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Law Office of Jeannine C. Flynn: The Houston Probate Attorney Who Sits on the Board That Certifies Her Own Specialty

Jeannine C. Flynn doesn’t just hold the Texas Board of Legal Specialization’s certification in Estate Planning and Probate Law — she currently sits on the TBLS Estate Planning and Probate Law Exam Commission, the body that writes and grades the exam other attorneys take to earn the same credential. That is a peer-verification detail few solo practitioners in this category can claim.

Origin and Background

The Law Office of Jeannine C. Flynn is located at 5615 Kirby Drive, Suite 725, Houston, TX 77005, confirmed through the firm’s own site and State Bar of Texas records. Flynn was licensed in Texas in 1985 and has practiced probate, guardianship, and elder law in the Houston area for four decades. She holds board certification in Estate Planning and Probate Law from the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, first earned in 1991 and independently confirmed through her Super Lawyers credential listing. She is also certified under Texas Estates Code § 1054.201 to serve as a court-appointed attorney in guardianship matters.

Practice Concentration

Flynn’s solo practice concentrates on probate administration — including independent administrations, dependent administrations, determinations of heirship, and muniments of title — alongside guardianship proceedings, wills, trusts, and elder law matters. She has held leadership roles with the State Bar of Texas Real Estate, Probate and Trust Legislative Section and served as a past chairperson of the Houston Bar Association’s Probate and Estate Planning Section. She is a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA). See this Houston Estate Planning & Probate directory for how this solo practice compares to multi-attorney firms also serving Harris County.

Notable Work / Track Record

As is typical for a solo probate and guardianship practice, the firm does not publish a table of case results, and Awesome Attorneys did not identify one — probate and guardianship outcomes are governed by court procedure and statutory administration rather than negotiated settlements or jury verdicts. What is independently verifiable is Flynn’s sustained, multi-decade concentration in a single practice area and her current service on the state commission that examines candidates for the same board certification she holds.

Client Voice

Public review volume for Flynn is thin relative to her tenure — a genuine gap Awesome Attorneys discloses rather than papering over. Where reviews exist, they are positive and specific: one Birdeye-hosted review describes her as having “went above and beyond her duties” representing a client’s incapacitated mother in a contested guardianship matter. Awesome Attorneys did not identify a pattern of negative or critical reviews warranting disclosure.

Beyond the Courtroom

Flynn’s clearest public-service credential is substantive rather than ceremonial: her current seat on the TBLS Estate Planning and Probate Law Exam Commission, plus a prior term on that board’s Advisory Commission for the Probate and Estate Planning Committee. She is a Sustaining Life Fellow of both the Texas Bar Foundation and the Houston Bar Foundation. Awesome Attorneys did not identify separate non-legal civic or nonprofit board service documented for her.

Recognition for This Houston Probate Attorney

Flynn holds an AV Preeminent peer-review rating from Martindale-Hubbell, the rating service’s highest tier, reflecting anonymous peer assessment of legal ability and ethical standards. Her Board Certification in Estate Planning and Probate Law from TBLS is independently documented across Super Lawyers, Martindale, and her own firm’s site. Awesome Attorneys distinguishes this peer-reviewed, examination-based credential from marketing-program directory badges, which reflect self-submission or fee-based inclusion rather than peer evaluation.

Texas Legal Backdrop

Texas probate practice offers two primary paths depending on the estate: an independent administration under Texas Estates Code Chapter 401, which lets an executor administer an estate with minimal court supervision once appointed, versus a dependent administration, which requires court approval for most significant actions. For estates consisting mainly of real property with no unpaid debts, Texas Estates Code § 257.001 allows a muniment of title proceeding — probating the will as evidence of title transfer without appointing an executor at all. A will generally must be offered for probate within four years of the decedent’s death under Texas Estates Code § 256.003, absent limited exceptions. None of this is legal advice; a specific probate or guardianship matter should be evaluated by a licensed Texas attorney based on the actual facts involved.

Awesome Attorneys Assessment

Jeannine Flynn’s clearest differentiator is a credential most competitors cannot match: active service on the state commission responsible for examining and certifying other attorneys in her own specialty, layered on top of her own board certification and four decades of single-practice-area focus. The honest trade-off is thin public review volume relative to her tenure, and as a solo practice her capacity is necessarily smaller than multi-attorney probate firms in this category. For a Harris County family navigating probate or guardianship who wants an attorney whose credentials are verified at the state examination level rather than just self-reported, that combination is a reasonable basis for a shortlist.

Methodology and Sourcing

This profile was researched from the Law Office of Jeannine C. Flynn’s official website (jeannineflynnlaw.com), her Super Lawyers and Martindale-Hubbell profiles, her Avvo and Birdeye client review pages, and State Bar of Texas records.

Publisher Disclosure and Independence Notice

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