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
- The Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White Inc.), 2015-2022
- Lawyer of the Year – Dallas, Trusts and Estates, 2020
- Trusts and Estates, 2015, 2017-2022
- Texas Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers by Thomson Reuters, 2003-2021
- “Best Lawyers in Dallas,” D Magazine, 2009, 2013-2016, 2018-2019, 2021
- American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, Fellow
- Jewish Family Service of Dallas, President-Elect
- Dallas Opera, Trustee
- Texas Pride Impact Funds, Steering Committee
- Congregation Shearith Israel, Adult Choir
JW Recognized for Dallas Woodall Rodgers Park Ground-Making
September 21, 2009