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Sharpe Law Group: A Dallas Native Who Built Her Whole Career at One Firm

Lee Poulsen joined Sharpe Law Group the moment she was admitted to the State Bar of Texas in 2013 and never left — earning Texas Board of Legal Specialization certification in Estate Planning and Probate five years later, then rising to partner at the same firm where she started as a new attorney. That kind of single-firm career arc is unusual in a field where lateral moves are common, and it reflects a genuinely deep institutional relationship between attorney and practice. This profile is part of Awesome Attorneys’ coverage of Dallas estate planning attorney options.

At a Glance

Origin & Background

Lee Poulsen earned her J.D. from St. Mary’s University School of Law in San Antonio and joined Sharpe Law Group immediately upon her admission to the State Bar of Texas in the fall of 2013 — her entire legal career has been built at a single firm. She earned Texas Board of Legal Specialization certification in Estate Planning and Probate in December 2018, roughly five years into practice, meeting the credential’s minimum experience and substantial-involvement requirements. She is a member of the Dallas Estate Planning Council — the city’s professional association for attorneys, CPAs, financial planners, and trust officers actively engaged in estate planning work — and the Dallas Bar Association. Sharpe Law Group itself was founded in 2006 and has grown to serve Dallas, Plano, and Austin, with its practice concentrated entirely on estate planning and asset protection.

Dallas Estate Planning Attorney Practice Concentration

Sharpe Law Group’s practice is concentrated entirely on estate planning and probate: traditional and complex estate planning, business succession planning, prenuptial agreements, probate administration (with and without a will), heirship determinations, muniment-of-title proceedings, and asset-protection planning tied to creditor exposure analysis. The firm markets a “360-degree view” approach, working collaboratively with a client’s existing financial and tax advisors rather than treating estate planning as a document-drafting exercise in isolation.

Track Record

As an estate planning and probate practice, Sharpe Law Group does not publish individual case or estate-value figures given the private nature of these matters. Lee Poulsen’s board certification, earned and maintained since 2018, reflects sustained documented practice depth over time rather than a case-outcome metric.

Client Voice

Awesome Attorneys searched Avvo and other major platforms for independent client reviews of Lee Poulsen specifically. Her Avvo profile shows “0.0 — Not Yet Reviewed,” and the firm’s bar record shows no misconduct findings. This profile did not locate a substantial independent review record for Poulsen individually — a genuine limitation disclosed directly rather than omitted, consistent with a pattern this directory has seen among attorneys at smaller, referral-driven estate planning boutiques.

Beyond the Courtroom

Poulsen’s active membership in the Dallas Estate Planning Council places her within the city’s core professional network of estate planning specialists across law, accounting, and financial planning — a body that facilitates the kind of cross-disciplinary collaboration the firm’s “360-degree” approach depends on. Her 12-year, single-firm career at Sharpe Law Group also means she has worked directly under the firm’s founding partners for her entire professional development, a mentorship structure some newer or laterally-hired attorneys don’t have.

Recognition

Poulsen’s Board Certification in Estate Planning and Probate Law from the Texas Board of Legal Specialization is the substantive, exam-and-peer-vetted credential this profile treats as most significant, and the basis for describing her as a specialist. Awesome Attorneys did not find Super Lawyers, Best Lawyers, or D Magazine recognition for Poulsen individually at the time of this research; her professional standing rests primarily on board certification and sustained single-firm practice depth rather than peer-nomination media lists.

Texas Legal Backdrop

Under Texas Estates Code § 256.003, a will generally must be admitted to probate within four years of the testator’s death, after which the estate is typically administered as if intestate except in limited circumstances. Texas allows a streamlined muniment-of-title probate process under Texas Estates Code Chapter 257 for estates without unpaid debts other than those secured by real property, avoiding a full administration when the will’s only remaining function is transferring title to real property — a tool the firm specifically advertises. For the firm’s asset-protection and creditor-exposure analysis, Texas’s homestead exemption and other statutory exemptions under the Texas Property Code provide baseline protections independent of any estate planning structure, which the firm layers additional planning on top of.

Awesome Attorneys Assessment

Lee Poulsen’s genuine strength is a real, earned TBLS board certification combined with an unusually deep single-firm career arc — 12 years at the same practice, rising from new admittee to partner, which suggests sustained institutional investment on both sides of the relationship. Her active Dallas Estate Planning Council membership reflects genuine engagement with the local cross-disciplinary estate planning community rather than a credential collected and set aside.

The honest limitation is public review visibility: this profile could not locate an independent client-review record for Poulsen specifically, a real gap for prospective clients trying to assess fit before a consultation. That’s a common pattern for smaller estate planning boutiques built on referral relationships rather than public review platforms, but it means a prospective client should ask directly for references given the absence of a public review trail.

Methodology & Sourcing

This profile was compiled from the firm’s own website (sharpelaw.com, including Lee Poulsen’s attorney bio page), her Avvo attorney profile (including bar-record and misconduct data), ZoomInfo’s and RocketReach’s professional profiles, and her LinkedIn profile. Statutory citations were checked against the Texas Estates Code and Texas Property Code. No case results, credentials, or quotes were invented; firm and credential claims are attributed to the firm’s own published materials.

Publisher Disclosure & Independence Notice

Awesome Attorneys is an independent legal directory and editorial publication. This profile was not paid for, commissioned, or reviewed by Sharpe Law Group, PLLC prior to publication. Awesome Attorneys may in the future offer sponsored placements clearly labeled as such, but no payment of any kind determines inclusion in, or the content of, this editorial profile. This article is for informational purposes only, does not constitute legal advice, and does not create an attorney-client relationship between the reader and Sharpe Law Group or Awesome Attorneys.