Honors & Publications

- Congratulations to Sarah Patel Pacheco on being elected President of the Houston Bar Association Probate Section for a term of one year.

- Read an excerpt from Sharon Gardner's recent article on The Codicil website entitled "Project Runaway, One day your in and the next day your out, a law review article published by Texas Tech Law School in the Community Property Journal in February 2009. You can read an excerpt by clicking here.

- Sarah Pacheco & Sharon Gardner were again named Top 50 Women attorneys in Texas and Sharon B. Gardner was named Top 100 lawyers in Houston.

- Sharon Gardner & Sarah Pacheco were named two of Houston's Top Lawyers by H Town Magazine.

- Alec Covey is Vice President, Membership Coordinator for Attorneys in Tax and Probate (ATP) for the 2009-2010 year.

- Vance Christopher, Sharon Gardner, Sarah Patel Pacheco and Darlene Smith named 2009 Super Lawyers by Texas Monthly Magazine.

Probate Accomplishments

• August 2009

Sharon Gardner and Sarah Patel Pacheco spoke at the Texas Bar Association's 33rd Annual Advanced Estate Planning and Probate Course.

Sarah Patel Pacheco was elected Chair of the Houston Bar Association Probate Trust & Estates Section for a one year term.

Sharon B. Gardner is teaching as an adjunct professor during the Fall Semester at South Texas College of Law in a course titled "Estate Administration and Guardianships"

• September 2009

September 24, 2009

Helen B. Wils will be speaking at the 34th Annual Wills & Probate Institute at South Texas College of Law on "Primer for Trustees".