$ 250-250 per hour
PRO
Virtual Consultation Available
Terry Garrett advises people in Central Texas who are preparing for and enjoying the retirement years, families who are caring for elders and members with special needs, and people who are probating and settling estates.
Terry Garrett graduated from Cornell University with honors, was on the Dean's List at Wharton Business School and earned her J.D. from Columbia University, where she received the Parker Award and a Mellon Fellowship.
She is an Approved Guardianship Attorney and appointed by Central Texas courts in heirship proceedings. She is a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys and active in the Texas and Austin Bar Associations.
She handles pro bono cases for Volunteer Legal Services, the Austin Bar Association and the Women's Resource Fair. Mother of a daughter with special needs, she also teaches for the National Alliance on Mental Illness.
In her free time she enjoys studying dance and going for long walks in beautiful Central Texas.
Her legal assistant, Melanie Ibarra, is a native Spanish speaker.
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$ 250-250 per hour
Always
State: Texas
Acquired: 2005
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State: New York
Acquired: 1984
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Mobile
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4408 Spicewood Springs Road, Austin, TX, 78759
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Posted by Mary B | January 29, 2018 | Hired Attorney | Probate
Terry Garrett really "gets it."
Over the years, Terry has been an indispensable resource for our family. When my mother died without a will and we had to navigate probate, when we needed POAs for my mother-in-law and our special needs children, fighting the school district to get our children's needs met... she was always knowledge...
Posted by Don | May 04, 2017 | Hired Attorney | Probate
Excellent Choice
After consulting with multiple attorneys, we selected Terry Garrett to handle the probate for the estate of a dear deceased friend. From the time of our first meeting with Terry we knew we had made the right choice. Through her expertise, professionalism, integrity, and generous accessibility we we...
Posted by Linda Thomas | March 06, 2017 | Hired Attorney
Excellent attorney!
We could not be more pleased to have found Terry. She is responsive, very knowledgeable and easy to work with. She quickly answers email questions and requests for information. Over one weekend, Terry produced documents that a previous attorney had not produced within seven months! We can highly ...
Posted by anonymous | June 10, 2024 | Hired Attorney | Probate
Disappointed
Very disorganized. Hired her to file a probate for my father's estate. After signing off on a flat fee rate, and reminding her twice that I had not received the link to pay her, she told us that she had lost our documents and said it might not be worth our time to obtain new ones. We were then char...
There seems to be some confusion here. While we were both disappointed that the post office seems to have lost the original documents which you mailed, the filing was made based on the pdfs you sent. Out of compassion for your difficulty in paying for a second Court-certified Will and Order, I did not charge you for drafting the Application, merely for our communications.
Posted by Judy | July 02, 2022 | Hired Attorney | Elder Law
Huge disappointment !
Had high hopes she could help me...very disappointed. Very unorganized. I was nice enough to send her emails that she lost. After all the confusion, I felt it would have been better not to email her at all. Be very careful....they add up and you might have to hire another attorney just to understand ...
"I endorse this lawyer. Terry Garrett is an excellent, very professional and knowledgeable elder law attorney."
Elder law lawyer
2021
Top Lawyer (elder law), Austin Monthly Magazine
1973
Parker Award, Columbia University School of Law
2005 - Present
Managing Partner, The Garrett Law Firm, PLLC
1983
Doctor of Jurisprudence/Juris Doctor (J.D.)
1975
MA
1973
BA - Bachelor of Arts
2020
Non-Citizens and Public Benefits
Mandarin
Spanish
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