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Mr. Dobbs focuses his practice on probate, trust and estate administration, fiduciary litigation, probate and trust litigation, other inheritance disputes, uncontested and contested guardianships, and estate planning. Mr. Dobbs is board certified in estate planning and probate law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. Mr. Dobbs assists individual, corporate, and nonprofit clients in all aspects of estate and trust administration, probate, will contests, trust and fiduciary litigation, creditor claims, and guardianship disputes before trial and appellate courts across the state of Texas, and he is admitted to practice before the United States District Court, Southern District of Texas. Mr. Dobbs also routinely advises clients on the preparation of estate planning documents and the coordination of retirement benefits, non-testamentary transfers, and lifetime gifts to achieve their post-mortem objectives and to mitigate income and transfer taxes. Mr. Dobbs previously worked as a Legislative Counsel for the Texas Legislative Council. During his tenure with the Texas Legislature, Mr. Dobbs was a member of the team of lawyers responsible for drafting the first installment of the new Estates Code, which replaced the Texas Probate Code on January 1, 2014. Mr. Dobbs and his family are residents of Fort Bend County and are involved with several Fort Bend-based nonprofit organizations, including Parks Youth Ranch and the Skeeters Baseball Foundation, and they are members of First Colony Church of Christ.