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Mike focuses his practices in three areas: estate and gift tax planning, corporate merger & acquisition transactions, and real estate transactions.  Clients ranging from individuals to entire multi-generational families turn to Mike for counsel in structuring their business/investment ventures, as well as their estates, in order to ensure that their assets will be properly protected, and ultimately transferred to future generations or charitable organizations in the most tax efficient manner.  Mike has over twenty (20) years of experience in helping clients anticipate and manage the tax implications related to estate planning for high-net worth individuals and families, with a view toward minimizing the income, gift, and estate taxes through sophisticated planning techniques.. Business owners rely on Mike to help them manage significant corporate transactions, and structure business succession plans that will facilitate management continuity following the death of a principal, while at the same time enabling the transfer of wealth to the next generation in the most tax-efficient manner.  Mike has also assisted many of his clients with mergers and/or acquisitions related to their closely-held business.  His involvement on such matters has included the advance strategic planning and deal-structuring related to managing the tax implications of such sizeable transactions, the negotiation of nondisclosure agreements, letters of intent, and definitive purchase and sale documents, as well as the oversight and management of the due diligence of potential acquisition targets.  He has also been actively involved in assisting clients in the negotiation of traditional senior-level, mezzanine, and subordinate credit facilities, as well the raising and negotiation of private equity investment.. Because many of Mike’s estate planning and closely-held business clients are real estate developers, builders, and/or have significant concentration in real estate investments, Mike spends a significant portion of his practice working with clients on a wide array of real estate transactions, including the sale and acquisition of commercial real estate, commercial/residential development projects, builder arrangements (including land acquisition, planning and zoning approvals, lot takedowns, and preparation of deed restrictions, easements, and cross-access agreements, and property owner associations), like-kind exchanges, commercial lease transactions (including ground leases, commercial office leases, manufacturing leases, industrial leases, and retail shopping center leases), and condominium development.  Mike’s substantial real estate experience and the respect of his peers have enabled him to become Board Certified in both Commercial Real Estate Law and Residential Real Estate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.  Board Certification is a mark excellence, and a distinguishing accomplishment that is shared by fewer than ten percent of all attorneys licensed to practice in the State of Texas.  Additionally, he has been rated “AV”- Preeminent (5.0 out of 5.0) by his peers in the Martindale Hubbell Legal Directory.

Joe Reimer practices in the area of business law with a focus on commercial real estate and general corporate representation. His legal practice includes all aspects of commercial real estate, with an emphasis on acquisitions and dispositions of real property and lease transactions. His experience also includes handling complex corporate mergers and acquisitions, and representing clients in connection with the ownership and sale of private aircrafts.

In 1996, Debra Edmondson earned her B.A. in Government and Politics from The University of Texas at Dallas. Following that, she pursued her J.D. degree from Dedman School of Law at Southern Methodist University, completing her studies in 2004. The year 2005 saw the establishment of the Edmondson Law Firm by her.. Subsequently, in 2006, Debra transitioned from private practice to an Associate General Counsel role at a small oil and gas company. By the following year, she had risen to the position of General Counsel within the same company. In 2009, Debra Edmondson assumed the role of General Counsel at Thomas Stephen & Company, an accounting firm based in Dallas. Her responsibilities extended to overseeing Human Resources matters and assisting in managing various commercial properties owned by the principal.. With a wealth of experience in addressing municipal matters from multiple perspectives, Debra Edmondson has advocated on behalf of numerous clients before local and state agencies as well as city councils. This diverse background led her back to private practice in early 2011.. Debra Edmondson's active engagement with the City of Southlake spans over two decades. Having served two terms on the Southlake Planning and Zoning Commission, she was elected to the Southlake City Council in 1998. She was the President on the Board of Directors for the Bob Jones Nature Center Organization (501c3) located in Southlake and raised over $1,00,000 for the Nature Center.

I joined Thomas-Walters, PLLC, in 2019 when I contributed to the establishment of the Southlake office. I have practiced estate planning for the majority of my legal career, focusing on complex estate planning issues and designing asset protection trusts specifically for individual needs. I enjoy assisting clients construct legally-sound protections for their future and for future generations.. I graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from The University of Texas in 2004, and earned my JD from Texas A&M University School of Law in 2007. I was admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court of the United States of America in 2013. I am a native Texan and have lived in Fort Worth since 2004. When I am not helping my clients with estate plans, I enjoy spending time with my husband and three children.

I am an Owner/Partner of Schultz & Kellar, PLLC, a professional law firm dedicated to serving your Real Estate, Title, Probate & Estate Planning needs in Tarrant, Denton, Dallas, and Collin Counties.

I am a licensed business and real estate attorney and CPA practicing in the Dallas / Fort Worth area of Texas, but representing clients across Texas. I represent and assist various groups of people, including health care professionals, form their business entities, review and prepare business contracts, review and prepare real estate documents (such as leases, purchase contracts, deeds, etc.), and buy or sell their businesses. I use my 10+ years of legal experience and 10+ years of experience as a tax CPA to provide first class service for my business clients.Specialties: Corporate TransactionsReal EstateContractsEntity FormationM&A

Alan Duncan’s practice involves complex estate planning and administration of estates and trusts, business succession planning, and federal and state income tax planning. Prior to practicing law, Mr. Duncan worked for several years as a Certified Public Accountant in the tax section of an international public accounting firm.

A proud Ohio native, Danielle DeFranco is a senior attorney at Barrows Firm, overseeing the group’s estate-planning and probate practice.. Danielle began her legal journey with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration at the University of Miami, Florida and began clerking for a prominent personal injury firm in Cleveland, Ohio during her summers. Following graduation from Miami, Danielle returned home to Cleveland to attend Cleveland-Marshall College of Law and Cleveland State University, where she earned her Juris Doctorate and Masters in Business Administration Degrees simultaneously. While at Cleveland State, Danielle clerked for the prestigious labor and employment law firm of Faulkner, Muskovitz and Phillips, LLP. After graduation from law school, Danielle joined Ritzler, Coughlin and Swansinger, Ltd. where she gained a broad base of experience in corporate law, business litigation, labor and employment law, and insurance defense.. From there, Danielle’s path led her to the Eighth District Court of Appeals for the State of Ohio, where she spent much of her career working for The Honorable Ann Dyke and The Honorable Kenneth Rocco. During her time as a judicial attorney, she provided legal support to the Judges in the adjudication of complex state appellate issues, including recommendation of the disposition of cases. She also extensively researched, analyzed, and interpreted state and federal law, statutes, and codes pertaining to both criminal and civil matters, as well as reviewed, advised, and drafted both judicial orders and opinions.. Following her time with the Court, Danielle stepped away from her legal career to embrace a new role — one as full-time mom to Tommy, Francesca, Christopher, and Gabriella, her four children.. Once the kids started school — presenting an opportunity for her to return to the profession she loves — Danielle transitioned back to the law in a private firm. She practiced labor and employment law at Faulkner, Hoffman, and Phillips, LLC until the DeFranco family left the cold of northern Ohio for their new adventure in Southlake, Texas.. She first joined Barrows in 2021, providing extensive and broad legal assistance in divorce, paternity, custody, child support, alimony, enforcement, modification, and debt and asset distribution cases. She’s thrilled to be able to now focus her attention on the estate-planning and probate cases handled by the firm.

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