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Michael L. Kaufman

Michael L. Kaufman

Partner, Dallas
214.953.5734
mkaufman@jw.com
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Recognition & Accolades Community Involvement Client Results

Practice Areas

  • Wealth Planning
  • Tax

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

Michael L. Kaufman’s practice involves wealth planning, estate and trust administration, and tax exempt organizations. Michael has worked on a wide range of individual and family wealth planning settings, including design, drafting and implementation of family limited liability entities, wills, insurance trusts, revocable (or “living” trusts), and other taxable and nontaxable gift transactions. Michael’s experience ranges from planning for the disposition of small simple estates through planning for management and disposition of complex estates with assets in excess of one billion dollars. In the tax exempt area, Michael has worked with public and private charitable entities, and charitable lead and remainder trusts, in issues involving establishment, qualification, governance and administration.

Education

B.A., University of Texas at Austin

J.D., University of Texas School of Law

Bar Admissions

Texas, 1981

Board Certifications

Estate Planning and Probate Law

Recognition & Accolades Community Involvement Client Results
  • The Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White Inc.)
    • Trusts and Estates, 2015, 2017-2021
    • Lawyer of the Year – Dallas, Trusts and Estates, 2020
  • Best Lawyers in Dallas, D Magazine, 2009, 2013-2016, 2019
  • American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, Fellow
  • Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers by Thomson Reuters, 2003-2020
  • Jewish Family Service of Dallas, President-Elect
  • Dallas Opera, Trustee
  • Texas Pride Impact Funds, Steering Committee
  • Congregation Shearith Israel, Adult Choir
Jackson Walker Provides Pro Bono Legal Services to Community Labs, a Nonprofit Public Health Initiative, to Amplify COVID-19 Testing in San Antonio

October 20, 2020

Recognition & Accolades

  • The Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White Inc.)
    • Trusts and Estates, 2015, 2017-2021
    • Lawyer of the Year – Dallas, Trusts and Estates, 2020
  • Best Lawyers in Dallas, D Magazine, 2009, 2013-2016, 2019
  • American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, Fellow
  • Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers by Thomson Reuters, 2003-2020

Community Involvement

  • Jewish Family Service of Dallas, President-Elect
  • Dallas Opera, Trustee
  • Texas Pride Impact Funds, Steering Committee
  • Congregation Shearith Israel, Adult Choir

Practice Areas

  • Tax
  • 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

  • Jackson Walker Provides Pro Bono Legal Services to Community Labs, a Nonprofit Public Health Initiative, to Amplify COVID-19 Testing in San Antonio
  • Jackson Walker Congratulates Its 54 “Texas Super Lawyers” of 2020
  • ‘The Best Lawyers in America’ Honors 164 Jackson Walker Attorneys in 2021 Edition, Including 9 “Lawyers of the Year” and 25 “Ones to Watch”
  • ‘The Best Lawyers in America’ Honors 109 Jackson Walker Attorneys in 2020 Edition, With Eight Named “Lawyers of the Year”
  • ‘D Magazine’ Lists 24 Jackson Walker Attorneys Among Best Lawyers in Dallas 2019
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