Jeff Yates

Senior Associate Attorney
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Practice Areas
Probate and Guardianships (including litigation); Estate Planning; Real Estate Transactions and Civil Litigation.

Certifications
Certified for attorney ad litem appointments in guardianship cases. Qualified Mediator.

Memberships
State Bar of Texas (1997 – Present); Collin County Bar Association; Dallas Bar Association, Collin County Young Lawyers Association, Dallas Association of Young Lawyers, and the Texas Young Lawyers Association.

Honors and Awards
Texas Rising Star for 2005 in Texas Monthly’s Rising Stars edition of Texas Super Lawyers magazine.

Education and Admissions
J.D. 1997, St. Mary’s University School of Law; B.A. 1994, Texas A&M; Admitted: 1998, Texas Supreme Court; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. District Courts, Northern, Eastern, Western, and Southern Districts of Texas.

Jeffrey Yates joined the firm in February 2005. He primarily focuses his practice on Probate Litigation and Estate Administration (Probate and Guardianships). He also practices Civil Litigation with particular emphasis on business and real estate litigation. He has represented clients in Federal District Court, in Texas state courts, the Texas Court of Appeals and the Texas Supreme Court.

Mr. Yates’ background includes over three years in the real estate industry working for title companies performing closings, title searches and curing title defects. Subsequently, he worked six years with a Dallas firm practicing probate and civil litigation while working directly with a former probate judge. This broad experience has allowed him to gain valuable knowledge to several areas of litigation which is beneficial to clients with complex litigation matters that often span various areas of the law.

He is a member of the 2001 Dallas Association of Young Lawyers Leadership Class which founded the Freedom Run which has donated over $100,000 to the Dallas Assist the Officer Foundation. He is on the board of directors for South Dallas Community Ministries, Inc. He is also an active member of the Dallas A&M Club, a member of the Association of Former Students (Texas A&M), a member of the Texas Aggie Bar Association and is a member of Cottonwood Creek Baptist Church. He is also a regular speaker and presenter in the areas of Probate, Estate Planning, Real Estate and Litigation.