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Colin L. Murchison

Colin L. Murchison

Partner, Fort Worth
817.334.7219
cmurchison@jw.com
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Colin L. Murchison

Colin L. Murchison

Partner, Fort Worth
817.334.7219
cmurchison@jw.com
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Practice Areas

  • Trusts & Estates

Experience

  • Trusts & Estates Litigation

Biography

For nearly two decades, Colin Murchison has advised individuals and families on the generational preservation and protection of wealth. Colin prides himself on establishing long-term relationships with families and often helps multiple generations of families to accomplish each family member’s overall estate planning needs.

Colin’s experience in estate planning ranges from clients with simple, small estates to complex multi-million dollar estates. Such planning includes the preparation of simple wills, ancillary documents, trusts (such as revocable trusts, irrevocable trusts, insurance trusts, intentionally defective grantor trusts, and spousal lifetime access trusts) and pre- and post-marital agreements. Colin also assists clients with creating closely-held businesses and the administrative aspects of such entities.

Equally as important as helping families during their lifetime, Colin assists families after the passing of loved ones. Colin has extensive experience in representing personal representatives during the probate process and being counsel for beneficiaries during probate. Additionally, Colin has experience representing both individual and corporate trustees.

Colin’s experience also covers contested probate matters, trust disputes, and guardianships.

In addition to being Board Certified in Estate Planning and Probate by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, he is certified by the State Bar of Texas as an Attorney Ad Litem and Guardian Ad Litem.

Colin serves as the chair of the firm’s Trust & Estates group in Fort Worth.

Education

B.S., Texas Tech University

J.D., St. Mary’s University School of Law
Institute on World Legal Problems, University of Innsbruck, Austria

LL.M., Sturm College of Law

  • Graduate Tax Program

Bar Admissions

Texas

Professional Certifications

Board Certified in Estate Planning and Probate Law

  • “Top Attorneys” List – Wills, Trusts, Estates and Probates, 360 West, 2018, 2021
  • “Top Attorneys” List – Probate, Estates, Trust, Fort Worth Magazine, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2023-2024
  • “40 Under 40” List, 2008
  • Texas Rising Star, Super Lawyers – Rising Stars by Thomson Reuters, 2014-2015

  • Speaker for several National Business Institute seminars on Estate Administration Procedures
  • Panelist for the Estate Planning and Probate 101 Course – State Bar of Texas (2012)
  • “Kiddie Tax Broadened to Apply to 18 Year Olds and to Full-Time Students Under the Age of 24,” Jackson Walker’s Wealth Planning e-Alert (June 2007)
  • “Understanding Tax Procedures to Avoid Problems Later,” National Business Institute Estate Administration Procedure: Why Each Step Is Important (March 2008)
  • “Foundations of Estate Administration Defined,” National Business Institute: Institute for Paralegal Education (2009)
  • “Prepping to Begin the Administration Process,” National Business Institute: Institute for Paralegal Education (2009)
  • “Considerations for Collecting the Assets, Preparing the Inventory and Handling Claims Against the Estate,” National Business Institute: Institute for Paralegal Education (2009)
  • “New Opportunities to Convert a Traditional IRA to a Roth IRA,” Jackson Walker’s Wealth Planning e-Alert (September 2009)

  • Member, Estate Planning and Probate Law Advisory Commission, Texas Board of Legal Specialization

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December 20, 2024
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‘Fort Worth Magazine’ Lists 27 Jackson Walker Attorneys Among the “Top Attorneys” of 2024

Jackson Walker is pleased to announce the selection of 27 Fort Worth-based attorneys to Fort Worth Magazine’s “Top Attorneys” list for 2024. To be selected for inclusion, attorneys with an active license and who practice within the Tarrant County area must be nominated by their peers within the region. The list of nominees then goes through a “rigorous panel review to assure the highest of quality is met.”

