Firm Partner Gregory T. Kimmel focuses his practice on business organizations, estate planning, guardianships, probate and estate administration, trusts, and wills. Mr. Kimmel is a Specialist in Estate Planning and Probate law, as certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. He has also been named a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. A native of Tyler, Mr. Kimmel is a graduate of the University of Houston Law Center and the University of Texas at Austin. He was admitted to the State Bar of Texas in 2001.
Bar Admissions
Education
Professional Designations
Honors and Awards
- Fellow, The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel
- Texas Super Lawyer (2018-2024)
Professional Associations, Committees and Memberships
- Member and Co-Chair, Decedents' Estate Committee of REPTL (2018-2023)
- Past Member, Real Estate, Probate & Trust Law Section of the State Bar of Texas (REPTL), Council (2018-2022)
- Past President, East Texas Estate Planning Council (2015-2016)
- Past Member, REPTL, Decedents' Estate Committee (2015-2017)
- Past Member, REPTL Leadership Academy Committee
- Member, State Bar of Texas American Bar Association
- Past Member, Planning Committee for the 28th Annual Advanced Estate Planning Strategies Course, Texas State Bar (2022)
- Past Member, Planning Committee for Estate Planning and Probate Drafting Course, Texas State Bar (2016-2018)
- Past Director and Officer, Smith County Bar Association
- Past Director and Officer, Smith County Young Lawyers Association
Pro Bono Activities
- Director - East Texas Communities Foundation
- Director - Kourage Health
- Past Director - Rose Capital West Little League
- Past Director - Hospice of East Texas
- Past Director - Better Business Bureau
- Past Director - The Children's Village
Presentations and Publications
- Moderator, Probate Procedures and Alternatives, Building Blocks of Wills, Estates, and Probates, Texas Bar CLE, Austin, Texas (2024-2025)
- Moderator, Twin, King or Split Sheets: Agreements between Couples, Advanced Estate Planning Strategies Course, State Bar of Texas, Santa Fe, New Mexico (2022)
- Panelist, Probate Procedures and Alternatives, Building Blocks of Wills, Estates, and Probates, Texas Bar CLE, Austin, Texas (2016-2022)
- Author and Moderator, Probate Matters: A View from Both Sides of the Bench, State Bar of Texas Advanced Estate Planning & Probate Course, Dallas, Texas (2018)
- Co-Author and Moderator, Drafting Common and Uncommon Pleadings in Court Supervised Administrations – A View from Both Sides of the Bench, State Bar of Texas Estate Planning & Drafting Course, Houston, Texas (2017)
- Presenter, Mind the Gap: Advanced Planning Techniques for Incapacity, Estate Planning & Probate Drafting Course, State Bar of Texas, Dallas, Texas (2016)
- Presenter, Selecting a Business Entity, Expo 2015 at Gollob Morgan and Peddy P.C. (2015) and Small Business Boot Camp at the Center for Family and Small Enterprises, University of Texas at Tyler (2015)
- Author and Presenter, Incapacity Planning 101, Alzheimer’s Alliance (2015)
- Presenter, Role of the Guardian, Ad Litem Certification Course for the Smith County Bar Association (2014)
- Author and Presenter, Strategies for a Successful Succession, Small Business Boot Camp at the Center for Family and Small Enterprises, University of Texas at Tyler (2014)
- Author and Presenter, Business Succession Issues Involving Second and Third Generations that have No Desire to be Partners, 38th Annual Advanced Estate Planning and Probate Course (2014); San Antonio Estate Planners Council (2014); Midland Odessa Estate Planning Council (2015)
- Author and Presenter, Estate Planning Overview with Legislative Update, Henderson County Bar Association (2013)
- Author and Presenter, Strategies for a Successful Succession, The 2013 Family & Small Business Forum, University of Texas at Tyler (2013)
- Author and Presenter, Essentials in Estate Planning for 2012, Henderson County Bar Association (2012)
