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Austin Thomas

Austin Thomas

Senior Counsel, Houston
713.752.4272
athomas@jw.com
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Practice Experience Recognition & Accolades Community Involvement

Practice Areas

  • Wealth Planning

Experience

  • Asset Protection
  • Business Succession Planning
  • Charitable Planning
  • Family Office
  • Family-Owned Business
  • Fiduciary Advice & Counsel
  • Premarital, Marital, & Cohabitation Agreements
  • Probate, Trust, & Guardianship Administration

Biography

Austin Thomas is a wealth planning attorney assisting clients in Houston and beyond with all aspects of business and estate planning. Austin’s practices focuses on the preparation of wills and trusts, lifetime transfers of assets, and restructuring of family businesses, as well as analysis of related tax issues. Austin’s experience includes the implementation of advanced strategies to transition ownership of family businesses and other properties from one generation to the next while minimizing federal transfer taxes.

Education

B.A., Rice University

J.D., The University of Texas at Austin

  • Texas International Law Journal, Articles and Notes Editor

Bar Admissions

Texas, 2013

Board Certifications

Estate Planning and Probate Law

Practice Experience Recognition & Accolades Community Involvement

Austin’s practice experience includes many aspects of wealth planning and estate administration, including but not limited to

  • Estate and business succession planning
  • Planning to minimize gift, estate, and generation-skipping transfer taxes
  • Preparation of wills, incapacity planning documents, and trust agreements
  • Estate and trust administration
  • Preparation and review of gift tax returns and estate tax returns
  • Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch (Woodward/White Inc.), Trusts and Estates, 2021-2022
  • Armand Bayou Nature Center Foundation, Board of Trustees
  • The Junior League of Houston, Active Member
  • HSPVA Friends, Advisory Board
  • Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo
    • Former Committeeman
    • Member
  • Houston Estate and Financial Forum, Member
  • Houston Bar Association Probate, Trusts, and Estates Section, Member

Practice Experience

Austin’s practice experience includes many aspects of wealth planning and estate administration, including but not limited to

  • Estate and business succession planning
  • Planning to minimize gift, estate, and generation-skipping transfer taxes
  • Preparation of wills, incapacity planning documents, and trust agreements
  • Estate and trust administration
  • Preparation and review of gift tax returns and estate tax returns

Recognition & Accolades

  • Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch (Woodward/White Inc.), Trusts and Estates, 2021-2022

Community Involvement

  • Armand Bayou Nature Center Foundation, Board of Trustees
  • The Junior League of Houston, Active Member
  • HSPVA Friends, Advisory Board
  • Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo
    • Former Committeeman
    • Member
  • Houston Estate and Financial Forum, Member
  • Houston Bar Association Probate, Trusts, and Estates Section, Member

Practice Areas

  • Wealth Planning

Experience

  • Asset Protection
  • Business Succession Planning
  • Charitable Planning
  • Family Office
  • Family-Owned Business
  • Fiduciary Advice & Counsel
  • Premarital, Marital, & Cohabitation Agreements
  • Probate, Trust, & Guardianship Administration

News

  • JW Diversity & Inclusion Newsletter – April 2022
  • Jackson Walker Announces Largest Class of Newly Elected Partners to Date
  • JW Diversity & Inclusion Newsletter – October 2021
  • ‘The Best Lawyers in America’ Honors 178 Jackson Walker Attorneys in 2022 Edition, Including 8 “Lawyers of the Year” and 31 “Ones to Watch”
  • ‘The Best Lawyers in America’ Honors 164 Jackson Walker Attorneys in 2021 Edition, Including 9 “Lawyers of the Year” and 25 “Ones to Watch”
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