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Karen H. Gordon
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Karen H. Gordon

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1320 South University, Suite 806, Fort Worth, TX 76107

Corporate Law, Trust Law, Probate Litigation and 92 more

About Karen H. Gordon

Karen Gordon has four decades of experience in the areas of business law, estate planning, probate, and guardianship law. She worked as a lawyer at a prominent law firm in Fort Worth until 2002, when she formed Gordon & Sykes, LLP with Dan W. Sykes.

Ms. Gordon’s expertise spans many areas of law, including a broad range of business transactions, estate and trust litigation, guardianships, nonprofit corporate law, and contracts and business policies. She is Board Certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in Estate Planning and Probate Law.

She regularly advises multimillion dollar corporations regarding corporate issues, contracts, employment issues, business agreements and dispute resolutions. She frequently represents bank trust departments and other fiduciaries on administering estates and trusts, as well as beneficiaries in estate and trust matters. Ms. Gordon also provides the counsel and legal advice necessary to persons with disabilities in connection with forming guardianships, elder law issues, powers of attorney and living trusts, preparation of wills and trusts, and other estate planning and wealth transfer instruments.

After earning a Bachelor of Arts degree with honors from The University of Texas at Austin in 1975, she went on to earn her law degree from Southern Methodist University School of Law in 1978. She is married to James C. Gordon, a Fort Worth area attorney, and has two children, Sarah and Claire Gordon.

Phi Delta Phi. Editor, Journal of Air Law and Commerce, 1977-1978. Outstanding Young Lawyer of Tarrant County, 1985.

 

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Karen H. Gordon got this award in 2021

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Areas of Law

  • Corporate Law 3
    • Corporate Commercial Law
    • Corporate Governance
    • Corporate Litigation
  • Litigation 1
    • Civil Litigation
  • Trusts and Estates 5
    • Guardianship and Conservatorship
    • Estate Planning
    • Charitable Giving
    • Estate Litigation
    • Powers of Attorney
  • Elder Law
  • Business Law 10
    • Partnership Law
    • Business Formation
    • Business Litigation
    • Business Planning
    • Buying and Selling of Businesses
    • Closely Held Business Law
    • Family Business Law
    • Limited Liability Company Law
    • Professional Practices
    • Small Business Law
  • Contracts 1
    • Breach of Contract
  • Other 70
    • Trust Law
    • Probate Litigation
    • Private Foundations
    • Closely Held Corporations
    • Corporate Contracts
    • Corporate Dissolutions
    • Corporate Fiduciary Law
    • Corporate Formation
    • Corporate Organization
    • Corporate Reorganization
    • Corporate Partnerships
    • Corporate Planning
    • Corporate Successions
    • Incorporation
    • Nonprofit Corporations
    • Family Corporations
    • Corporate Trusts
    • Professional Corporations
    • S Corporations
    • Small Business Corporations
    • Contested Trusts and Estates
    • Decedents Estates
    • Estate Administration
    • Estate Bankruptcy
    • Estate Planning for Parents of Handicapped Children
    • Estate Planning for the Disabled
    • Estate Planning for the Elderly
    • Estate Planning for Unmarried Couples
    • Estate Settlements
    • Family Trusts
    • Family Wealth Transfer
    • Fiduciary Law
    • Fiduciary Liability
    • Fiduciary Litigation
    • Financial Planning
    • Living Trusts
    • Personal Planning
    • Pet Trusts
    • Retirement Planning
    • Special Needs Trusts
    • Surrogates Court Practice
    • Trust Administration
    • Trust and Estate Collections
    • Trust Litigation
    • Trust Planning
    • Unclaimed Property
    • Wealth Preservation
    • Probate
    • Ancillary Probate
    • Probate Administration
    • Probate Taxation
    • International Probate
    • Business Associations Law
    • Business Estate Planning
    • Business Mediation
    • Business Organization
    • Business Start-Ups
    • Business Successions
    • Business Succession Planning
    • Business Trusts
    • Business Transactions
    • Buy-Sell Agreements
    • Business Torts
    • Closely Held Business Estate Planning
    • Family Business Mediation
    • Family Business Successions
    • Pass-Through Entities
    • Sole Proprietorships
    • Contract Litigation
    • Commercial Contracts

Experience

  • Bar Admission & Memberships
    Admissions
    1978, Texas
    1978, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas
    U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
    Memberships
    Tarrant County (Director, 1985-1987) Bar Association
    State Bar of Texas (Member, Sections on: Real Estate
    Probate and Trust Law)
    Tarrant County Young Lawyers Association (President, 1982)
    Tarrant County Probate Bar (Director, 1992-1994)
    National Council of Planned Giving Business and Estate Council
    Texas Super Lawyers, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012.
  • Education & Certifications
    Law School
    Southern Methodist University School of Law
    Class of 1978
    J.D.
    Other Education
    University of Texas
    Class of 1975
    B.A.
    Government

    University of Texas
    Class of 1975
    B.A.
    with honors
    Legal Certifications
    Board Certified, Estate Planning and Probate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization

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1320 South University, Suite 806Fort Worth, TX 76107U.S.A.

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    Karen H. Gordon was admitted in 1978 to the State of Texas.
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    Karen H. Gordon is admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
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    Yes, Karen H. Gordon has a 5.0 Peer Rating from Martindale-Hubbell.
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    Gordon & Sykes LLP has 4 attorneys at this location.
  • What law school did this attorney attend?
    Karen H. Gordon attended Southern Methodist University School of Law.

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