Adam Herron focuses on fiduciary litigation, representing clients in disputes involving inheritances, trusts, estates, guardianships, and business entities.  Throughout his career, Adam has represented parties in will contests, contested heirships, common-law-spouse claims, disagreements over interpreting and effectuating wills and trusts, and probate-related disputes. Adam is also a capable appellate lawyer and has represented parties in the courts of appeals and the Supreme Court of Texas. Adam also enjoys dispute avoidance, counseling clients on inheritance rights, fiduciary duties, negotiations with family members, uncontested will probates and heirships, the guardianship process, and trust and estate administration.

Adam joined Ruffner Schoenbaum Murphy PLLC in 2022 to further hone his skills and continue practicing in those areas.  When he’s not in court or at his desk, Adam is actively involved in the legal community:  judging mock-trial competitions, presenting at and attending continuing-legal-education courses, and participating in state- and local-bar events. For several years, Adam served as a board member of both the Civil Litigation Section and the Estate Planning and Probate Section of the Austin Bar.

While he was born and raised in Minnesota, Adam has called Texas home since 2011, when he moved to Waco to attend Baylor University School of Law. After graduation, Adam moved to East Austin, where he still lives with his dog Carter.

EDUCATION:

Baylor University School of Law, Waco, Texas, 2014, J.D.

• Baylor Law Review, Published Article, Dean's List

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2010, B.A.

• Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Golden Key, University Honors Program, Presidential Scholarship, Dean's List

LICENSES/ADMISSIONS:

• Admitted to practice law in Texas, 2014

• Admitted to practice law in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, 2016

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT:

• Top Gun National Mock Trial Competition, Judge

• National Trial Competition, Judge

• Baylor University Green & Gold Mock Trial Competition, Judge

• Texas Bar College, Member

• Austin Bar, Civil Litigation Section, Board Member

• Austin Bar, Estate Planning & Probate Section, Board Member

• Super Lawyers: Texas Rising Stars

• Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch, Trust & Estate Litigation, Trusts & Estates

• Probate Courts of Travis, Hays, and Burnet Counties, Attorney ad Litem

• State Bar of Texas, Real Estate Probate & Trust Law Section, Member

• Austin Young Lawyers Association, Member

PUBLICATIONS AND SPEAKING:

• Perspectives on Trust Administration, State Bar of Texas, 46th Annual Intermediate Estate Planning & Probate Course (2022)

• Administering a Trust: Stuck in the Middle with You, State Bar of Texas, Handling Your First (or Next) Trust (2019)

• Standing, Capacity, and Necessary Parties in Trust Litigation, State Bar of Texas, 42nd Annual Advanced Estate Planning & Probate Course (2018)

• Probate, Guardianship, and Trust Jurisdiction in Texas, State Bar of Texas, 41st Annual Advanced Estate Planning & Probate Course (2017)

• Miranda: Efficacy, the “Question First, Warn Later” Approach, and Special Populations, 66 Baylor L. Rev. 189 (2014)