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Kenneth J. Fair

Wright Close & Barger, LLP
  • Recognized Since:
    2019
  • Recognized in:
    Litigation - Trusts and Estates
  • Law School:
    University of Chicago Law School
  • Lawyer Page:
    http://www.wrightclosebarger.c...
  • Website:
    http://www.wrightclosebarger.c...
  • E-mail:
    fair@wrightclosebarger.com
  • Location:
    One Riverway, Suite 2200
    Houston, TX 77056

Ken’s practice focuses on in the area of general commercial litigation, with an emphasis on complex probate, trust, and fiduciary litigation. He represents executors, trustees, and beneficiaries in will contests, disputes over will and trust interpretation, removal actions, and fiduciary-liability actions. He also handles cases involving real-estate brokerage contracts, corporate governance, bankruptcy, and construction contracts.

Before joining the firm, Ken worked with Campbell Harrison & Dagley, and at the Houston office of Andrews Kurth LLP. He also worked as a staff writer and senior development editor for Jones McClure Publishing, which publishes theO'Connor's series of legal practitioner's guides. Along with firm attorney Suzanne Goss, Ken is a co-author of O'Connor's Estates Code Plus (previously O'Connor's Probate Code Plus), which is now in its eleventh edition. He is also a past contributing editor for O'Connor's Texas Causes of Action, O'Connor's Family Law Handbook, and O'Connor's Texas Rules-Civil Trials.

Practice Areas:

  • General Commercial Litigation
  • Probate, Trust and Fiduciary Litigation
  • Real Estate Brokerage Contracts
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Lawyer Bio

Ken’s practice focuses on in the area of general commercial litigation, with an emphasis on complex probate, trust, and fiduciary litigation. He represents executors, trustees, and beneficiaries in will contests, disputes over will and trust interpretation, removal actions, and fiduciary-liability actions. He also handles cases involving real-estate brokerage contracts, corporate governance, bankruptcy, and construction contracts.

Before joining the firm, Ken worked with Campbell Harrison & Dagley, and at the Houston office of Andrews Kurth LLP. He also worked as a staff writer and senior development editor for Jones McClure Publishing, which publishes theO'Connor's series of legal practitioner's guides. Along with firm attorney Suzanne Goss, Ken is a co-author of O'Connor's Estates Code Plus (previously O'Connor's Probate Code Plus), which is now in its eleventh edition. He is also a past contributing editor for O'Connor's Texas Causes of Action, O'Connor's Family Law Handbook, and O'Connor's Texas Rules-Civil Trials.

Practice Areas:

  • General Commercial Litigation
  • Probate, Trust and Fiduciary Litigation
  • Real Estate Brokerage Contracts
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Education:

  • University of Chicago Law School , JD, graduated 1998
  • Rice University, B.A. Mathematics, graduated 1995

Bar Admissions:

  • Texas, 1998
 

Court Admissions:

  • U.S. Supreme Court
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida
  • All Texas state courts

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for work in:

  • Litigation - Trusts and Estates
 

Awards:

  • Best Lawyers in America, 2019
 

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Wright Close & Barger, LLP
http://www.wrightclosebarger.c...
 
Headquarters
One Riverway, Suite 2200
Houston, TX 77056
(713) 572.4321
 
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