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Professional Accreditation: Licensed by the Texas Supreme Court and admitted to practice by the Federal Courts of the Eastern and Northern Districts of Texas.. Education: Texas Christian University (Bachelor of Business Administration with a major in Accounting); South Texas College of Law (Juris Doctor).. Member: Texas Bar Association, Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section, Wealth Counsel.. Positions: Principal, Ford & Watts, PLLC.; former Programmer and Operations Manager for Oil Field Services firm; former Programmer and Systems Analyst for Fortune 500 International Chemical firm; former Director of Management Information Services for Fortune 500 International Products and Services firm, former Vice President and President of an International Tuna Fishing firm; and former Part Owner and Treasurer of an International Sardine Canning firm. Plano Community Activities include Founder and Principal of The Law Firm of Thomas A. Ford, Jr.; graduate of the Leadership Plano Program; and former membership in the Plano Metro Rotary Club, Republican Men’s Club, Plano Chamber of Commerce; coach for PSA girls’ softball; assistant coach for PSA boys’ football and baseball; Collin County Bar Association, and Legal Advisor to the Plano Quarterback Club. Also a former member of the National Network of Estate Planning Attorneys, Estate Planning Counsel of Texas, Dallas Estate Planning Counsel, Dallas Bar Association, and the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys.. Personal: Married for 31 years to the former Myra Winn of Washburn, North Dakota, two children, Winston and Kendra. Honorable Discharge as a Second Lieutenant, Infantry, from the U.S. Army Reserve.

Attorney Christene “Chris” Krupa Downs is an attorney at Krupa Downs Law, PLLC in Plano, Texas. Chris focuses her practice on wills, trusts, advance directives, estate planning, guardianships, and probate. She over 10 years of legal experience handling estate planning, probate & guardianship legal matters for clients in Allen, Frisco, McKinney, Plano and throughout Collin, Dallas and Denton counties.. In addition to her practice, Chris writes and lectures for local and state bar associations, and at legal seminars. She is a member of various professional organizations, including the Collin County Bar Association, the Dallas Bar Association and the Texas Bar College. She is also active in the State Bar of Texas and serves on the board of the Bar’s Computer and Technology Section Council.. As part of giving back to the Texas community, Chris served on the board of This Side UP! Family Center, an organization providing parenting and family-based education, and City House, a homeless shelter for youth in the Plano and northern Texas. Her additional community contributions are numerous and include serving as a public affairs representative for the Junior League of Collin County. She is also a former Treasurer and Executive Vice President of the organization.