Estate Planning & Probate
Wills, estate plans, and probate administration, anchored by board-certified expertise.
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Beaumont · Texas · Established 1917
Protecting Beaumont
families & their land
for over a century.
Estates, trusts, and probate. Pipeline and easement counsel for Southeast Texas landowners. Quiet, careful, plain-spoken work, done by the same firm since 1917.
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Estate Planning · Probate · Trusts · Guardianship · Pipeline & Easement Counsel
By the numbers
More than a century of work, in three numbers.
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Founded
Beaumont's oldest continuously operating law firm.
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Acres
Southeast Texas easements negotiated for landowners.
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Claims
Resolved across decades of corporate-defense work.
A century of practice
Three generations of attorneys.
One firm, one Beaumont address,
& the same standard since the start.
The work has always been the same: writing the documents, holding the line in negotiation, and showing up on the day the courthouse calls. Quietly, carefully, year after year.
Family & Legacy
Family & Legacy
Built for the moments that matter most.
These are decisions that don't get redone. We work in plain English, patiently, to make sure your plan reflects the people and the property you care about.
Trusts
Revocable, irrevocable, and special-purpose trusts shaped to your family.
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Court-supervised protection for minors and adults who can't decide for themselves.
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Powers of attorney, medical directives, and the documents that keep your wishes in force when you can't speak for yourself.
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For Landowners
For Landowners
When energy companies come asking, you should have your own attorney at the table.
We represent landowners, not pipelines, not operators, in easement and surface-use negotiations across Southeast Texas. Over 150,000 acres negotiated. We've sat across the table from Chevron, ExxonMobil Low Carbon Solutions, Bayou Bend, and Oxy on behalf of our clients.
Pipeline Easement Negotiations
Negotiation and condemnation defense for landowners, never operators.
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Pore-space and surface easements for CCS projects across the Gulf Coast.
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Solar, wind, and hydrogen development on landowner property.
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Business & Government
Counsel for the work that keeps Southeast Texas running.
We advise closely held businesses, governmental entities, and corporate clients on the matters that shape their long-term operations.
Our attorneys
Three attorneys.
One Beaumont firm. Since 1917.
You'll work with the attorney whose name is on your matter, not a rotating cast of associates. Direct emails, direct phone, direct work.
Our standard
Quiet expertise. Patient counsel. The same standard since 1917.
Why us
Why families and landowners choose Benckenstein & Oxford.
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Beaumont's oldest law firm.
Founded in 1917. Still right here on Phelan Boulevard. We have done this work in this town for over a century.
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You'll talk to your attorney.
No phone-tree maze. The attorney whose name is on your matter is the one who answers your questions. Calls returned the same day.
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Board-certified estate counsel on staff.
Frances Blair Bethea has been board-certified in Estate Planning and Probate Law since 1989, a credential held by fewer than 1% of Texas attorneys.
Get in touch
Tell us what you're working through.
Free initial consultation. We'll listen first, tell you whether we're the right fit, and never push you into work you don't need.
Office
6850 Phelan Boulevard
Beaumont, Texas 77706
Beaumont, Texas 77706
Hours
Mon to Thu, 8 AM to 5 PM
Friday, 8 AM to 1 PM
Friday, 8 AM to 1 PM
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