Yates, Jeffrey A.

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Year Joined Organization: 2005

Lawyer Overview

Jeffrey A. Yates

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Areas of Practice

• Civil / Business Litigation 50%
• Probate Litigation 30%
• Real Estate 20%

West Practice Categories

Contracts, Construction Contracts, Estate Planning, Elder Law, Guardianships & Conservatorships, Living Wills, Powers of Attorney and Appointment, Trusts, Wills, Complex Litigation, State Trial Practice, US Supreme Court, Probate & Estate Administration, Estate Administration, Real Estate Law, Commercial Leasing, Commercial Real Estate, Landlord/Tenant, Mortgages & Foreclosures, Residential Real Estate, Title Insurance

Bar Admissions

• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court Western District of Texas
• U.S. Supreme Court

Professional Associations and Memberships

• State Bar of Texas, 1998 - Present (Member)
• State Bar College (Member)
• The Freedom Run (now a DAYL Committee) (Co-Founder)
• Dallas Association of Young Lawyers (DAYL) (Member)
• Texas Aggie Bar Association (Member)
• Dallas A&M Club (Member)
• 12th Man Foundation (Member)
• Texas Scottish Rite Hospital (Volunteer)
• Dallas Bar Association (Member)
• Collin County Bar Association (Member)
• Collin County Young Lawyers Association (Member)

Honors and Awards

• FIVE STAR: Best in Client Satisfaction Wealth Manager for 2009 by Crescendo Business Services
• Texas Super Lawyer Rising Star for 2005 and 2009 by Law & Politics magazine

Classes and Seminars

• Basic Estate Planning, Plano ISD
• The Litigation Process

Pro Bono Activities

• Senior Citizens of Greater Dallas - Volunteer Attorney
• Participant, DAYL Leadership Program, 2001
• South Dallas Community Ministries - Board Member

Past Employment Positions

• Law Offices of Joseph E. Ashmore, JR., P.C., Dallas, Texas, Associate Attorney, January 1, 1999 - January 1, 2005
• Ticor Title Agency of San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, Examiner / Abstractor, February 1, 1997 - December 1, 1998

Education

• St. Mary's University School of Law, San Antonio, Texas, May, 1997
  Juris Doctor
• Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, August, 1994
  Bachelor of Business Administration
  Major: Business Management
  Minor: Pre-Law
  Minor: International Business

Accepts Credit Cards

Address

5601 Granite Parkway
Suite 400
Granite Park III
Plano, TX 75024-6655

Phones

214-705-2840
866-906-8704
214-423-5100

Faxes

214-423-5111

Emails

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Websites

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