Texas Lawbook Reports on Brewer Client Caroline Hill, High-Profile Trust Dispute

March 13, 2026 – Texas Lawbook reports today on the latest developments in a Dallas County probate court case brought by Brewer client Caroline M. Hill, a 21-year-old Vanderbilt University student and the youngest child of Al Hill III. As reported, Hill seeks access to the books and records of the Lyda Hunt-Margaret Trust. Her lawsuit contends the trust, which should contain at least $15 million, has instead been "looted" and "dissolved."

Explaining why Ms. Hill came to Brewer, Attorneys & Counselors, lead counsel William A. "Bill" Brewer III told the Texas Lawbook that his client was "a very small child" when earlier litigation involving her father and grandfather was making headlines — and some of that fighting predates her birth entirely. "She literally just wanted information about the trust and the way in which it was administered and what happened to the corpus — all things that, under Texas trust law and the trust instrument itself, she's entitled to," Brewer said. "So, when Caroline began asking questions and didn't get satisfactory answers, she asked us to push forward in whatever way the law permits."

The Texas Lawbook reports that defendants attempted to block Caroline's lawsuit in both federal district court and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, arguing her claims were barred by a 2010 global settlement agreement reached by her father. Both efforts failed. U.S. District Judge Sam A. Lindsay issued a 26-page opinion rejecting that argument, noting that the Lyda Hunt-Margaret Trust "was never litigated, mentioned, or incorporated" into the prior settlement. He called the argument “absurd and unreasonable.” The Fifth Circuit then denied the defendants' request for an injunction pending appeal in an opinion issued March 10.

With those obstacles cleared, the case is now moving forward before Judge Ingrid M. Warren in Dallas County Probate Court, where defendants face a March 16 discovery deadline.

“Hopefully, come Monday, we actually get answers to these easily understood, obvious questions," Brewer said. "But it might be that we end up in front of the probate court, getting that judge to help us force them to answer these questions that are properly posed and, we think, required to be fully answered under Texas law."

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