Bart c. frederick

Partner

Practice Emphasis

Probate Litigation · Estate Litigation · Trust Litigation · Will Contests · Business Dispute Litigation · Real Estate · Estate Planning · Guardianships · Personal Injury

Contact

Phone: (979) 836-5664
frederick@moormantate.com

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Testimonials

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.

    • University of Texas, B.A., 2012

    • Baylor University School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2015

    • Texas State Courts

    • U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Western and Eastern Districts of Texas

    • Recognized as a Texas Rising Star in the field of Estate & Trust Litigation by Super Lawyers®, a Thomson Reuters business for 2025

    • State Bar of Texas - Litigation Section

    • State Bar of Texas - Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section

    • State Bar of Texas - Civil Liberties & Civil Rights 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

    • 2024-2025 Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law (REPTL) Leadership Academy.  

    • 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.

    • Obtained favorable judgment after bench trial in will construction case.

    • Obtained summary judgment dismissing executor’s claims that client exerted undue influence, coercion, and duress on decedent to obtain designation as beneficiary on checking account agreement.

    • Obtained $109,176.50 judgment awarding damages for breach of contract and attorney fees after successfully obtaining summary judgment.

    • 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 dismissal of claims against estate executor and successfully defended the dismissal on appeal. Folsom v. Folsom, No. 01-22-00531-CV, 2024 WL 187443 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] Jan. 18, 2024, no pet.).

    • Author and Moderator: “Preparing your Fiduciary Litigation Case for Trial,” State Bar of Texas, Becoming a Fiduciary Litigator, March 27, 2026.

    • Speaker: “Fiduciary Litigation: Commonly Encountered Duties, Burdens and Issues Arising in Business Disputes,” State Bar of Texas, Becoming a Fiduciary Litigator, March 26, 2026.

    • Author and Speaker: “Leave no Foothold: Drafting Steps the Estate Planner Can Take to Defeat the Litigator’s Challenge,” Texas Bar CLE, 36th Annual Estate Planning & Probate Drafting, October 31, 2025.

    • Speaker: “Types of Acknowledgments and What They Are Used For,” 27th Annual Texas Bar College Summer School, July 10, 2025.

    • Speaker: “Probate Law 101,” Texas Bar CLE, Handling Your First (or Next) Transactional Matter, March 20, 2025.

    • “Acknowledgments Update,” Texas Bar CLE, 47th Annual Advanced Estate Planning & Probate, June 8, 2023.

    • Speaker: “General Business Succession and Operation Planning,” Texas Bar CLE, 46th Annual Advanced Estate Planning & Probate, June 17, 2022.