Experienced Trusts and Estates Counsel in Dallas, Texas
About Jennifer Sibley, J.D., CFP®
Jennifer received her J.D. from Texas Tech University School of Law, graduating magna cum laude, a Master of Science in Personal Financial Planning at Texas Tech University, and a B.A. cum laude from the University of Mississippi. Jennifer is Board Certified in Estate Planning and Probate Law. She is also a Certified Financial Planner and a Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy. She was selected by Thomson Reuters as a Texas Rising Star Super Lawyer (2017-2022) and named a “Texas Super Lawyer” by Thomson Reuters (2023-2024). Jennifer focuses her practice on both the tax and non-tax aspects of estate planning, and assists clients with the drafting and implementation of wills, trusts, and other estate planning documents. Her practice also includes probate, estate and trust administration, drafting and reviewing marital property agreements, formation of business entities, and charitable planning. Prior to law school, Jennifer taught Latin to 5th-9th graders, and has found her teaching experience valuable in her legal practice. She practiced Trusts and Estates at two established Texas law firms before starting her own firm. Jennifer lives in Dallas, Texas, with her husband and two children. In her time away from work, she is spending time with her family, and involved with her church and children’s school. She is a proud native Texan but always dreaming of hiking somewhere in the mountains (fun fact: all of the images on this website were taken on a favorite hike).
-
University of Mississippi (2008)
B.A., cum laude
Texas Tech University (2011)
Master of Science in Personal Financial PlanningTexas Tech University School of Law (2011)
J.D., magna cum laude
Contributor to Texas Bank Lawyer
CALI Award for highest achievement in Wills and Trusts
American Jurisprudence Award for outstanding performance in Commercial Law
Member of Tax Clinic
State Bar of Texas (2012)
Board Certified in Estate Planning and Probate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specializations
Certified Financial Planner®
Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy®
-
Recognized as a Texas Super Lawyer (2023)
Recognized by Thomson Reuters as a Texas Rising Star Super Lawyer (2017-2022)
-
Admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
Dallas Bar Association
Dallas Association of Young Lawyers
Dallas Estate Planning Council
Dallas Regional Chamber of Commerce (Graduate of LEAD YP Class of 2016)
-
September 2024-Panelist, The Dallas Foundation: From Transaction to Transformation
March 2024- Panelist, Dallas Estate Planning Council: The Great Wealth Transfer
December 8, 2020 – Presenter, Dallas Council of Charitable Gift Planners: Nuts and Bolts of Charitable Trusts
Author, “Texas Wills Q&A,” Practical Law Trusts & Estates, September 2017