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Bourland, Wall, & Wenzel, P.C.
301 Commerce Street, Suite 2500
Fort Worth, Texas 76102
Jeffrey Myers is a shareholder of the firm and engages in a broad range of estate planning, charitable gift and wealth transfer planning for individuals and families, including partnership and business succession planning. He has practiced law since 1992 and has been a part of the firm since 1996. Jeffrey Myers has developed an expertise in sophisticated estate, charitable gift and wealth transfer planning through his speaking and writing at numerous State Bar seminars as well as serving as the Course Director for the Advanced Estate Planning, Advanced Drafting and Advanced Strategies courses. He represents numerous professionals, family and closely held businesses within his and the firm’s areas of expertise including gift and estate planning, charitable gift planning, personal and business planning for family businesses and professions, with an emphasis on tax law.
Business Planning
- Business Succession Planning
- Buy – Sell Agreements
- Choice of Business Entity Planning
- Corporate Transactions
- Family Limited Partnerships
- Partnership Law
- Shareholder Agreements
Charitable Gift Planning
- Charitable Gift Planning
- Charitable Trusts
- Testamentary Charitable Gifts, Charitable Gift Annuities, and Planned Giving
Estate Planning & Probate
- Asset Protection Planning
- Charitable Gift Planning
- Estate Tax Planning
- Family Business Succession Planning
- Family Limited Partnerships
- Fiduciary Representation
- Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Planning
- Income Tax Planning for Estates and Trusts
- IRA and Retirement Plan Beneficiary Planning
- Life Insurance Planning
- Trust Planning
- Wealth Migration Planning
- Wills
- Probate and Estate Administration
- Probate and Trust Litigation
Tax Planning
- Estate Tax Planning
- Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Planning
- Income Tax Planning for Estates and Trusts
- Exempt Organizations
Practice Areas
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Background Information
Experience
- Texas Super Lawyers: 2014-Present (Thomson Reuters)
- Frequent speaker before the State Bar Association and other professional groups
- Former Adjunct Professor teaching “Legal Analysis.” Dept. of Continuing Education, University of Texas, Arlington
- Authored on subjects within his areas of expertise such as Estate, Gift, Charitable and Wealth Migration Planning
Industry Experience
- Nonprofits
Admissions & Certifications
- Admitted: 1992, California
- 1992, U.S. District Court, Southern District of California
- Admitted: 1994, Texas
- 1994, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas
- Board Certified: Estate Planning and Probate Law – Texas Board of Legal Specialization
Professional & Civic Involvement
- American Bar Association
- State Bar of Texas
- State Bar of California
- College of the State Bar of Texas
- Tarrant County Bar Association
- Tarrant County Probate Bar Association (Director 2014 – Present), 2016 Treasurer
- Real Estate, Probate & Trust Law Section of the State Bar of Texas, Council Member and Trust Committee Chair (2013-2017)
- Fort Worth Business and Estate Counsel
- Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel
Publications
- Co-author of Journal of Tax Practice and Procedure article, “The Charitable Remainder Trust”
Education
- B.A. University of Texas in Austin
- J.D. California Western School of Law
- LL.M in Taxation from University of San Diego
