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Scott A. Schepps

Scott A. Schepps

Partner, Houston
713.752.4441
sschepps@jw.com
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Practice Experience Recognition & Accolades Community Involvement In the News

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

Scott Schepps is a Partner in Jackson Walker’s Wealth Planning, Probate, & Trust section. For over 25 years, Scott has assisted clients in structuring their estates to ensure that their assets pass in a manner that meets the clients’ desires, reduces the potential for conflict and minimizes gift, estate and income taxes. Scott’s clients include closely held business owners, corporate executives, real estate developers, private equity firm principals, physicians, other attorneys, professional athletes and many others.

Scott understands the trust that his clients place in him when they request his assistance with their sensitive estate planning matters. For this reason, he ensures that he is accessible and responsive to his clients and works closely with the clients’ other advisors. Although Scott is professional and creative, clients describe him as practical and friendly. Scott strives to translate complex tax rules and strategies into plain English to enable his clients to make informed decisions.

Education

B.B.A., Accounting, University of Texas at Austin

J.D., University of Houston Law Center

Bar Admissions

Texas, 1992

Board Certifications

Estate Planning and Probate Law

Practice Experience Recognition & Accolades Community Involvement In the News

Scott’s practice covers most aspects of wealth planning and probate, including but not limited to the following:

  • Preparation of wills
  • Preparation of incapacity documents (durable powers of attorney, living wills, medical powers of attorney, etc.)
  • Preparation of revocable and irrevocable trusts
  • Planning to minimize gift tax, estate tax and generation-skipping transfer tax
  • Planning to maximize protection from unforeseen claims
  • Business succession planning
  • Planning with life insurance
  • International estate planning
  • Preparation and review of gift tax returns and estate tax returns
  • Probate, estate administration and trust administration
  • Trusts and Estates Law, The Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White Inc.), 2010-2021
  • State Bar of Texas – Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section
  • Houston Bar Association – Probate, Trust and Estate Section
    • Chair, 2015-2016
    • Council, 2006-2016
  • Houston Estate and Financial Forum
  • American Bar Association – Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section)
  • Bel Inizio, Volunteer and Supporter
  • Sonnie Schepps Robinson Foundation, Director
  • “Have a plan for your pets,” Tribune Online Content – Retire Ahead (February 2019)
  • “The Pets Are All Right (Even Though You’re Gone),” The New York Times (May 24, 2018)
  • “Q&A: Five shots with a Houston estate attorney on pets,” Houston Business Journal (April 6, 2018)

Practice Experience

Scott’s practice covers most aspects of wealth planning and probate, including but not limited to the following:

  • Preparation of wills
  • Preparation of incapacity documents (durable powers of attorney, living wills, medical powers of attorney, etc.)
  • Preparation of revocable and irrevocable trusts
  • Planning to minimize gift tax, estate tax and generation-skipping transfer tax
  • Planning to maximize protection from unforeseen claims
  • Business succession planning
  • Planning with life insurance
  • International estate planning
  • Preparation and review of gift tax returns and estate tax returns
  • Probate, estate administration and trust administration

Recognition & Accolades

  • Trusts and Estates Law, The Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White Inc.), 2010-2021

Community Involvement

  • State Bar of Texas – Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section
  • Houston Bar Association – Probate, Trust and Estate Section
    • Chair, 2015-2016
    • Council, 2006-2016
  • Houston Estate and Financial Forum
  • American Bar Association – Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section)
  • Bel Inizio, Volunteer and Supporter
  • Sonnie Schepps Robinson Foundation, Director

In the News

  • “Have a plan for your pets,” Tribune Online Content – Retire Ahead (February 2019)
  • “The Pets Are All Right (Even Though You’re Gone),” The New York Times (May 24, 2018)
  • “Q&A: Five shots with a Houston estate attorney on pets,” Houston Business Journal (April 6, 2018)

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

  • ‘The Best Lawyers in America’ Honors 164 Jackson Walker Attorneys in 2021 Edition, Including 9 “Lawyers of the Year” and 25 “Ones to Watch”
  • Estate Planning Opportunities During an Economic Downturn
  • ‘The Best Lawyers in America’ Honors 109 Jackson Walker Attorneys in 2020 Edition, With Eight Named “Lawyers of the Year”
  • Jackson Walker In the News: Four Trends Shaping Healthcare; Insurance Companies Face Off Over $54B Failed Merger; Eagle Ford 2021
  • Best Lawyers in America Recognizes 98 Jackson Walker Attorneys
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