Founding partner Alan Ytterberg concentrates his practice on assisting high net worth individuals and families with all aspects of wealth planning and management including trusts and estate matters, with an emphasis on complicated or controverted trust and probate matters. He also represents individual and corporate fiduciaries and beneficiaries of trusts and estates.

Alan has extensive experience assisting wealthy families with navigating the complex rules and regulations of establishing and running family offices and private trust companies.  Additionally, Alan works with individuals and families requiring advice and assistance with international trust issues.

EDUCATION

—University of Texas School of Law, J.D., honors, 1985
—Baylor University, B.B.A., honors, 1982

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

—Ytterberg Deery Knull LLP, 2008 – Present
—Partner, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, Houston, 1994-2008
—Associate, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, Houston, 1985-1994 

ADMISSIONS

—Admitted to practice: Texas, 1985

OF NOTE

—Chambers High Net Worth, Band 1 (2016-Present)
—Best Lawyers in America, Trust and Estates and Non-Profit/Charities Law (2005-Present)
—Texas Super Lawyer, Estate Planning/trusts Law, Texas Monthly magazine (2003-Present)
—Texas Board of Legal Specialization in Estate Planning and Probate Law (1994-Present)
—Co-Author, “The Specter of SEC Regulation of Family Offices,” Leimberg Information Services Inc., January 4, 2011
—Co-Author, “Managing Family Wealth Through A Private Trust Company,” American College of Trust and Estate Counsel Journal, Winter/Spring 2010
—“The Private Trust Company Solution,” June, 2010
—Memorial Hermann Hospital System (Director 2005-2012, Community Relations & System Quality Committees 2013-Present); TIRR Foundation (Director 2005-Present); Agape Development Ministries (Chairman 2020-Present, Director 2004-2019); St. Luke’s Methodist Church