United States courtroom is unequaled in the world, it can inflict devastating injury if not handled properly. Robert graduated from the Creighton University College of Law, Cum Laude, in 1981. His last year of law school he attended Southern Methodist University. After six years with an extremely successful Plaintiff’s law firm and three years with Britt, Todd, Hagood & Clements, he founded the Law Office of Robert D. Clements, Jr., in 1989. Though he has handled cases all over the State of Texas, he works primarily in Brazoria, Harris, Galveston, Fort Bend and Montgomery county. Mr. Clements has gained a reputation for skillfully handling difficult and hotly contested litigation where the stakes are high—financially or emotionally. He has represented estates and businesses worth millions of dollars, families in crisis, injured workers and drivers, and homeowners against their insurance company. Mr. Clements is double board certified.

Not all estate and probate matters are straightforward—especially when financial issues, disputes, or tax considerations are involved. At the Law Office of Bryan Fagan, founded by Houston family law attorney Bryan Fagan, Lawrence Eulette helps clients navigate probate, estate, and guardianship matters involving financial complexity, asset disputes, and tax-related issues. With a background in accounting, tax law, and civil litigation, he brings a deeper level of analysis and strategy to every case.

Some family law cases require more than negotiation—they require preparation, strategy, and the ability to advocate in court when necessary. At the Law Office of Bryan Fagan, founded by Houston family law attorney Bryan Fagan, Ryan R. Putz represents clients in high-conflict divorce and custody matters with a focus on strategic litigation, courtroom readiness, and decisive advocacy. Serving clients throughout The Woodlands and surrounding areas, he provides the representation needed when the stakes are high and resolution is not easily reached.

The answer is almost always YES! Good cases are lost because people think things like: "I am in the right", "Everyone knows he did it", "I have witnesses". None of these things matter if you don't know how to get them in front of the Court, Judge, or Jury. Almost all Courts hold you to the same standard of knowledge of the laws and the rules as professional attorneys. This means that being right doesn't really matter.. This means even though everyone else knows he did it, you may not be able to tell the judge what everyone knows. And lastly, this means that even with witnesses you have to know how to have them properly found, noticed, served, subpoenaed, and professed to the opposing counsel in the proper time as required by law. It doesn't matter if it is criminal, civil, family, contract, whatever, the rules apply. Unless you are in a small claims or JP court, you need an attorney, Even then you have the advantage if you have an attorney. The old adage I use around my office when asked this question is "You can be the smartest, wisest, well known, good looking, and well read person in the world, but when going to Court without a lawyer you are the equivalent of the smartest, wisest, well known, good looking, and well read Roman slave or criminal in the ancient Coliseum where you are basically naked and unarmed and everyone else is either a wild animal or a well armored and well armed Gladiator." You have the same chances of survival in both situations. I hope this short article brought the point home. Good luck and God Bless. Bert Steinmann.