| Memberships | Austin (Member, Estate Planning and Probate Law Section) and American (Member, Sections on: Real Property, Probate and Trust Law; International Law; Member, International Private Client Committee) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Member, Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section); College of the State Bar of Texas; Estate Planning Council of Central Texas. |
| Biography | Recognized as Texas Rising Star, Texas Monthly and Law & Politics Magazines, 2005-2009. Books and Treatises: "Foreign Trusts," PPC's 1041 Deskbook, Thompson Reuters (updated annually); "A Closer Look at U.S. Asset Protection Trusts," Asset Protection Strategies Vol. II, Ed. Alexander A. Bove, Jr., 2005; "Asset Protection: Domestic and International Law and Tactics," Thomson/West Group (four volumes, updated quarterly). Professional Publications: "Federal Attempts to Close Offshore Tax 'Loopholes': Necessity or Nuisance?" Investments and Wealth Monitor, July/August 2009; "What's a Fideicomiso?" Trusts and Estates, April 2009; "Tax Haven Abuse Act - Do we Really Need It?" Steve Leimberg's Asset Protection Planning Newsletter No. 100, http://www.leimbergservices.com, November 19, 2008; "When Foreign Trusts are Non-Grantor," Trusts and Estates, April 2008; "Asset Protection in the Context of LPs and LLCs," Steve Leimberg's Asset Protection Planning Newsletter No. 121, http://www.leimbergservices.com, January 31, 2008; "Foreign Reporting: Get It Right," Trusts and Estates, July 2006; "The Alarming Potential for LLC Dissolution by a Member's Personal Creditors," Probate & Property, May/June 2006; "Calculation of the 'Throwback Tax' for U.S. Beneficiaries of Foreign Nongrantor Trusts," Shorex's, www.offshoretoday.com, April/June 2004; "Investing in Hedge Funds Through Private Placement Life Insurance," The Journal of Investment Consulting, Winter 2003/2004; "A Charging Order Is the Exclusive Remedy against a Partnership Interest: Fact or Fiction?" Probate & Property, November/December 2003. Professional Presentations: "The Tools of Domestic and International Asset Protection," Central Arizona Estate Planning Council (CAEPC) Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona, May 2009; "Current Developments in Domestic and International Asset Protection Planning," American Bar Association 2007 Joint Fall CLE Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada, September 2007; "Are Business Entities a Viable Option for Personal Asset Protection?" National Business Institute, Demystifying Asset Protection Vehicles, Austin, Texas, November 2006. |