EXPERIENCE

 

Of Counsel, Collins Ostrom PLLC, Austin, Texas

January 2008 – Present

 

Attorney, State Farm Insurance Company, Houston, Texas

1999-2008

 

Shareholder (1997-1999); Associate (1989-1997), Griggs & Harrison, P.C., Houston, Texas

 

PRACTICE 

 

Helping business owners, executives, professionals, couples, and individuals to design wealth transfer and succession plans that minimize gift, estate, inheritance and generation-skipping taxes;

 

Facilitating lifetime and testamentary charitable giving;

 

Devising strategies to fund the costs of education for family members and to assist them during their formative years;

 

Counseling clients on medical and health care arrangements for themselves and family members;

 

Representing clients in connection with probate and estate administration.

 

LICENSES AND ADMISSIONS

 

Supreme Court of the State of Texas

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EDUCATION

 

J.D., The University of Texas at Austin School of Law, 1989

 

B.A. in Political Science, The University of Houston, 1986

 

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

 

Houston Bar Association Estate Planning and Probate Section

 

State Bar of Texas Real Estate, Probate, and Trust Section

 

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

 

Christ the King Episcopal Church, Atascocita, Texas

• Member/Volunteer, 1994–present

• Daughters of the King member, 2007–present

• Altar Guild Member, 2004–2014

• Senior Warden, 2011–2012

• Vestry Member, 2009–2012

 

Interfaith Hospitality Network, Humble Area

• Board member, 1998–2001

• Volunteer, 1998–2005

 

Oak Forest Elementary School, Atascocita, Texas

• Volunteer gardener, February 2008–2010

 

Humble Area Assistance Ministries, Humble, Texas

• Trustee, 2008–2010

 

OTHER

 

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