(Main Office)

Cenatiempo & Ditta, LLP limits its practice to family wealth matters including probate, trusts, taxation, guardianships and elder law, and estate planning. The firm also handles litigation involving wills, probate, trusts, guardianships and taxation. The firm's practice, although concentrated in the Houston area, extends throughout the state of Texas and elsewhere. The firm's clients include representation of individual fiduciaries and beneficiaries to representation of corporate fiduciaries.

Statement of Practice

Estate Planning, Trusts, Probate, Guardianship, Elder Law, Taxation and Related Litigation.

Representative Clients:

Frost National Bank (Trust Department)
Wells Fargo Bank - Texas (Trust Department).

Address

Interfin Building
1400 Post Oak Boulevard, Suite 1150
Houston, TX 77056-3005, (Ft. Bend, Harris & Montgomery Cos.)

Phone

Phone: 713-655-1550
Fax: 713-655-9635

Website

http://www.cenatiempo.com

MEMBERS OF FIRM

Michael J. Cenatiempo (Managing Partner) born Houston, Texas, 1946; admitted to bar, 1971, Texas, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and U.S. Tax Court. Education: University of St. Thomas and St. Louis University (A.B., 1968); University of Houston (J.D., cum laude, 1971). Phi Delta Phi; Order of the Barons. Associate Editor, Houston Law Review, 1970-1971. Briefing Attorney, Supreme Court of Texas, 1971-1972. Member: Houston (Chairman, Trusts and Estate Section, 1983-1984) and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Member: Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Council, 1986-1989; Probate Judges Liaison Committee, 1983-1986; Co-Chairman, Probate Legislation Sub-Committee, 1986-1989; Member, Texas Trust Code Committee, 1983-1987; Member, Texas Uniform Trust Code Committee, 2001-2002, 2005). Fellow: American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. (Board Certified, Estate Planning and Probate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Estate and Guardianship Administration; Estate Planning; Probate; Trusts and Estates Taxation; Litigation.Email: Michael J. Cenatiempo

Louis M. Ditta (Member) born Houston, Texas, July 23, 1958; admitted to bar, 1988, Texas, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas and U.S. Tax Court. Education: University of St. Thomas (B.A., cum laude, 1980); University of Houston (J.D., 1988). Certified Public Accountant, Texas, 1982. Member: Houston Bar Association (Council Member, Probate, Trusts and Estates Section); State Bar of Texas; Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants; Disability and Elder Law Attorneys Association (Past President); Texas Academy of Probate and Trust Lawyers; Houston Business and Estate Planning Council; Houston Estate and Financial Forum. (Board Certified, Estate Planning and Probate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Probate; Trusts; Wills; Estates; Guardianships; Litigation; Estate Planning; Taxation.Email: Louis M. Ditta

ASSOCIATES

Caroline S. Marciano (Associate)

Pamela E. Powell (Associate)