Julia Dean | Sugar Land Estate Lawyer

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Main Office

6528 Greatwood Parkway
Sugar Land, TX 77479

Office Hours

Monday - Friday8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

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Proudly serving Sugar Land, TX and the surrounding areas.

The Dean Law Firm

About Julia

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.

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Experience

Managing Attorney

The Dean Law Firm

Present

Sugar Land, TX

Admission

Verified Texas

1988

Education

University of Washington -Seattle

Bachelors

1983

Recognitions & Achievements

Associations
  • 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
Honors / Awards
  • 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 —Top 5%;
    2015
  • Martindale-Hubbell America’s Most Honored Professionals —Top 10%;
    2014
  • 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 Global Excellence Awards.
    2019
  • 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

Notable Work

Cases

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

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