Areas of Practice
Estate Planning
Wills and Trusts
Revocable Living Trusts
Irrevocable Trusts
Intentionally Defective Grantor Trusts (IDGT)
Life Insurance Trusts (ILIT)
Special Needs Trusts (SNT)
Martial Property Agreements
(Prenuptial Agreements and Postnuptial Agreements)
Probate Wills
Estate Administration
Preparation of Estate Tax Returns
Trust Funding and Trust Administration
Post-Mortem Estate Tax Planning
Post-Mortem Dispute Resolution and Family Settlement Agreements
Contested Estate Matters
Claims against Executors/Administrators, Guardians, Trustees
Defending Executors/Administrators, Guardians, Trustees
Beneficiary claims
Common law spouse claims
Disputed Heirship
Community Property Issues
Douglas A. Edwards
EDUCATION
University of Houston Law Center, Houston, Texas
Master of Laws in Taxation, December 2003
University of Akron School of Law, Akron, Ohio
Juris Doctor, Cum Laude, May 1997
Staff member of the Akron Law Review
Anderson Book Award for the graduating student
who excelled in Business Planning, Spring 1997
CALI Excellence for the Future Award
for excellent achievement in Business Planning, Spring 1997
Top grade in Seminar in Business Planning (Fall 1996)
and Corporations (Summer 1996)
Dean’s List, Spring 1996
Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
Bachelor of Science, May 1988
PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Board Certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in Estate Planning and Probate Law - 2010
Texas Bar Foundation
Attorneys in Tax and Probate
President 2009 - 2010
Houston Bar Association
Probate, Trusts and Estates Section
State Bar of Texas - Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section
American Bar Association
Houston Estate and Financial Forum
PUBLICATIONS AND SPEECHES
Speaker at the South Texas College of Law 2013
Wills and Probate Institute - "Anatomy of a Will"
Speaker at the Houston Bar Association 2010
Wills & Probate Institute - “Powers of Appointment”
Speaker at the South Texas College of Law 2008
Wills & Probate Institute - “Powers of Appointment”
Author - “Cleveland and Milwaukee’s Free Market Solution
for the “Pedantic Heap[s] of Sophistry and Nonsense”
That Plagues Public Education: Mistakes on Two Lakes?”
Akron Law Review, Volume 30:4
Author - “Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Lundy:
Transforming “An Intended Benefit Into a Handicap?”
Akron Law Review, Volume 30:3