Helen Edwards

Helen Edwards serves as Of Counsel to The Richardson Firm. Helen is the founding member of Comellas Edwards, PLLC and serves as outside general counsel to family-owned businesses, working closely with the owners, their CPAs, and financial advisors on corporate governance and compliance, risk management, strategic transactions, and succession planning. Since 2023, she has served as Director, First National Bank Texas, bringing a board-level perspective to issues involving governance, risk management, fiduciary duties, and long-term business planning. Helen also represents clients in probate, estate, and trust matters.

Helen began her legal career in litigation and served as Counsel in the Austin office of Fulbright & Jaworski LLP (now Norton Rose Fulbright). Her litigation experience includes matters involving commercial litigation, fiduciary litigation, trade secret and restrictive covenant claims, constitutional and civil rights claims, governmental defense, and employment litigation. Her experience includes all phases of litigation, including case strategy, discovery, depositions, motion practice, mediation and settlement negotiations, arbitration, trial preparation, and serving as second chair at trials.

Helen serves as Attorney Ad Litem and Guardian Ad Litem by appointment of courts in Central Texas. She has been certified by the State Bar of Texas as eligible to serve in guardianship matters since 2015. In these roles, Helen provides independent representation for heirs, proposed wards, and minors in probate and guardianship proceedings.

Representative Litigation Experience

• Member of trial team that obtained damages and declaratory relief in arbitration on behalf of the CEO of a publicly traded company.
• Member of trial team representing a high-net-worth family in litigation involving significant tax exposure arising from the conduct of financial and tax advisors.
• Member of trial team representing a global software company in trade secret litigation against its primary competitor.
• Member of trial team in the defense of a technology company in multi-million-dollar trade secret litigation.
• Member of trial team in the defense of a school district in litigation arising from the murder of a student on school property.

Professional Leadership & Recognition

• Director, First National Bank Texas (2023–Present)
• Fellow, Texas Law Foundation (2023–Present)
• Fellow, Travis County Women Lawyers Association (2019–Present)
• Volunteer Attorney, CanLaw Clinic, Austin Bar Association (2017–Present), providing estate planning services to cancer patients and their families.

Admissions

• State Bar of Texas (2004)
• United States District Court, Western District of Texas (2025)

Education

• J.D., The University of Texas School of Law (2004)
• B.L.S., St. Edward's University (1996)
• Alpha Sigma Lambda National Honor Society