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Christopher T. Hodge

San Antonio, Texas Attorneys

745 E Mulberry Ave, Ste 700
San Antonio, Texas 78212
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Phone: (210) 736-6600
Fax: (210) 735-6889

Hours: Mon-Fri 8:00am-5:30pm

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San Antonio, Texas Attorneys

About Christopher T. Hodge

Chris Hodge is a Shareholder in Langley & Banack’s San Antonio Office.  Mr. Hodge’s practice is focused primarily on Estates, Trusts, Fiduciary Litigation including will contests, trust contests and contested estate and trust proceedings.  In 2015, Mr. Hodge and Langley & Banack, along with co-counsel, obtained the second largest jury verdict for Trust and Estate Litigation in Texas.

Mr. Hodge graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 2002 with a Bachelor’s degree in Spanish.  He thereafter obtained his Juris Doctorate degree from the St. Mary’s University School of Law in 2005 and has been with Langley & Banack since that time.  While at St. Mary’s, Mr. Hodge was an Associate Editor on the St. Mary’s Law Journal and a member of the Phi Delta Phi academic fraternity.

Mr. Hodge sits on the Firm’s Management and Executive Committees, leads the Firm’s partnership with the Association of Corporate Counsel and is the current Chair of the Fiduciary Litigation Section of the State Bar of Texas’ Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section.


Education

  • St. Mary’s University School of Law, J.D., 2005
  • University of Texas at Austin, B.A., 2002

Bar Admissions

  • The State of Texas, 2005

Court Admissions

  • United States District Court Western District of Texas, 2008

Accolades

  • San Antonio “Lawyer of the Year” in Trusts and Estates, Best Lawyers in America (published by Woodward and White), 2025
  • Best Lawyers in America (published by Woodward and White), Litigation- Trusts and Estates, 2021 – 2025
  • Texas Super Lawyer (published by Thomson Reuters), Estate and Trust Litigation, 2023
  • Texas Super Lawyer Rising Star (published by Thomson Reuters), Estate and Trust Litigation, 2009-2010 and 2013-2020
  • Best Lawyer in San Antonio, Estate and Trust Litigation, San Antonio Scene, 2014-2023
  • Top 40 under 40, San Antonio Business Journal, 2016

Associations

  • Chair, Fiduciary Litigation Committee, Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section of the State Bar of Texas
  • San Antonio Young Lawyers Association
  • San Antonio Bar Association
  • The Texas Exes Alumni Association, San Antonio Chapter
  • Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
  • San Antonio Estate Planners Council
  • San Antonio Quarterback Club
  • Founder’s Council, Texas Biomedical Research Institute
  • American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC)

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Cases & Publications

Published Works

  • Speaker/Author, Strategically Defending Fiduciaries, San Antonio Estate Planners Council- Docket Call, 2024
  • Speaker/Author, Strategically Defending Fiduciaries, 18th Annual Fiduciary Litigation Course, 2023
  • Speaker, Powers of Attorney from a Litigation Perspective, Advanced Estate Planning and Probate Seminar, 2022
  • Author, Caution to the Wind – Financial Elder Abuse with Expanded Agency Powers, Advanced Estate Planning and Probate Seminar, 2022
  • Speaker, Practical Realities of Estate Planning from a Business Perspective, Association of Corporate Counsel, 2021
  • Speaker/Author, Alternatives to Tortious Interference with Inheritance, Intermediate Estate Planning and Probate Seminar, 2020
  • Speaker, Settlements in Probate and Trust Litigation, Advanced Estate Planning and Probate Seminar, 2019
  • Co-Speaker/Author, Fiduciary and Tracing Issues in Probate and Family Law Litigation, State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting, June 2019
  • Speaker/Author, Discretionary Distributions, Austin Bar Association, November 2018
  • Speaker, Fiduciary Litigation Case Law Update, Advanced Estate Planning and Probate Seminar, 2017
  • Speaker, Trust Basics 101, annual Texas Guardianship Association conference, 2017
  • Speaker, 2016 Fiduciary Litigation Course in Houston Texas. Discussing the Poison Pills in Fiduciary Litigation and covering a range of defensive and strategic planning for fiduciary litigation cases involving trusts and estates
  • Speaker, Strategic Planning in Fiduciary Duty Cases, San Antonio Bar Association Brown Bag Lunch, Oct. 2016
  • Author, Is Your Will Bullet-Proof After Death? Probably Not – But That’s Okay!!!, San Antonio Business Journal, 2016
  • Speaker, Guardian Overview, The Chromosome 18: Registry & Research Society, 2016
  • Author, Will & Trust Modifications, San Antonio Estate Planners Docket Call, 2016
  • Editor, Litigation Involving Fiduciaries: Trial Handbook 2009, Probate and Trust Edition, State Bar of Texas, Annual Advances Estate Planning and Probate Course, 2009
  • Co-Author, In’s and Out’s of Privilege in Probate and Trust Litigation, State Bar of Texas, 30th Annual Advanced Estate Planning and Probate Course, 2006