Overhuls, Chelsea H.

Chelsea H. Overhuls

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Chelsea Overhuls is Board Certified in Estate Planning and Probate and focuses on estate and wealth transfer planning, probate and estate administration, asset protection planning, philanthropic planning and marital property protection planning. As every family and situation is unique, Chelsea enjoys visiting with clients to determine what plan best fits their individual and family-specific needs.

Chelsea Overhuls is Board Certified in Estate Planning and Probate and focuses on estate and wealth transfer planning, probate and estate administration, asset protection planning, philanthropic planning and marital property protection planning. As every family and situation is unique, Chelsea enjoys visiting with clients to determine what plan best fits their individual and family-specific needs.

Chelsea’s representative experience includes:

  • Represents high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients in utilizing sophisticated estate planning techniques, such as family limited partnerships, intentionally defective grantor trusts, grantor-retained annuity trusts, irrevocable life insurance trusts and private foundations
  • Advises clients across a broad spectrum of net worth regarding basic testamentary and incapacity planning documents
  • Represents executors and trustees in estate and trust administration matters
  • Advises clients regarding generation-skipping transfer tax planning, including analysis of impact of trust modification or division on GST exemption
  • Negotiates and drafts premarital and postnuptial agreements
  • Advises clients regarding creditor and asset protection planning
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Education
  • J.D., magna cum laude, Georgetown University Law Center, 2012
    Top 3% of Graduating Class
    The Tax Lawyer
    Georgetown University Law Center Dean's List
  • B.B.A., Accounting, summa cum laude, Baylor University, 2009
    Outstanding Undergraduate Accounting Student Spring 2009
Bar Admissions
  • Texas
Board Certifications
    • Estate Planning and Probate by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization
Professional Affiliations
    • Member, Estate Planning & Probate Law Advisory Commission (serving the Texas Board of Legal Specialization from May 2022 to February 2025)
    • Member, Houston Estate and Financial Forum
    • Member, Houston Bar Association Trusts and Estate Section
    • Member, The Houston Trusts & Estates Club
    • Member, Houston Business and Estate Planning Council
Awards & Recognitions
    • Named, Super Lawyers® Texas Rising Star, Estate & Probate (2021-2022)
    • Named, The Best Lawyers in America®, Trusts and Estates (2025)
    • Named, Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch, Trusts and Estates (2022-2024)
    • Named, Top Lawyer, Estate Planning, Houstonia Magazine (2019, 2022-2023)