Associate
Practice Emphasis
Probate Litigation
Estate Litigation
Trust Litigation
Will Contests
Business Dispute Litigation
Real Estate
Estate Planning
Guardianships
Personal Injury
Phone: (979)836-5664
frederick@moormantate.com
Bart c. frederick
Bart Frederick primarily focuses his practice on litigation pertaining to contested probate matters, estate administration, guardianships, trusts, real estate matters, business disputes, and personal injury. Bart takes a client-centered approach to his cases, with the goal of achieving the desired outcome with as little expense and stress on the client as possible. He represents clients all across Texas.
Bart also prepares wills, trusts, powers of attorney, healthcare advanced directives, and other estate-planning documents. He also has experience assisting and advising clients regarding establishment of partnerships, limited liability companies, and corporations.
Prior to joining Moorman Tate in April 2021, Bart’s Houston-based practice focused on litigation, and included defending some of the country’s largest health care companies, local government entities, and national corporations in numerous matters including medical malpractice, employment, civil rights, business disputes, and personal injury lawsuits in both state and federal courts.
EDUCATION
University of Texas, B.A., 2012
Baylor University School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2015
COURT ADMISSIONS
Texas State Courts
U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Western and Eastern Districts of Texas
Distinctions and memberships
State Bar of Texas - Health Law Section
State Bar of Texas - Civil Liberties & Civil Rights Section
State Bar of Texas - Litigation Section
Texas Young Lawyers Association
Administrative Editor for the Baylor Law Review
Baylor Law School 3L Vice President
Member of the Baylor Barrister’s Society
Representative experience
Obtained $1.2 million jury verdict as first chair in fiduciary litigation case.
$500,000.00 settlement on behalf of clients injured in motor vehicle accident.
$250,000.00 settlement on behalf of client asserting wrongful death claim arising from motor vehicle accident.
Dismissal for lack of jurisdiction of claims against client serving as executor of a decedent’s estate.
Settlement of claims against client serving as executor of a decedent’s estate.
Successfully argued and obtained summary judgment of breach of contract claims brought by client’s former employee.
Obtained summary judgment on clients’ breach of contract claims against estate representative for nonpayment of wrongful death and survival claim proceeds.
pUBLICATIONS & sPEAKING eNGAGEMENTS
Speaker: “General Business Succession and Operation Planning,” Texas Bar CLE, 46th Annual Advanced Estate Planning & Probate, June 17, 2022.