Omar Leal is a member of the firm’s Estate Planning and Probate Group. His practice focuses on estate planning, asset protection planning, probate, guardianship and trust administration.

He regularly assists and advises clients concerning wealth preservation issues, including estate and gift tax planning, asset protection, incapacity planning and business succession. His work includes substantive contested estate, trust, and guardianship matters, including community and separate property issues. He also prepares and advises clients regarding marital property agreements. 

EDUCATION 
Board Certified, Estate Planning and Probate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, since 2006
B.B.A. in Finance, Texas A&M University, 1996 — Summa Cum Laude
J.D., University of Texas, 1999 — Chief Notes Editor, The Review of Litigation

PROFESSIONAL 
Past President, Corpus Christi Estate Planning Council
Texas Super Lawyers, Rising Star, 2004-2005, 2007-2014
Best Lawyers in America: Trusts and Estates
Past-President, Corpus Christi Young Lawyers Association
AV Rated
Corpus Christi Bar Association’s Young Lawyer of the Year Award (2008)
Corpus Christi’s Top 40 under 40 (Young Professionals Honor)
Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation
Maintaining Member, College of the State Bar of Texas
Former Chairperson for the District 11 Texas Bar Foundation Nominating Committee
Presenter, State Bar of Texas Advanced Estate Planning and Probate Course, State Bar of Texas Advanced Estate Planning and Probate Drafting Course, State Bar of Texas Estate Planning & Probate 101 Course, State Bar of Texas Building Blocks of Wills, Estates and Probate Course, Corpus Christi Bar Association Probate Law Seminar, the Texas Guardianship Association Annual Conference, and the Texas Association of Legal Professionals Annual Meeting and Educational Conference.

COMMUNITY
Director, Coastal Bend Community Foundation
Past Secretary and Director, Corpus Christi Education Foundation
Volunteer attorney, Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid
Volunteer presenter for the People’s Law School Estate Planning Course

PERSONAL 
Omar and his wife, Erica, live in Corpus Christi.