Richard Ramirez
High Net Worth Guide 2024
Band 3 : Private Wealth Law
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+1.713.229.1471Share profile
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About
Provided by Richard Ramirez
Practice Areas
Richard handles all aspects of estate planning and estate administration for high net worth individuals, representation of fiduciaries and beneficiaries in estate and trust administration, and representation of charities. He primarily focuses on preparation of wills and trusts, lifetime transfers of assets, and restructuring family owned businesses. His practice emphasizes the implementation of advanced asset transfer strategies that preserve estates by minimizing federal gift and estate taxes, as well as strategies to transition ownership of family businesses and legacy properties from one generation to the next.
Professional Memberships
State Bar of Texas
United States Tax Court
2015 Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Fellow
State Bar of Texas, Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section, 2009-present
Houston Bar Association, Probate, Trusts and Estates Section, 2009-present
Houston Estate and Financial Forum, 2009-present
Houston Estate Planners Association, 2010-present
Houston Business & Estate Planning Council, 2017-Present
Texas Bar Foundation, Fellow, 2020-present
Personal
J.D., The University of Texas School of Law 2009
with honors
Submissions Editor, Texas Hispanic Journal of Law and Policy
Member, American Journal of Criminal Law
B.B.A., accounting, Texas A&M University 2006
Publications
Giving With and Administering Cryptocurrency, American Bar Association, Section of Taxation, Fall Tax Meeting, October 2022
Power of Appointment or Disappointment?, 33rd Annual Estate Planning and Probate, October 2022
Giving With and Administering Cryptocurrency, Silicon Valley Bar Association, September 2022
Unique Tax Questions Posed by Cryptocurrencies and NFTs, Tax Update, April 2022
How to Pay When the Bill Comes Due—Estate Liquidity in 2022, Houston Business and Estate Planning Council, March 2022
How to Pay When the Bill Comes Due—Estate Liquidity in 2022, San Antonio Estate Planners Council, March 2022
Giving With and Administering Cryptocurrency, East Bay Trust and Estate Lawyers, March 2022
Planning with Grantor Trusts, ABA Midyear Tax Meeting, January 2021
The Benevolent Bitcoin: How to Gift Virtual Currency, Northwest Planning Giving Roundtable Annual Conference, September 2020
Chambers Review
High Net Worth
Richard Ramirez is a partner at Baker Botts with experience in estate planning and administration. Ramirez has particular expertise in the preparation of wills, asset transfer work, family business restructuring and estate tax work.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Richard Ramirez has an excellent reputation for being technical and detail-oriented. He is a very smart guy."
"Richard Ramirez does a fantastic job on incredibly complicated estates. He gives great advice on funding, contentious family challenges and reorganising complex partnerships and entities."
"Richard is able to convey and request information in a way which is easily understood. He offers very straightforward options while pointing out pros and cons for our business."
"Richard Ramirez has an excellent reputation for being technical and detail-oriented. He is a very smart guy."
"Richard Ramirez does a fantastic job on incredibly complicated estates. He gives great advice on funding, contentious family challenges and reorganising complex partnerships and entities."
"Richard is able to convey and request information in a way which is easily understood. He offers very straightforward options while pointing out pros and cons for our business."
