Lauren Davis Hunt - Austin, TX

Overview

Ms. Hunt is a Partner of Osborne, Helman, Scott, Knisely & Stanton, LLP. She focuses her practice in the area of fiduciary litigation, primarily involving trusts, estates, family limited partnerships, powers of attorney, community property and financial account disputes. Ms. Hunt currently serves as Co-Chair of the Estate and Trust Legislative Affairs Committee for the Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section of the State Bar of Texas ("REPTL"), where she participates in the development and passage of new legislation related to the Texas Trust Code, the Texas Estates Code, and related practice areas including Guardianship, Powers of Attorney, Advanced Directives and Digital Assets. Ms. Hunt is also a Council Member on REPTL and is the Chair of the Fiduciary Litigation Committee of REPTL. Ms. Hunt is a regular speaker on topics related to fiduciary litigation and related legislative changes and updates at Continuing Legal Education programs for other attorneys and professionals in her practice area.

Education

• Baylor University Law School (J.D., 2007)

• Rhodes College (B.A., International Studies, Phi Beta Kappa, 2001)

Practice Areas

• Fiduciary Litigation

• Probate, Estate & Trust Administration

Professional Memberships and Honors

• Co-Chair, Estate and Trust Legislative Affairs Committee for the Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section of the State Bar of Texas (2019-2021)

• Council Member, Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section of the State Bar of Texas (2016 - 2020)

• Chair, Fiduciary Litigation Committee, Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section of the State Bar of Texas (2017 - 2019)

• Listed, Texas Rising Stars, sponsored by Thomson Reuters and published in Texas Monthly (2016 - 2018)

• Member, Texas Bar College

• Member, Austin Bar Association

• Member, State Bar of Texas

• Member, Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section of the State Bar of Texas

• Member, Texas Bar Foundation

• Founding Member, The Fifty (supports Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas)

• Past Member, Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section, Trust Code Committee

• U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Publications and Presentations

• Presenter, Legislative Update, UT Law Estate Planning, Guardianship and Elder Law Conference, August 2021

• Presenter, Legislative Update, State Bar of Texas, Advanced Estate Planning and Probate Course, June 2021

• Panelist, What Every Planner Needs to Know About Fiduciary Litigation, State Bar of Texas, Advanced Estate Planning Strategies, April 2021

• Co-Author, Alternatives to Tortious Interference with Inheritance, Estate Planning & Community Property Law Journal, Texas Tech University School of Law, March 2021

• Presenter, Legislative Update, Elder Law Section of San Antonio Bar Association, January 2021

• Presenter, "2021 Legislative Proposals," Disability and Elder Law Attorney Association, Houston, October 2020

• Author/Panelist, "Alternatives to Tortious Interference with Inheritance," State Bar of Texas Advanced Estate Planning and Probate Course, June 2020

• Presenter, "Legislative Update," Corpus Christi Estate Planning Council, September 2019

• Author/Presenter, "Strategies for Suing and Defending Fiduciary Decision Making," State Bar of Texas Fiduciary Litigation Course, December 2018

• Panelist, "Case Development Strategies," State Bar of Texas Fiduciary Litigation Course, December 2016.

• Author/Presenter, "Standing and Capacity to Sue in Estate and Trust Litigation," Tarrant County Probate Litigation Seminar, September 2016.

• Author/Presenter, "Standing and Capacity to Sue in Estate and Trust Litigation," State Bar of Texas Fiduciary Litigation Course, December 2015

• Author/Presenter, "The Client is Incapacitated - What Do You Do Next?," State Bar of Texas Advanced Estate Planning and Probate Course, June 2014

• Panelist, "Decanting with No Sour Grapes," State Bar of Texas Estate Planning and Probate Drafting, October 2013.

• Author/Presenter, "Capacity, Standing and Jurisdiction," State Bar of Texas Advanced Estate Planning and Probate Course, June 2013

• Moderator, "Informal Demand or Formal Discovery: The Debate on Obtaining Information from Fiduciaries Under Their Duty to Disclose," State Bar of Texas, Fiduciary Litigation Beyond the Basics, 2011

• Co-Author/Presenter, "Exculpatory Clauses," State Bar of Texas, Trial of a Fiduciary Litigation Case, December 2009