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Melinda H. Sims focuses her practice on trust and estate litigation and administration, guardianships, and general civil trials and appeals.

Ms. Sims represents individuals, financial institutions, and nonprofit organizations in all facets of trust and estate administration and litigation, including independent and dependent probate proceedings, trust and estate settlement, interpretation and modification of wills and trusts, will contests, guardianships, change of estate representatives and trustees, accountings, creditor and estate claims, contested disposition of insurance and other non-probate assets, and similar proceedings.

Ms. Sims’ experience includes a wide variety of matters at the trial and/or appellate levels, including with respect to contracts, investments, business interests, employment agreements, insurance, real property, personal injury, wrongful death, survivorship claims, oil and gas, eminent domain, and employment law. Her clients have included the State of Texas, public entities and officials, financial institutions, financial advisors, corporations, charitable institutions, individuals, trustees, executors, beneficiaries, guardians, and proposed wards.