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Year-End Estate and Tax Planning: Navigating New Legislation and Drafting Strategies to Mitigate Administrative and Litigation Issues

2025-08-06 13:00:00

2025-08-06 13:00:00

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Estate planning strategies covering trust administration, current tax law changes, and ethical considerations for practitioners.

2025-08-06 13:00:00

Estate planning strategies covering trust administration, current tax law changes, and ethical considerations for practitioners.

2025-08-06 13:00:00

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Course Overview

Strategic Trust Planning, Taxation, and Ethics

Participants will learn to design trusts that minimize litigation risk, implement tax-efficient gifting strategies under current law, and navigate ethical obligations in estate practice. These skills enable practitioners to better serve clients while avoiding common pitfalls.

Key topics that will be covered

What will you learn

Attorneys will learn trust administration duties, strategic estate and gift tax planning under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, and ethical considerations in drafting.

What will you gain

Attorneys will gain practical strategies for trustee selection, tax exemption planning, SALT deduction stacking, QSBS benefits, and managing client capacity issues.

Trustee Duties
Trustees must fulfill duties of loyalty, care, and full disclosure to beneficiaries.
Tax Exemptions
The OBBA extends exemptions to $15 million per person, indexed for inflation.
Non-Grantor Trusts
Non-grantor trusts enable SALT deduction stacking and QSBS exclusion benefits.
Dynasty Trusts
Dynasty trusts avoid estate tax across generations, maximizing wealth transfer.
Client Capacity
Attorneys must assess and document client capacity during estate planning.
Fiduciary Ethics
Lawyers serving as fiduciaries must disclose alternatives and comparative costs.

What will you learn

Attorneys will learn trust administration duties, strategic estate and gift tax planning under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, and ethical considerations in drafting.

What will you gain

Attorneys will gain practical strategies for trustee selection, tax exemption planning, SALT deduction stacking, QSBS benefits, and managing client capacity issues.

Agenda

Session 1

Trust Planning for Administration and Litigation Prevention

Session 2

Strategic Estate Planning: Exemptions, Gifting, and Tax Moves

Session 3

Ethical Considerations in Trust and Estate Drafting

clock 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST

Trust Planning for Administration and Litigation Prevention

David Fowler Johnson

Winstead PC

Nicole Thornton

Wright Close & Barger, LLP

Brittany Cook

AlTi Tiedemann Global

This session examines critical trustee selection factors, family dynamics, and the three core fiduciary duties: loyalty, care, and full disclosure. Practitioners will learn how innocent breaches occur, strategies for managing beneficiary conflicts, and best practices for trustee record-keeping to minimize litigation risk.

David Fowler Johnson

Winstead PC

Nicole Thornton

Wright Close & Barger, LLP

Brittany Cook

AlTi Tiedemann Global

clock 2:10 pm - 3:10 pm EST

Strategic Estate Planning: Exemptions, Gifting, and Tax Moves

David Fowler Johnson

Winstead PC

Nicole Thornton

Wright Close & Barger, LLP

Brittany Cook

AlTi Tiedemann Global

Explore the impact of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, including the increased $15 million exemption and enhanced QSBS rules. This session covers advanced techniques including SLATs, dynasty trusts, SALT deduction stacking through non-grantor trusts, and strategies for maximizing valuation discounts on complex assets.

David Fowler Johnson

Winstead PC

Nicole Thornton

Wright Close & Barger, LLP

Brittany Cook

AlTi Tiedemann Global

clock 3:20 pm - 4:20 pm EST

Ethical Considerations in Trust and Estate Drafting

David Fowler Johnson

Winstead PC

Nicole Thornton

Wright Close & Barger, LLP

Brittany Cook

AlTi Tiedemann Global

Navigate the ethical complexities of representing clients with diminished capacity under Rule 1.14 and determining when protective action is warranted. This session addresses conflicts in joint representation under Rule 1.7, attorney-client privilege issues, and the disclosure requirements when attorneys serve as fiduciaries under Rule 1.8.

David Fowler Johnson

Winstead PC

Nicole Thornton

Wright Close & Barger, LLP

Brittany Cook

AlTi Tiedemann Global

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Joe Ervin

The Law Firm for Truck Safety, LLP
A Partner at The Law Firm for Truck Safety. He focuses exclusively on cases involving commercial motor vehicle crashes and wrongful death. Joe also holds a valid class “A” commercial driver’s license with endorsements for double/triple trailers and tankers.

