Firm: Christian & Christian PLLC
Practice Areas: Estate Planning
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Firm: Auten & Willingham, P.C.
Practice Areas: Estate Planning
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Firm: Boon, Shaver, Echols & Coleman P.L.L.C.
Practice Areas: Estate Planning
Contact: (903) 759-2200
Firm: MEG International Counsel, PC
Practice Areas: Estate Planning
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.
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Firm: Flores Law
Practice Areas: Estate Planning
Mario Flores grew up in the Edinburg, TX, down in the Rio Grande Valley. He comes from a family of migrant workers and field laborers. Nevertheless, his parents sought to encourage his studies to ensure his success. He studied Urban Planning at Cornell University and attended graduate school at the University of Texas in Austin where he received a Masters in Community and Regional Planning. Mario worked in the city and regional planning field for 5 years. After spending a few years as a Senior Planner with the City of Dallas, he chose to pursue his passion in justice by becoming a lawyer at the Texas Tech University School of Law in Lubbock. He has been an attorney for 9 years and has been a solo practitioner for the last six years where he has a general law practice which helps everyone from large companies to individuals with meager resources. Mario loves being involved in his community and has served as Chairman of the Board of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and the American Cancer Society. He also served as general counsel for the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals. Mario's legal recognitions include being recognized as a "Rising Star Attorney" among the Texas Super Lawyers for 2 separate years. He has a wife and 2 elementary age boys and enjoys racquetball, tennis and attending his kid's soccer games.
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Firm: Cherry Johnson Siegmund James PLLC
Practice Areas: Estate Planning
My legal practice is primarily focused on estate planning, elder law, probate, business succession planning, and other matters involving family wealth planning and management. I also regularly advise clients with regard to nonprofit law, corporate and partnership formation and planning, commercial contracts, and acquisitions and dispositions of businesses.. Prior to law school, I held the position of Senior Associate in the Deloitte & Touche Corporate Finance Group, where my business consulting practice was principally focused on the valuation of business entities and corporate merger and acquisition advisory. Thereafter, I was the Finance Manager of Intrinsity, Inc., an Austin, Texas designer of high-performance microprocessors, where I developed and maintained the company’s business plan financials and assisted in efforts to raise venture capital funding.
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Firm: Texas RioGrande Legal Aid
Practice Areas: Estate Planning
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Practice Areas: Estate Planning
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Firm: Marlyn Schulz, Attorney at Law
Practice Areas: Estate Planning
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Firm: Mark K. O'Briant
Practice Areas: Estate Planning
Contact: (214) 226-0323
Firm: Mark G. Morris
Practice Areas: Estate Planning
Contact: (903) 295-8058
Firm: Hohn & Janssen
Practice Areas: Estate Planning
Contact: (512) 396-0066
Firm: Margaret Little Shank
Practice Areas: Estate Planning
Contact: (281) 446-5236
Practice Areas: Estate Planning
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Firm: Marion J. Borchers PC
Practice Areas: Estate Planning
Contact: (830) 625-7711
Firm: Marion E. Williams
Practice Areas: Estate Planning
Contact: (512) 358-3710
Firm: Weisinger Law Firm, PLLC
Practice Areas: Estate Planning
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Firm: M. Huynh Law, PLLC
Practice Areas: Estate Planning
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Firm: Vinson & Elkins
Practice Areas: Estate Planning
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Firm: Swanger Prickett LLP
Practice Areas: Estate Planning
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