Get To Know Our Firm’s Managing Partner

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H. P. (Mike) Berkley

  • Managing Partner

Location:
Forestburg, TX

Areas of Practice

  • Probate, Alternatives to Probate, Estate Planning, Wills, Heirship, Deeds and Lady Bird Deeds, Guardianship Matters, and Issues Related to Ranching and the Cattle Industry

Bar Admissions

  • Texas, 1975
  • U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas, 1975

Education

  • Southern Methodist University School of Law, Dallas, Texas
    • J.D. - 1975
  • University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
    • B.A.
    • Honors: magna cum laude
    • Honors: Dean's List
    • Major: Business Administration - Banking and Finance

Classes/Seminars

  • Regular Presentations Concerning the Rules, Regulations, and Laws of the Upper Trinity Groundwater Conservation District

Honors and Awards

  • AV Rating with the Lexis Nexis Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Board Since 2005 — Which is the Highest Available Rating
  • Certified by the state bar of Texas to handle guardianship matters.

Professional Associations and Memberships

  • State Bar of Texas, Member, 1975 to Present
  • State Bar of Texas, Family Law Section, Member, 2011 to Present
  • Noble Foundation, Member and Cooperator, 1995 to Present
  • Integrity Beef Program, Noble Foundation, Vice President and Director representing Western Texas, 2012 to Present
  • Upper Trinity Groundwater Conservation District, Directory and Representative of Montague County, Texas, 2007 to Present
  • Texas Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association, Member, 1996 to Present
  • North Texas Calf Improvement Program, Member and Past Directory

Pro Bono Activities

  • Member and Cooperator, Noble Foundation, 1995 to Present
  • Vice-President and Director Representing Western Texas, Integrity Beef Program, Noble Foundation, 2012 to Present
  • Director and Representative of Montague County, Texas, Upper Trinity Groundwater Conservation District, 2007 to Present
  • Member, Texas Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association, 1996 to Present
  • Member and Past Director, North Texas Calf Improvement Program

Ancillary Businesses

  • Ranching

Languages

  • English

Fraternities/Sororities

  • Sigma Nu