Education & Credentials

A 2013 graduate of the Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College in Dubois, Wyoming, Joe is rated AV Preeminent™ by Martindale-Hubbell — the highest peer rating for exceptional legal ability and ethics. He is among the first nine attorneys nationwide to earn board certification in Truck Accident Law from the National Board of Trial Advocacy.

Recognition & Leadership

Joe received the Roadway Safety Award from the American Association for Justice (AAJ) for his commitment to improving highway safety.
 He currently serves as Co-Chair of the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys (ATAA) Safety Committee, advocating for higher safety standards across the trucking industry.

Professional Involvement

Joe serves on the faculty of the AAJ Advanced Trial Advocacy College: Litigating Truck Collision Cases (2015 & 2024).
 He is an active member of AAJ’s Trucking Litigation Group and sits on the Board of Regents for the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys.

Experience

Joe frequently consults and co-counsels on complex commercial truck cases. His proven track record includes numerous successful trials against motor carriers and truck leasing companies — delivering justice for victims of commercial vehicle accidents.

Kevin Foley

Reminger Co
A Partner at The Law Firm for Truck Safety. He focuses exclusively on cases involving commercial motor vehicle crashes and wrongful death. Joe also holds a valid class “A” commercial driver’s license with endorsements for double/triple trailers and tankers.

Education & Credentials

A 2013 graduate of the Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College in Dubois, Wyoming, Joe is rated AV Preeminent™ by Martindale-Hubbell — the highest peer rating for exceptional legal ability and ethics. He is among the first nine attorneys nationwide to earn board certification in Truck Accident Law from the National Board of Trial Advocacy.

Recognition & Leadership

Joe received the Roadway Safety Award from the American Association for Justice (AAJ) for his commitment to improving highway safety.
 He currently serves as Co-Chair of the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys (ATAA) Safety Committee, advocating for higher safety standards across the trucking industry.

Professional Involvement

Joe serves on the faculty of the AAJ Advanced Trial Advocacy College: Litigating Truck Collision Cases (2015 & 2024).
 He is an active member of AAJ’s Trucking Litigation Group and sits on the Board of Regents for the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys.

Experience

Joe frequently consults and co-counsels on complex commercial truck cases. His proven track record includes numerous successful trials against motor carriers and truck leasing companies — delivering justice for victims of commercial vehicle accidents.

Grant H. Lawson

The Law Firm for Truck Safety, LLP
A Partner at The Law Firm for Truck Safety. He focuses exclusively on cases involving commercial motor vehicle crashes and wrongful death. Joe also holds a valid class “A” commercial driver’s license with endorsements for double/triple trailers and tankers.

Education & Credentials

A 2013 graduate of the Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College in Dubois, Wyoming, Joe is rated AV Preeminent™ by Martindale-Hubbell — the highest peer rating for exceptional legal ability and ethics. He is among the first nine attorneys nationwide to earn board certification in Truck Accident Law from the National Board of Trial Advocacy.

Recognition & Leadership

Joe received the Roadway Safety Award from the American Association for Justice (AAJ) for his commitment to improving highway safety.
 He currently serves as Co-Chair of the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys (ATAA) Safety Committee, advocating for higher safety standards across the trucking industry.

Professional Involvement

Joe serves on the faculty of the AAJ Advanced Trial Advocacy College: Litigating Truck Collision Cases (2015 & 2024).
 He is an active member of AAJ’s Trucking Litigation Group and sits on the Board of Regents for the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys.

Experience

Joe frequently consults and co-counsels on complex commercial truck cases. His proven track record includes numerous successful trials against motor carriers and truck leasing companies — delivering justice for victims of commercial vehicle accidents.

David Fowler Johnson

Winstead PC

Nicole Thornton

Wright Close & Barger, LLP

Brittany Cook

AlTi Tiedemann Global

David Fowler Johnson

Winstead PC

David is a trial and appellate attorney who specializes in fiduciary litigation matters including estate and trust disputes, will contests, mental competency issues, undue influence, trust modification/clarification, breach of fiduciary duty, and accounting.

