Jill Willard Young

Practice Description

Jill Willard Young focuses her practice on both general civil litigation and probate litigation. She represents trustees, administrators, executors, beneficiaries and guardians in litigation concerning trusts, wills, gifts, estates and guardianships. Ms. Young also focuses her practice on commercial litigation matters. She represents businesses and individuals in disputes involving contracts, premises liability, negligence, fraud, misrepresentation, breach of fiduciary duty and administration litigation claims involving state and federal agencies.

Representative Matters

• Represented several large corporations and individuals in matters involving various contractual nd business tort disputes, including fraud, misrepresentation, breach of fiduciary duty, and breach of contract
• Represented several large corporate fiduciaries in their respective roles as trustees, executors, and/or administrators of trusts and estates as well as individuals in guardianship proceedings and various lawsuits related to wills, trusts, and estates
• Represented several large oil and gas companies in multiple litigations matters involving multiple parties in large complex commercial disputes
• Represented numerous grocery store chains in administrative disputes with the State of Texas through trial at the administrative level
• Represented several commercial clients in litigation through trial or settlement through mediation or arbitration

Distinctions/Honors

Texas Rising Stars, Texas Monthly; 2004-2006

Activities

Member, State Bar of Texas; Litigation and Probate and Estate Sections
Member, Houston Bar Association
Member, Houston Young Lawyers Association
Member, Texas Young Lawyers Association
Summer Event Chair, Texas Exes Houston Chapter, 1999
Auction Chair, "Deep in the Heart of Texas," Texas Independence Gala, 2000
Event Chair, "Texas Fight," Texas Independence Day Celebration and Auction, 2001
Event Vice President, Texas Exes Houston Chapter, 2002
President Elect, Texas Exes Houston Chapter, 2002-2003
President, Texas Exes Houston Chapter, 2003-2004
Scholarship Committee, Texas Exes Houston Chapter, 2002-present
Texas Exes Business Network Advisory Board, 2003-present
Board of Directors, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, 2003-2004
Committee Member, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Sports Challenge
Committee Member, HYLA Adopt an Angel Program
Adjunct Professor, South Texas College of Law

Presentations/Publications

"The Importance of Keeping Records in Litigation," presented to property managers of Flagship Properties Corporation, 2003

"Selected Issues Related to Disqualification of Counsel," 1998