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Bourland, Wall, & Wenzel, P.C.
301 Commerce Street, Suite 2500
Fort Worth, Texas 76102
Alicia D. Meinzer regularly guides her clients through the complexities of estate planning, business planning and the probate process by offering a creative and personal approach to the practice of law. Alicia is Board Certified in Estate Planning and Probate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and practices primarily in the areas of wealth transfer planning, sophisticated business and estate tax planning, asset protection planning, charitable gift planning, marital property planning, and estate and trust administration of all types and complexity. Alicia also provides assistance with contested estate and trust proceedings and fiduciary litigation matters and has experience advising and representing clients through the guardianship process.
Alicia enjoys working directly with a wide variety of clients, ranging from individuals, multi-generational families, closely-held businesses, fiduciaries and large financial institutions. Her main goal is to establish long-term working relationships with her clients and their professional advisors. Through her practical approach in navigating family dynamics, she assists her clients in creating and implementing tailored plans to accomplish their key objectives and minimize estate, gift and income tax exposure, all while preserving family harmony, ensuring the family legacy continues for future generations.
Alicia, a fifth-generation West Texas rancher, offers a unique perspective to those of her clients in the agricultural industry. She credits her upbringing in production agriculture, coupled with her real estate and oil and gas title experience, to her heightened comprehension of sophisticated wealth preservation techniques, estate and trust administration, tax, and business succession issues for her clients. In addition, Alicia is an experienced equine law attorney and regularly assists her clients in the acquisition and management of high-net-worth horses for showing, racing and breeding purposes.
Practice Areas
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Background Information
Experience
- Texas Super Lawyer, Rising Star, 2019, 2022 – 2023
- Ag Law in the Field Podcast, Contributor
- Annie’s Project, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, Speaker
- Speaker before the Texas State Bar Association and other professional groups
Industry Experience
- Agriculture
- Entrepreneurs & Start-Up Companies
- Family Businesses
- Financial Institutions
- Foundations
- Non-Profit
- Oil & Gas
- Physicians
- Real Estate
Admissions & Certifications
- State Bar of Texas (2013)
- Board Certified: Estate Planning and Probate Law – Texas Board of Legal Specialization
- Qualified Texas Mediator (2013 – Present)
- Certified Attorney Ad Litem (2016 – Present)
Professional & Civic Involvement
- State Bar of Texas
- Real Estate, Probate & Trust Law Section
- Real Estate, Probate & Trust Law Section, Leadership Academy (2018 – 2019)
- Texas Bar College, Member
- Texas Young Lawyers Association
- Tarrant County Bar Association
- Tarrant County Probate Bar Association
- Fort Worth Business and Estates Council
- American Agricultural Law Association
- American Quarter Horse Association
- National Cutting Horse Association
- National Reined Cow Horse Association
- Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association
- Texas Cattle Feeders Association
Education
- Texas Tech University School of Law (J.D., 2013, cum laude)
Law & Science Certificate in Energy Law
Frank Newton West Texas Legal Legends Scholarship Recipient
Dean’s List
Advanced Alternative Dispute Resolution Clinic
- Texas Tech University (B.S., 2010, summa cum laude)
President’s List; Dean’s List; Golden Key International Honor Society; National Scholars Honor Society
Ranch Horse Team, Equestrian Team and Horse Judging Team
TTU Clinician, teaching horsemanship clinics throughout Europe (Summers of 2008 – 2010)
American Quarter Horse Association International Intern, Summer of 2009