Richard Jason Griffin
I am an attorney that focuses in estate planning and business planning from cradle to grave, i.e., starting or buying a business; capitalizing your business; optimizing your business with tax, corporate and asset protection planning; strategizing business succession; and selling your business. I believe two things differentiate me from other lawyers: I understand the numbers, and I personally have business experience. These characteristics make me acutely aware of my client's needs and goals. PRACTICE FOCUS: Commercial Real Estate Business Planning Tax Planning U.S. & State Income, Gift & Estate/Inheritance Taxes Trust Creation: Simple & Complex Estate Planning Probate Elder Law/Medicaid Planning Structuring Business Investment Conduits Corporation Formation Charity/Non-Profit Formation Section 1031 Exchanges Property Tax Valuation Litigation
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Energy, Oil & Gas Law
- Utilities
- Estate Planning
- Guardianship & Conservatorship Estate Administration, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills
- Landlord Tenant
- Evictions, Housing Discrimination, Landlord Rights, Rent Control, Tenants' Rights
- Probate
- Probate Administration, Probate Litigation, Will Contests
- Real Estate Law
- Commercial Real Estate, Condominiums, Easements, Eminent Domain, Homeowners Association, Land Use & Zoning, Mortgages, Neighbor Disputes, Residential Real Estate, Water Law
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Rates, Retainers and Additional Information
Fixed fee or hourly rates both available.
- Texas
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- French: Spoken, Written
- Russian: Spoken, Written
- University of Houston - Main Campus
- MBA (2015)
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- Honors: Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
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- University Of Houston
- Doctor of Jurisprudence/Juris Doctor (J.D.)
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- The Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Martin Writing Award for Distinguished Paper in Taxation
- Houston Business & Tax Law Journal
- Awarded for the paper, "The Individual Alternative Minimum Tax: Is It Touching People That It Shouldn't Be?" (published in 4 HOUS. BUS & TAX L. J. 259, Summer 2005).
- Texas State Bar # 24053244
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- American Bar Association--Real Property Trust and Estate Law Section
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- State Bar of Texas--Real Estate Probate & Trust Section
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- State Bar of Texas--Taxation Section
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- The Individual Alternative Minimum Tax: Is It Touching People That It Shouldn't Be?
- Houston Business & Tax Law Journal
- Website
- Griffin Law Firm, PLLC
