The Ashmore Law Firm, P.C., a Dallas firm specializing in family law and estate planning, has achieved a rare dual recognition from Expertise.com, earning the 2026 #1 featured provider ranking in two categories: Best Divorce Lawyers in Garland, Texas and Best Probate Lawyers in Lewisville, Texas. This distinction underscores the firm’s unique approach of handling both high-net-worth divorce and complex probate matters with coordinated strategies.
The firm is led by two managing attorneys: Gary Ashmore, who heads the family law practice, and his sister Lori Ashmore Peters, who leads the estate planning and probate practice. Gary Ashmore, licensed in Texas since 1995, has been selected to Texas Super Lawyers in Family Law from 2024 to 2026 and holds the AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell (2022-2026). Lori Ashmore Peters, licensed since 1996, has been selected to Texas Super Lawyers in Estate Planning & Probate for 15 consecutive years (2012–2026), recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® for Trusts and Estates in 2025 and 2026, and also holds the AV Preeminent® rating.
The significance of this dual recognition lies in the firm’s integrated practice. As Gary Ashmore noted, complex divorces often involve trusts, businesses, and multi-generational assets. When family law and estate planning attorneys operate separately, clients can face gaps in strategy. The Ashmore Law Firm’s structure allows both practices to work under one roof, ensuring that issues are identified and addressed at the strategy stage rather than after the fact.
The firm was co-founded by the late Dallas County Probate Court Judge Joseph E. Ashmore, Jr. and his son Gary. It serves clients across Dallas, Garland, Lewisville, Plano, Frisco, Highland Park, and the greater DFW area. Practice areas include divorce and complex property division, high-net-worth divorce, family law, estate planning, trusts, probate and estate administration, probate litigation, will contests, guardianship, and business succession planning. Lori Ashmore Peters has served as a special probate judge for Probate Court No. 3 in Dallas County and is a certified Attorney Ad Litem and Guardian Ad Litem. Gary Ashmore has also served as Attorney Ad Litem and Guardian Ad Litem in Texas courts.
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