Bespoke Lawyering / bi-ˈspōk ˈlȯ-yə-riŋ /

Peter focuses his practice on providing cost-effective counsel to his clients before, during, and after some of the most difficult times in a family’s life. He has extensive experience working with individuals, families, executors, and trustees in estate planning and administration, probate matters, wills, trust, asset protection planning, and probate litigation. He takes a personalized approach with each of his clients to guide them through all phases of estate planning and the preparation of wills, trusts, financial or medical powers of attorney, and physician directives based on their specific goals. Peter also advises clients who recently relocated to Texas to help them update their wills and trusts to comply with Texas law.

Peter has been practicing law in Texas for fourteen years and comes from a long line of attorneys. He has been admitted to the Federal District Courts and the Bankruptcy courts for the Northern, Southern, and Eastern Districts of Texas, as well as the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. His experience includes bench and jury trials and state and federal appeals including appeals to the Texas Supreme Court.

Peter has handled litigation and estates, both big and small, in contested and uncontested will probates and in estate administration. He represents executors, trustees, and beneficiaries in various estate and trust controversies. Peter also represents beneficiaries and executors in family settlement agreements in lieu of will probate proceedings.

Peter grew up in Austin, Texas but then defected to Texas A&M for his undergraduate degree in business administration. From College Station, where he met his wife Molly, Peter moved to Dallas and became a computer programmer and internet e-commerce developer. After roughly ten years in computers, Peter, Molly and their then 2-year-old daughter, decided to send him to law school. Peter attended Texas Tech University School of Law where he graduated Magna Cum Laude. After law school, the family moved back to the Dallas area, this time joined by a new son.
Peter and his family like to spend free time outside either fishing or attending boy-scout campouts. His daughter is now in college at the University of Kansas and his son is a middle-school trombone player.

Everett graduated summa cum laude from the Texas Tech University School of Law in 2004, and is admitted to practice in all Texas State and Federal courts. Before (and during) law school, he was a police officer in Lubbock, Texas and prior to that managed offices for two national retail and financial services companies, where he won awards for customer service and innovative leadership. After law school Everett joined a prestigious Dallas-based firm where he cut his teeth on the Enron litigation and continued working in the areas of corporate governance, fiduciary duty matters, securities litigation, mass-tort litigation, medical malpractice defense, and SEC and NASD investigations. He then transitioned to handling more business litigation, before taking a position in-house with a half-billion-dollar automotive captive finance company.

After five years as an in-house counsel, Everett focused his experience and expertise on helping startups, small, and medium-sized businesses by providing a cost-effective alternative to an in-house counsel. He has extensive experience in counseling entrepreneurs as they form and build their businesses, offering a graduated fee structure to make sure client dreams can become client realities. He advises musicians, authors, artists, audio/video production companies, and others in the entertainment industry as they navigate the pitfalls of negotiating and contracting with recording companies, publishers, promoters, studios, distributors, and one another. Additionally, Everett has served as counsel for plaintiffs and defendants alike in numerous state and federal lawsuits involving a wide variety of claims.

Everett serves on the Board of the Museum of International Cultures and in leadership positions with his church. He is a member of the Dallas Bar Association, and served as a Director for the Dallas Association of Young Lawyers. He is a Fellow of the DAYL Foundation, was a member of the 2007 DAYL Leadership Class, and was named a Texas Rising Star in Law and Politics Magazine in 2010 and 2011 and Super Lawyers recognition is a Thomson Reuters service. While in-house, he served on the Alliance Business Synergy Team and on the Corporate Diversity Committee. He has also been a featured presenter at conferences on e-discovery and entrepreneurial leadership.