About Omar
Omar Leal is a member of the firm’s Estate Planning and Probate Group. His practice focuses on estate planning, asset protection planning, probate, guardianship and trust administration.He regularly assists and advises clients concerning wealth preservation issues, including estate and gift tax planning, asset protection, incapacity planning and business succession. His work includes substantive contested estate, trust, and guardianship matters, including community and separate property issues. He also prepares and advises clients regarding marital property agreements. EDUCATION Board Certified, Estate Planning and Probate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, since 2006 B.B.A. in Finance, Texas A&M University, 1996 — Summa Cum Laude J.D., University of Texas, 1999 — Chief Notes Editor, The Review of LitigationPROFESSIONAL Past President, Corpus Christi Estate Planning Council Texas Super Lawyers, Rising Star, 2004-2005, 2007-2014 Best Lawyers in America: Trusts and Estates Past-President, Corpus Christi Young Lawyers Association AV Rated Corpus Christi Bar Association’s Young Lawyer of the Year Award (2008) Corpus Christi’s Top 40 under 40 (Young Professionals Honor) Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation Maintaining Member, College of the State Bar of Texas Former Chairperson for the District 11 Texas Bar Foundation Nominating Committee Presenter, State Bar of Texas Advanced Estate Planning and Probate Course, State Bar of Texas Advanced Estate Planning and Probate Drafting Course, State Bar of Texas Estate Planning & Probate 101 Course, State Bar of Texas Building Blocks of Wills, Estates and Probate Course, Corpus Christi Bar Association Probate Law Seminar, the Texas Guardianship Association Annual Conference, and the Texas Association of Legal Professionals Annual Meeting and Educational Conference.COMMUNITY Director, Coastal Bend Community Foundation Past Secretary and Director, Corpus Christi Education Foundation Volunteer attorney, Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid Volunteer presenter for the People’s Law School Estate Planning CoursePERSONAL Omar and his wife, Erica, live in Corpus Christi.
Omar Leal is a member of the firm’s Estate Planning and Probate Group. His practice focuses on estate planning, asset protection planning, probate, guardianship and trust administration.
He regularly assists and advises clients concerning wealth preservation issues, including estate and gift tax planning, asset protection, incapacity planning and business succession. His work includes substantive contested estate, trust, and guardianship matters, including community and separate property issues. He also prepares and advises clients regarding marital property agreements. EDUCATION Board Certified, Estate Planning and Probate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, since 2006 B.B.A. in Finance, Texas A&M University, 1996 — Summa Cum Laude J.D., University of Texas, 1999 — Chief Notes Editor, The Review of Litigation
PROFESSIONAL Past President, Corpus Christi Estate Planning Council Texas Super Lawyers, Rising Star, 2004-2005, 2007-2014 Best Lawyers in America: Trusts and Estates Past-President, Corpus Christi Young Lawyers Association AV Rated Corpus Christi Bar Association’s Young Lawyer of the Year Award (2008) Corpus Christi’s Top 40 under 40 (Young Professionals Honor) Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation Maintaining Member, College of the State Bar of Texas Former Chairperson for the District 11 Texas Bar Foundation Nominating Committee Presenter, State Bar of Texas Advanced Estate Planning and Probate Course, State Bar of Texas Advanced Estate Planning and Probate Drafting Course, State Bar of Texas Estate Planning & Probate 101 Course, State Bar of Texas Building Blocks of Wills, Estates and Probate Course, Corpus Christi Bar Association Probate Law Seminar, the Texas Guardianship Association Annual Conference, and the Texas Association of Legal Professionals Annual Meeting and Educational Conference.
COMMUNITY Director, Coastal Bend Community Foundation Past Secretary and Director, Corpus Christi Education Foundation Volunteer attorney, Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid Volunteer presenter for the People’s Law School Estate Planning Course
PERSONAL Omar and his wife, Erica, live in Corpus Christi.
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Awards & Recognition
- Lawyer of the Year: Trusts and Estates, Corpus Christi (2022)
- Recognized: Trusts and Estates
- Corpus Christi’s Top 40 under 40 (Young Professionals Honor)
- Young Lawyer of the Year Award, Corpus Christi Bar Association (2008)
- Rising Star 2004-2005, 2007-2014
- AV Preeminent 4.8/5.0 Peer Review Rated
- The Best Lawyers in America for Trusts and Estates
- Texas Super Lawyers 2014-2015