Heidi M. Angel

BIOGRAPHY

Heidi Angel is a partner in the Estate Planning and Probate section of the firm. Her experience includes structuring and preparing a wide variety of estate planning documents to assist clients, including complex wills, irrevocable trusts, revocable trusts, special needs trusts, prenuptial agreements, limited partnerships, and limited liability companies. Ms. Angel’s practice also includes probate and trust administration of all types and complexity from heirship determinations to complex estate and trust administrations, including modification and termination of trusts.

Ms. Angel received her B.A. in Spanish from Auburn University and her M.A. in Linguistics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She received her J.D. from Texas A&M University School of Law in 2014 where she served as Executive Notes and Comments Editor of the Texas A&M Law Review. While in law school, Ms. Angel interned for the Honorable Cheryl Johnson at the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in Austin and for the Honorable Sue Walker at the Second Court of Appeals in Texas.

AFFILIATIONS AND HONORS

AFFILIATIONS

• Tarrant County Bar Foundation, Fellow
• Texas Bar Foundation, Fellow
• Tarrant County Bar Association Women in the Law Luncheon, Co-Chair, 2023
• Tarrant County Bar Association, Women Attorneys Section
  • Chair, 2023-2024
  • Vice Chair 2022-2023
• Tarrant County Probate Bar Association, Board
• State Bar of Texas, Real Estate Probate and Trust Law (REPTL) Guardianship Committee, Member 2022-2023
• Texas Wall Street Women, Member
• College of the State Bar of Texas, Member
• Down Syndrome Partnership of North Texas
  • Board Member, 2014-2020
  • President, 2019-2020
• Leadership ISD’s Tarrant County Civic Voices, Fellow, 2018-2019

HONORS

• President’s Award, Tarrant County Bar Association, 2023
• Up-and-Coming 50: 2023 Women Texas Rising Stars, Thomson Reuters
  • Estate & Probate
• Best Lawyers®, Dallas/Fort Worth-Ones to Watch, U.S. News & World Report, 2023, 2024
  • Trusts and Estates
• Texas Super Lawyers Rising Stars, Thomson Reuters, 2020-2023
  • Estate & Probate
• Top Attorney, 360 West magazine, 2019-2023
  • Wills, Trusts, Estates, and Probate
• Top Attorney, Fort Worth Magazine, 2020, 2023
  • Probate, Estates, Trust
• Pro Bono Award for Attorney Mentor, Tarrant County Volunteer Attorney Services, 2018
• Top Attorney less than five years in practice, 360 West magazine, 2018
  • Wills, Trusts, Estate, Probate

EDUCATION

• Texas A&M University School of Law, J.D., 2014
  • Texas A&M Law Review, Executive Notes & Comments Editor
  • Board of Advocates Distinguished Advocate
  • Eldon B. Mahon Inn of Court, student member, 2013-2014
  • Best Oralist, Sutherland Cup Moot Court 2013 Competition, Catholic University
  • 3rd place, Mack Kidd Administrative Law Moot Court 2011 Competition, Oralist
  • 1st place, Moot Court Honor Society Upper Level Competition, 2010 and 2011 
  • Order of the Barristers
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, M.A., 2005
• Auburn University, B.A., 2002

ADMISSIONS

• State Bar of Texas, 2015