For over four decades, Oaks, Hartline & Daly, LLP, has served as trusted legal counsel to prominent Texas families, providing uncompromising and sophisticated legal representation in complex probate and estate planning matters. The Firm offers white-glove service, providing clients with comprehensive estate planning and probate services. Our attorneys pride themselves on their integrity and commitment to clients, and these values, established by the Firm’s founders, remain the Firm’s defining characteristics today.

Our History

Oaks, Hartline & Daly, LLP, traces its roots to the mid-1980s when Steven Oaks, Ned Hartline and Bill Honey founded Oaks, Hartline & Honey with seven lawyers. Each of the named partners had spent their entire legal career at Butler & Binion, one of Houston’s preeminent law firms and a member of the city’s then “big four.” Oaks, Hartline & Honey served the legal needs of its many private clients and their businesses. Several years later, Daniel W. Daly III, formerly the managing partner of Jenkens & Gilchrist’s Houston office, joined the Firm.

In 1990, the seventeen lawyers that comprised Oaks, Hartline & Honey merged with the oldest and largest law firm in Austin, Texas, eventually becoming Brown McCarroll & Oaks Hartline, LLP.

Noting the increased specialization in the legal field and their desire to continue providing the personal service envisioned by the Firm’s founders, in 2006, attorneys Ned Hartline and Daniel W. Daly III created Oaks, Hartline & Daly, LLP, keeping their esteemed partner, Steve Oaks, as part of the firm name. The Firm focuses exclusively on estate planning, probate, and ancillary matters such as business succession planning and the formation of family LLCs.

Current partners Karen D. Walker and Gina Bono Andrews joined the Firm in 1997, and partner Kelley Harris joined the Firm in 2014 after working for a “big four” accounting firm in the area of international tax.

Find Clarity in Complex Planning

At Oaks, Hartline & Daly, LLP, we understand the challenges you face in planning for the future. Our attorneys have decades of experience helping Texas families meet these challenges head-on. Whether you are planning ahead to meet your family’s evolving needs or settling the affairs of a loved one, we are here for you at every step of the process. We create customized estate plans tailored to the needs of your family, and we ensure you understand how your estate plan works so you have peace of mind today, and in the future. Our comprehensive approach is designed to address every aspect of your estate plan, including creating a Will, Trust, and Power of Attorney, developing a business succession plan, and protecting assets. We will also help you navigate Texas probate and administer trusts. We take time and ask questions to learn about you, your family, and your long-term goals, and we build a plan that reflects your unique wishes and protects* the people you care about most.

Oaks, Hartline & Daly, LLP, is committed to helping you and your family protect and pass on wealth, and we strive to make the process as simple and seamless as possible.