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December 12, 2023
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‘Fort Worth Magazine’ Lists 16 Jackson Walker Attorneys Among the “Top Attorneys” of 2023

Jackson Walker is pleased to announce the selection of 16 Fort Worth-based attorneys to Fort Worth Magazine’s “Top Attorneys” list for 2023. To be selected for inclusion, attorneys with an active license and who practice within the Tarrant County area must be nominated by their peers within the region. The list of nominees then goes through a “rigorous panel review to assure the highest of quality is met.”

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August 25, 2021
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Jackson Walker Congratulates the Fort Worth Attorneys Named to the “Top Attorneys 2021” List in ‘360 West Magazine’

Jackson Walker is pleased to announce the selection of 15 Fort Worth-based attorneys to 360 West Magazine’s “Top Attorneys” list for 2021. To be selected for inclusion, attorneys with an active license and who practice within the Tarrant County area can nominate up to three attorneys in 44 specialty areas who reflect relevant practice areas in the region.

July 2, 2018
Attorney News

‘360 West’ Features 12 Jackson Walker Attorneys in “Top Attorneys 2018” List

Jackson Walker congratulates the twelve Fort Worth-based attorneys included in the “Top Attorneys” list by 360 West, a lifestyle magazine that provides readers who live in the Fort Worth, Southlake, and Arlington areas a full-circle view of where they live. The list was released in the magazine’s July 2018 edition.

November 17, 2015
Attorney News

Jackson Walker Congratulates Its 2015 Fort Worth ‘Top Attorneys’

Fifteen Jackson Walker attorneys were selected as 2015 Fort Worth “Top Attorneys” by Fort Worth, Texas magazine. The list was published in the November issue of the magazine. Fort Worth, Texas magazine annually features the “Top Attorneys” in Tarrant County. The attorneys are chosen as the best in their field by their peers.

March 9, 2015
Attorney News

Jackson Walker Congratulates Its 32 “Super Lawyers – Rising Stars”

Thirty two Jackson Walker attorneys were selected to the “Super Lawyers – Rising Stars” list by Thomson Reuters.

December 1, 2014
Attorney News

Jackson Walker Congratulates Its 2014 Fort Worth “Top Attorneys”

Thirteen Jackson Walker attorneys were selected as 2014 Fort Worth “Top Attorneys” by Fort Worth, Texas magazine. The list was published in the December issue of the magazine.

March 7, 2014
Attorney News

Jackson Walker Congratulates Its 29 “Super Lawyers – Rising Stars”

Twenty-nine Jackson Walker attorneys were selected to the “Super Lawyers – Rising Stars” list by Thomson Reuters.

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Recognition & Accolades

  • “Top Attorneys” List – Wills, Trusts, Estates and Probates, 360 West, 2018, 2021
  • “Top Attorneys” List – Probate, Estates, Trust, Fort Worth Magazine, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2023-2024
  • “40 Under 40” List, 2008
  • Texas Rising Star, Super Lawyers – Rising Stars by Thomson Reuters, 2014-2015

Publications & Speeches

  • Speaker for several National Business Institute seminars on Estate Administration Procedures
  • Panelist for the Estate Planning and Probate 101 Course – State Bar of Texas (2012)
  • “Kiddie Tax Broadened to Apply to 18 Year Olds and to Full-Time Students Under the Age of 24,” Jackson Walker’s Wealth Planning e-Alert (June 2007)
  • “Understanding Tax Procedures to Avoid Problems Later,” National Business Institute Estate Administration Procedure: Why Each Step Is Important (March 2008)
  • “Foundations of Estate Administration Defined,” National Business Institute: Institute for Paralegal Education (2009)
  • “Prepping to Begin the Administration Process,” National Business Institute: Institute for Paralegal Education (2009)
  • “Considerations for Collecting the Assets, Preparing the Inventory and Handling Claims Against the Estate,” National Business Institute: Institute for Paralegal Education (2009)
  • “New Opportunities to Convert a Traditional IRA to a Roth IRA,” Jackson Walker’s Wealth Planning e-Alert (September 2009)

Community Involvement

  • Member, Estate Planning and Probate Law Advisory Commission, Texas Board of Legal Specialization

Practice Areas

  • Trusts & Estates

Experience

  • Trusts & Estates Litigation

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