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High Net Worth Guide 2024 : Texas
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Provided by Gray Reed
Planning and preserving the accumulation, management and transfer of wealth in the most tax-efficient manner involves development and implementation of strategies across a broad spectrum. Gray Reed attorneys provide a full range of estate planning and probate services as well as probate and fiduciary litigation.
In addition, today’s trust and estate matters require comprehensive knowledge of other areas of the law, particularly when working with family offices and business owners. Our trusts and estates team works synergistically with the firm’s other attorneys in such areas as family law, business law, taxation and real estate.
Our Purpose is You.
Our trust and estate attorneys take a custom approach to analyzing the nature of a client's assets and family dynamics to formulate a personalized estate plan and, when necessary, a litigation or litigation-avoidance strategy, for a client's family and business circumstances. Estate planning clients and their families are guided through the estate planning process with careful consideration of the impact of estate, gift and generation-skipping taxes on the financial security of surviving family members. Trust and estate litigation clients receive thoughtful, proactive counsel and skilled representation in order to be equipped with the confidence and information required to make the best decisions for their case, their families and their goals.
Chambers Review
Gray Reed handles estate planning, and probate and fiduciary litigation. The team's non-contentious expertise includes preparing wills and advising on offshore trusts.
Strengths
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"When I need a legal opinion on last will and testament or deed for real estate, they are very helpful and very well equipped. Gray Reed has a big team here in Houston which can satisfy any request."
"The Gray Reed attorneys are great: they're always well prepared and well researched, know their stuff and can deal with any issues."
"Gray Reed's litigators managed my situation very nicely and we came to a good conclusion. They made sure that I had every tool in the toolbox to work through the settlement well."
"When I need a legal opinion on last will and testament or deed for real estate, they are very helpful and very well equipped. Gray Reed has a big team here in Houston which can satisfy any request."
"The Gray Reed attorneys are great: they're always well prepared and well researched, know their stuff and can deal with any issues."
"Gray Reed's litigators managed my situation very nicely and we came to a good conclusion. They made sure that I had every tool in the toolbox to work through the settlement well."
Notable Practitioners
Glen Eichelberger helps clients to implement sophisticated estate planning strategies and preserve assets from generation to generation through effective business succession planning.
"Glen Eichelberger has a unique background, with experience working with clients at a financial services firm as well as many years of experience in private practice."
"Glen is very good in the planning area. He has a great reputation and knows what he is doing."
Brian Cororve centres his practice on wealth transfer techniques such as revocable and irrevocable trusts, as well as resolving trust and administration issues for clients.
"Brian Cororve has a great reputation in the market. He is very responsive and one of the most practical lawyers I have ever worked with in the private client space. He gets things done."
"Brian works on very technical deals with large clients."
Mary Mason is a partner in Gray Reed's estate planning section. She regularly guides families and fiduciaries through the complexities of probate and estate administration, and has experience in both contested and non-contested will and accounting matters.
"I like Mary Mason's demeanour. She has been in the estate planning world for a long time and is easy to work with on complex matters."
"Mary is very detail-oriented and careful. She is very, very good."
"She is always outstanding and very thorough. She doesn't miss anything."
Emily Radke is a counsel in Gray Reed's Houston office who advises clients throughout Texas on a full spectrum of issues related to estate, gift and generation-skipping tax planning.
"Emily Radke has a great demeanour. She is very practical and a great person to work with."
Trey Avant is an associate in Gray Reed's Houston office. He focuses on fiduciary litigation and contested trust and estate matters. Avant also has experience in commercial and real estate cases.
"Trey Avant is a consummate professional and an asset to the firm."
"Trey has been phenomenal. He is very professional and knowledgeable about the law. He can handle himself in front of a judge and is a great writer."
"He is easy to get on with, communicates well and represents his client admirably."
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