Recognition & Leadership

Board certifications in civil trial law, civil appellate, and personal injury trial law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. One of less than twenty attorneys in Texas with this particular triple certification.

Professional Involvement

Primary author of the Texas Fiduciary Litigator blog. Member of the Civil Trial Law Commission of the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, which writes and grades the exam for new applicants for civil trial law certification.

Experience

Extensive trial and appellate experience in fiduciary litigation. Recent trial experience includes representing a bank in federal class action suit regarding trustee authorization of over 220 trusts, representing a bank in state court regarding oil and gas asset mismanagement claims, representing a bank in probate court to modify trusts to remove a charitable beneficiary, representing an individual executor against breach of fiduciary duty claims, and representing an individual trustee against breach of fiduciary duty and undue influence claims.

David Fowler Johnson

Winstead PC

David is a trial and appellate attorney who specializes in fiduciary litigation matters including estate and trust disputes, will contests, mental competency issues, undue influence, trust modification/clarification, breach of fiduciary duty, and accounting.

Recognition & Leadership

Board certifications in civil trial law, civil appellate, and personal injury trial law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. One of less than twenty attorneys in Texas with this particular triple certification.

Professional Involvement

Primary author of the Texas Fiduciary Litigator blog. Member of the Civil Trial Law Commission of the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, which writes and grades the exam for new applicants for civil trial law certification.

Experience

Extensive trial and appellate experience in fiduciary litigation. Recent trial experience includes representing a bank in federal class action suit regarding trustee authorization of over 220 trusts, representing a bank in state court regarding oil and gas asset mismanagement claims, representing a bank in probate court to modify trusts to remove a charitable beneficiary, representing an individual executor against breach of fiduciary duty claims, and representing an individual trustee against breach of fiduciary duty and undue influence claims.

Nicole Thornton

Wright Close & Barger, LLP

Nicole Thornton is a Partner at Wright Close Barger & Guzman, LLP in Houston, Texas, where she brings substantial litigation and appellate experience across Texas, having represented clients through all stages of litigation. Her primary focus is fiduciary litigation, though her practice has spanned a wide breadth of areas including oil and gas, real estate, probate, guardianship, and business-related litigation. Prior to her current role, Nicole operated her own practice, Law Offices of Nicole Sain Thornton, and also dedicated a year to teaching Lawyering Skills and Strategies at the University of Houston Law Center as a Lecturer before returning to private practice.

Education & Credentials

Nicole earned her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Pitzer College, a member of the Claremont Consortium, in 1999. She went on to earn her Juris Doctor from the University of Houston Law Center in 2003. She was licensed by the State Bar of Texas in 2004. State Bar of Texas She is also admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

Recognition & Leadership

Nicole is a member of the State Bar of Texas, the Houston Bar Association, and the Probate Trusts and Estates Section.

Professional Involvement

Nicole's career spans nearly two decades in private practice, with deep roots in fiduciary, probate, and business litigation across Texas. She began at Ostrom/Sain from 2006 to 2014, followed by Ostrommorris from 2015 to 2018, where she handled matters including probate estate litigation, guardianship administration, and fiduciary commercial litigation. She then founded and led the Law Offices of Nicole Sain Thornton from 2018 to 2023. From 2023 to 2024, she served as a Lecturer at the University of Houston Law Center, teaching Lawyering Skills and Strategies. She rejoined private practice as a Partner at Wright Close & Barger, LLP in 2024 and has continued in that role at Wright Close Barger & Guzman, LLP since 2025. Throughout her career, Nicole has handled matters across fiduciary litigation, oil and gas, real estate, probate, guardianship, and business-related disputes, representing clients through all stages of litigation and on appeal.

Brittany Cook

AlTi Tiedemann Global

Brittany Horn Cook is a Managing Director at Tiedemann Trust Company, serving as a Wealth Planner and Fiduciary Council working with UHNW clients and their advisors to develop and administer custom trust, tax, and estate planning solutions.

Education & Credentials

B.A. from Hamilton College, J.D. from Rutgers University, LL.M. in Taxation and Estate Planning Certification from Temple University.

Experience

Managing Director at Tiedemann Trust Company working with ultra-high-net-worth clients and their advisors across the country.

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Understanding trust administration, tax strategy, and ethical considerations is critical for practitioners to minimize malpractice risk and protect clients during the largest wealth transfer in history.
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