512-328-8355

2500 Bee Cave Road
Building Two, Suite 150
Austin, TX 78746

About Ellen P. Stewart • Texas Estate Planning Attorney


Serving Clients & Their Families in Austin, TX and Throughout Travis County

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Ellen P. Stewart
Partner
Board Certified, Estate Planning and Probate Law Texas Board of Legal Specialization

P: 512-328-8355
F: 512-328-8413

estewart@bls-legal.com

Ellen's practice areas range from guardianship, probate, fiduciary litigation to estate planning. She has a depth of litigation experience gained from her work representing individual and corporate clients in commercial and insurance litigation. Her practice encompasses all aspects of guardianship and estate/trust administration by representing executors, trustees, heirs, beneficiaries, and creditors, in routine estate administrations as well as complex and contested matters. Ellen has written and presented various CLE materials on probate estate administration and guardianship.

Ellen Stewart also works on pro bono with Family Eldercare and Volunteer Legal Services involving estate planning, probate, and guardianship. Her volunteer work also includes serving on the Texas Wellness Conference Planning Committee (2006), serving on the board of directors for the ABA Estate Planning and Probate Section.

Outside of the legal community, Ellen has served as an advisor to college students at Southwestern University and Texas State University. Ellen previously served as the local president of the Greater Austin Alumni Association of Southwestern University from 2007-09 and still participates in the local alumni events. Ellen and her family reside in Austin, where both of her children graduated from AISD. Ellen and her family are members of St. Theresa Catholic Church and former members of St. Thomas More Catholic Church.

Education

  • Baylor University Law School JD 1996
  • Southwestern University BA Magna Cum Laude 1993

Professional Associations and Memberships

  • State Bar of Texas, Member 1996 – present
  • State Bar of Texas, Real Estate, Probate and Trust Section
  • State Bar of Texas, Litigation Section
  • Texas Bar Foundation – Life Fellow
  • Austin Bar Association
  • ABA Estate Planning and Probate Section (Board of Directors 2007-2013; Chair 2010-11; Chair-Elect 2009-10)
  • ABA Litigation Section
  • Real Estate Probate & Trust Law
  • Williamson County Bar Association
  • Admitted - United States District Court for the Northern and Western Districts of Texas
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Barnes Lipscomb & Stewart PLLC

2500 Bee Cave Road
Building Two, Suite 150

Austin, TX 78746