Tyler Swain, lawyer for Texas estates and families.
Houston counsel in estate planning, probate, and trust litigation since 1996 — quality, personal service for traditional planning and the unusual problems that follow a death in the family.
Practice Areas
Estate Planning
Wills, Trusts, Directives
After a thorough examination of assets, Tyler designs, drafts, and executes an estate plan built around your goals — preserving wealth and minimizing taxes.
Probate Administration
Executors, Heirs, Estates
Guiding executors, trustees, and surviving family through the Texas probate courts — from admitting the will to distributing the estate.
Trust & Probate Litigation
Will Contests, Fiduciary Disputes
Disputed matters incidental to probate, with a focus on resolution — especially in blended families where a death or incapacity unsettles everyone.
Wrongful Death & Survival Actions
Co-Counsel to Plaintiffs' Firms
Tyler frequently serves as co-counsel with plaintiffs' firms across Texas in multi-million dollar wrongful death, survival, and catastrophic injury litigation.
Press & Publications
Medium
Writing by Tyler Swain
Essays on estate planning, probate administration, and settling a Texas estate.
Read on MediumLinkedIn Newsletter
The Texas Estate Report
Notes on Texas probate courts, trust litigation, and planning for fiduciaries.
Subscribe on LinkedInDeeply rooted in Houston probate practice.
S. Tyler Swain joined Denson & Swain, P.C. in 1998. An honors graduate of Baylor University with a law degree from South Texas College of Law, he is known among colleagues as a skillful negotiator and a careful navigator through the courts in all matters related to probate.
He frequently serves as co-counsel with plaintiffs' firms in multi-million dollar litigation throughout Texas.
- State Bar of Texas, licensed 1996
- South Texas College of Law, Juris Doctor
- Baylor University, honors graduate