Karen S. Gerstner & Associates, P.C. is a Houston law firm concentrating on estate planning, probate, and trust and estate administration. The firm helps clients protect assets, plan distributions, address tax concerns, and prepare families for future responsibilities. Its work focuses on practical planning, careful drafting, and personal attention for individuals and families seeking peace of mind through thoughtful estate and trust guidance in Texas through generations and changing circumstances.
Karen S. Gerstner & Associates, P.C. was established as a boutique estate planning and probate practice in 2004. The firm is led by Karen Gerstner, who has focused on estate, trust, and probate law for more than 40 years. Her background includes board certification in estate planning and probate law, ACTEC fellowship, and extensive experience with tax laws, retirement benefits planning, probate issues, and estate administration for Texas families statewide.
Karen S. Gerstner & Associates, P.C. handles wills, trusts, estate planning for retirement plan benefits, incapacity planning, probate, trust administration, and post-death tax planning. The firm also assists executors, trustees, and families with fiduciary duties, estate settlement, and Texas probate requirements. Its lawyers emphasize detailed documents, clear explanations, and customized plans designed to reflect family goals, charitable interests, asset protection needs, and tax-sensitive planning concerns across changing family circumstances statewide.
Karen S. Gerstner & Associates, P.C. is known for expertise, efficiency, excellence, and exceptional client attention. The firm’s approach includes listening carefully, explaining complex concepts in understandable terms, and treating every client with dignity and respect. Through thorough preparation, meticulous attention to detail, and deep trust and estate knowledge, the firm helps clients create plans, administer estates, and pursue successful outcomes with confidence and care across generations and future transitions.