Sarah Patel Pacheco, a leading fiduciary litigator, has again been named President of Crain Caton & James (CCJ). She has been a member of the firm’s executive committee for close to 10 years and practiced law in Houston for over 20 years.

“Sarah is an outstanding attorney with extensive knowledge of firm management and client development,” says Miles Cohn, former firm President. “Sarah, along with Darlene Payne Smith and Larry George, assembled a team of talented lawyers who built prominent practices in trusts and estate and fiduciary litigation and related planning matters.”

Sarah is Board Certified in Estate Planning and Probate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, author of West Practice Guides on Probate and Wills, Trusts and Estate Planning, Editor of the State Bar of Texas Guardianship Manuel, serves on the State of Texas Pattern Jury Charge Oversight Committee and has been repeatedly named as on the Top 50 Women Attorneys in Texas by Texas Monthly. She is a prolific presenter on fiduciary litigation, estates, trusts and guardianship and related topics.