Heidi Angel

Partner, Fort Worth
817.334.7279
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Biography

Heidi Angel is an attorney in the Trusts & Estates section of Jackson Walker’s Fort Worth office. Her practice covers a broad range of trust and estate matters, including complex wills, irrevocable and revocable trusts, special needs trusts, prenuptial agreements, as well as estate planning for limited partnerships and limited liability companies.

Heidi’s expertise extends to probate and trust administration across various levels of complexity, ranging from heirship determinations to intricate estate and trust management tasks, which include modification and termination of trusts.

While in law school, Heidi interned for the Honorable Cheryl Johnson at the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in Austin and for the Honorable Sue Walker at the Second Court of Appeals in Texas.

Education

B.A., Auburn University

M.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

J.D., Texas A&M University School of Law

  • Board of Advocates Distinguished Advocate
  • Order of the Barristers

Bar Admissions

Texas

Professional Certifications

Board Certified in Estate Planning and Probate Law

  • President’s Award, Tarrant County Bar Association, 2023
  • Named to “Up-and-Coming 50: Women Texas Rising Stars” list, Super Lawyers by Thomson Reuters, 2023
    • Estate & Probate
  • Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch (Woodward/White Inc.), 2023-2024
    • Trusts and Estates
  • Texas Rising Star, Super Lawyers by Thomson Reuters, 2020-2023
    • Estate & Probate
  • “Top Attorneys”, 360 West Magazine, 2019-2023
    • Wills, Trusts, Estates, and Probate
  • “Top Attorneys”, Fort Worth Magazine, 2020, 2023-2024
    • Probate, Estates, Trust
  • Pro Bono Award for Attorney Mentor, Tarrant County Volunteer Attorney Services, 2018
  • Top Attorney less than five years in practice, 360 West magazine, 2018
    • Wills, Trusts, Estate, Probate

  • Kupferle Health Board benefiting Texas Health Resources Foundation, Board Member
  • Tarrant County Bar Foundation, Fellow
  • Texas Bar Foundation, Fellow
  • Tarrant County Bar Association Women in the Law Luncheon, Co-Chair, 2023
  • Tarrant County Bar Association, Women Attorneys Section
    • Past-President, 2024-2025
    • Chair, 2023-2024
    • Vice Chair 2022-2023
  • Tarrant County Probate Bar Association, Board
  • State Bar of Texas, Real Estate Probate and Trust Law (REPTL) Guardianship Committee, Member 2022-2023
  • Texas Wall Street Women
  • College of the State Bar of Texas
  • Down Syndrome Partnership of North Texas
    • Board Member, 2014-2020
    • President, 2019-2020
  • Leadership ISD’s Tarrant County Civic Voices, Fellow, 2018-2019

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