The Ashmore Law Firm, P.C., a Dallas law firm specializing in family law and estate planning, has achieved a rare dual recognition from Expertise.com, being named the 2026 #1 featured provider in both the Best Divorce Lawyers in Garland, Texas, and Best Probate Lawyers in Lewisville, Texas categories. This distinction underscores the firm's comprehensive approach to handling complex legal matters for high-net-worth individuals and families across the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
The firm is led by two managing attorneys: Gary Ashmore, who heads the family law practice, and Lori Ashmore Peters, who leads the estate planning and probate practice. Gary Ashmore has been licensed in Texas since 1995, selected to Texas Super Lawyers in Family Law for 2024–2026, and holds the AV Preeminent Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell for 2022–2026. Lori Ashmore Peters has been licensed since 1996, selected to Texas Super Lawyers in Estate Planning & Probate every year from 2012 through 2026, recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for Trusts and Estates in 2025 and 2026, and also holds the AV Preeminent Peer Review Rating.
The dual ranking is significant because it reflects the firm's ability to handle interconnected legal issues. Gary Ashmore noted, 'Complex divorces almost always involve trusts, businesses, and multi-generational assets. When your family law and estate planning attorneys are in different buildings or on different strategies, clients pay for that gap. Running both practices under one roof — with Lori leading estate planning and probate and me leading family law — lets us catch those issues at the strategy stage rather than after the fact.'
The Ashmore Law Firm was co-founded by the late Dallas County Probate Court Judge Joseph E. Ashmore, Jr. and his son Gary Ashmore. The firm serves Dallas, Garland, Lewisville, Plano, Frisco, Highland Park, and the greater DFW area, with practice areas including divorce and complex property division, high-net-worth divorce, family law, estate planning, trusts, probate and estate administration, probate litigation, will contests, guardianship, and business succession planning. Lori Ashmore Peters has served as a special probate judge for Probate Court No. 3 in Dallas County and is a certified Attorney Ad Litem and Guardian Ad Litem in Texas Probate Courts. Gary Ashmore has also served as Attorney Ad Litem and Guardian Ad Litem in Texas courts.
For more information, visit www.AshmoreLaw.com. Follow the firm on Facebook at Facebook.com/AshmoreLawFirm and on Instagram at @ashmorelawfirm.
