Julia Dean | Sugar Land Estate Lawyer

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.

Position	Organization	Location	Duration
Managing Attorney	The Dean Law Firm	Sugar Land, TX	Present

School	Degree	Major	Graduation
University of Houston Law Center	J.D.	Law School	1987
University of Washington -Seattle	Bachelors		1983

State / Court	Date
Texas	1988

• ElderCounsel | Member | 2010 - Present
  Senior Trust Alliance | Executive Committee | 2009 - Present
  Fort Bend County Bar Association | Member | 2008 - Present
  WealthCounsel | Member | 2008 - Present
  State Bar of Texas | Member | 1988 - Present

• Lawyer of Distinction 2019.  
  National Top Attorney and Texas Top Attorney, Newsweek.  
  Houston’s Top Lawyer, Houston’s Top Professional and Houston’s Top Businesswoman, H Texas Magazine.  
  Houston’s Top Attorney, Houstonia Magazine.  
  10 Best Estate Planning Attorney Award, Client Satisfaction, 2019, 2018.
  American Institute of Legal Counsel.  
  Readers’ Choice Award for Best Attorney in Sugar Land, Sugar Land Sun.  
  Martindale-Hubbell America’s Most Honored Professionals 2016;
  Martindale-Hubbell America’s Most Honored Professionals 2015—Top 5%;
  Martindale-Hubbell America’s Most Honored Professionals 2014—Top 10%;
  Martindale-Hubbell Client Champion Silver Award 2019, 2018, 2017.  
  Martindale-Hubbell Client Distinction Award 2016, 2015, 2014.
  The Dean Law Firm has been recognized as Texas’ Most Outstanding Estate Planning Boutique by Acquisition International in its 2019 Global Excellence Awards.  
  The Dean Law Firm has also been recognized as the Best Law Firm of the Year in Texas, USA, by Lawyer International in 2019.  
  Julia Dean has been awarded Best Managing Lawyer of the Year in Texas, USA, by Lawyer International, 2019.
  Readers Choice - Living Magazine

• Testimonials
  

  "Julia and her team are always well prepared and thoughtful. She ensures that we understand all of our documentation and that she has answered all of our questions. Even though we have moved away from the area, we plan to stay with the Dean Law Firm."

  - Reed Marton

• Our Blogs | The Dean Law Firm
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Using Your Retirement Funds to Create a Lasting Legacy  (2019-06-06 10:40:57)
Using Your Retirement Funds to Create a Lasting Legacy

Estate Planning for the Chronically Ill  (2019-06-06 10:44:21)
Estate Planning for the Chronically Ill

A Deeper Look at Legacy  (2019-06-06 10:55:20)
A Deeper Look at Legacy

Family Business: Preserving Your Legacy for Generations to Come  (2019-06-06 10:58:34)
Family Business: Preserving Your Legacy for Generations to Come

Why New Parents Need an Estate Plan  (2019-06-06 11:29:54)
Why New Parents Need an Estate Plan