Real estate tycoon's heirs go after their lawyer for malpractice over how estate was split up

More than seven years after the death of San Antonio real estate tycoon James F. Cotter, legal battles over his estate continue to play out. Late last month, his three oldest children accused their San Antonio probate lawyer and his firm of malpractice for advising them to sign a settlement agreement that allegedly let the trio’s two half-siblings share equally in their father’s estate — even though they weren’t named in his will. James Val Lee “Val” Cotter, Vivian Mueller and Valeri Cotter Zaharie allege in their suit that attorney Martin “Marty” Roos and his firm, Clark Hill PLC, failed to explain “all the facets of the conflicts of interest that existed between Plaintiffs on the one hand, and their half-siblings, Adam and Andy Cotter, on the other.” Roos represented all five children.