Top Estate Planning Lawyers Near Me in The Woodlands Area

David W. Weygandt is the founder of Weygandt Law - Trusted Advisors. Zealous Advocates., a law firm dedicated to providing affordable access to a lifetime relationship with a personal lawyer. Weygandt Law understands that you are BUSY and your family or business is growing, but that you want to provide financial security and prosperity for your loved ones, or for a business you can count on. As a trusted advisor, we are passionate about keeping your family or business out of court and out of conflict. But when injustice strikes, we are proud and ready to stand up to the modern Goliath and vindicate your rights as your zealous advocate.. We promise you will never receive any surprise bills. As a trusted advisor, we charge flat fees for our work and those fees are always agreed upon in advance so you will know in advance what our services cost. As a zealous advocate, you'll know how much it'll cost to sling the first stone, and you'll be updated every step of the way.. As a trusted advisor, David focuses on providing affordable estate planning for families with children and creative legal planning solutions for businesses. David helps protect the intellectual property (e.g. copyright, trademarks, trade secrets) interests of creative professionals (e.g. writers, composers, performing and visual artists & business owners), and sings their praises when appropriate of a trusted advisor and a zealous advocate.. David received his Juris Doctorate with high honors (magna cum laude) from South Texas College of Law in Downtown Houston. Before law school, David performed professionally as a singing actor, and received his Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance with a minor in Music Cognition, as well as the Arts Leadership Program Certificate, from the Eastman School of Music; University of Rochester.David's civil litigation practice includes commercial litigation (e.g. breach of contract), personal injury (e.g. car & 18-wheeler wrecks, flip and fall, and wrongful death, etc.) and mass tort litigation cases (e.g. BP Oil Spill/DHECC Claims, and Visa-Mastercard Litigation). David helps individuals and businesses seek compensation for physical and economic injuries in both federal and state lawsuits, as well as mass tort settlement programs. David has helped businesses and individuals obtain over $2 million dollars via settlements.. David has experience in all stages of litigation, from the initial consultation to successfully arguing important motions before the Court. David has drafted pleadings, motions, and discovery requests, briefed jurisdictional and procedural issues, taken depositions and defended deponents, and has worked on appeallate briefs submitted to the Fifth Circuit.David is a proud member of the Texas Bar College, an honorary society of lawyers who are among the best trained attorneys in Texas. David is a member of Wealth Counsel, a nationwide network of attorneys dedicated to providing sophisticated and excellent service in today’s dynamic legal environment. David is also a member of many bar associations, including the Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Houston Trial Lawyers Association and the American Association for Justice.. When David is not serving clients, he is either spending quality time with two wonderful children, teaching piano & voice, or listening to vinyl while writing for his blawg "the Singing Lawyer."

A law graduate from the Universidad de Monterrey in Nuevo Leon, Mexico, María Elia Gastélum is licensed to practice in Mexico and California and before the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California. Maria Elia is not licensed to practice law in Texas.. As such, María has represented multiple trans-national clients from both the U.S. and Mexico with cross-border interests. María is fluent in English and Spanish, and she has a thorough understanding of cultural differences in business practices.. María’s primary purpose is to assist foreign citizens and U.S. residents in protecting their assets and ascertaining their instructions for the effective disposition of their assets during life and at their deaths. Her planning strategies provide clients with options that allow them to maintain control of their assets and protect their ownership interests while reducing or eliminating their estate and gift tax liability and other tax obligations. She is committed to ensuring that clients' family members are able to maintain their lifestyles in the future, and she implements tools to maintain confidentiality on their affairs. She believes everyone benefits from estate planning, regardless of the size of their estate. Among her other areas of expertise are corporate governance, environmental compliance, immigration issues, import-export matters, employment matters, distribution and franchise agreements, licensing for different activities including the use of natural resources for research purposes, and negotiating agreements with ejidos and Mexican cooperatives for various business ventures. She has conducted due diligence review of real estate, corporate, intellectual property, third-party agreements and other compliance matters for transactions in Mexico and the United States, including mergers, acquisitions, and corporate reorganizations. She has also assisted U.S. and foreign clients involved in government procurement contracts in Mexico to ensure compliance with relevant Mexican laws and regulations.. María has also acted as an expert witness in Mexican law before California legal proceedings regarding real estate and civil status law issues. She has extensive experience with international treaties that govern letters rogatory, legalization, uniformity of powers of attorney, and others. María has supervised, to a successful conclusion, multiple litigation proceedings in Mexico on behalf of both Mexican and non-Mexican clients.. She has also lectured on topics including the distinction between notaries in the U.S. and Mexico, international financing, and intellectual property law.

Experienced Estate Planning attorney serving clients in The Woodlands and surrounding areas.

Experienced Estate Planning attorney serving clients in The Woodlands and surrounding areas.

Experienced Estate Planning attorney serving clients in The Woodlands and surrounding areas.

Experienced Estate Planning attorney serving clients in The Woodlands and surrounding areas.

Experienced Estate Planning attorney serving clients in The Woodlands and surrounding areas.

Experienced Estate Planning attorney serving clients in The Woodlands and surrounding areas.

Experienced Estate Planning attorney serving clients in The Woodlands and surrounding areas.

Experienced Estate Planning attorney serving clients in The Woodlands and surrounding areas.

Experienced Estate Planning attorney serving clients in The Woodlands and surrounding areas.

Experienced Estate Planning attorney serving clients in The Woodlands and surrounding areas.

Experienced Estate Planning attorney serving clients in The Woodlands and surrounding areas.

Experienced Estate Planning attorney serving clients in The Woodlands and surrounding areas.