Christine Shea Wakeman

Christine Shea Wakeman

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Licensed for 15 years

Estate planning Lawyer at Dallas, TX
Practice Areas: Estate Planning, Trusts, Probate ... +2 more

500 Winstead Building, 2728 N. Harwood Street, Dallas, TX

About Christine

Biography

Practice Areas

5

Practice Areas

Estate Planning 30%

Assist clients in developing comprehensive estate plans (which may include trusts, wills, powers of attorney, etc.) to ensure that their wealth is held in a way that will maximize estate tax savings and will provide an efficient vehicle for transferring wealth to future generations.

15 years

30%
Trusts 25%

Utilize trusts as part of an estate plan to ensure that client wealth is held in a way that will maximize estate tax savings and will provide an efficient vehicle for transferring wealth to future generations.

15 years

25%
Probate 20%

Represent clients in all aspects of estate administration, including admitting a Will to probate, representing independent executors in the administration of an estate, retitling assets after a decedent’s death, and preparing estate tax returns.

15 years

20%
Tax 20%

Provide comprehensive services in all areas of federal, state and local taxation. Oversee corporate and partnership formations, reorganizations, acquisitions and dispositions. Advise both lenders and borrowers in sophisticated financial transactions. Provide counsel regarding retirement issues and sales and use tax matters.

15 years

20%

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Licenses

Licensed in Texas for 15 years

State: Texas

Acquired: 2010

Eligible to Practice in Texas

No misconduct found

Location

Winstead PC

500 Winstead Building, 2728 N. Harwood Street, Dallas, TX, 75201

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Experience

Rating:  9.0 (Superb)

Honors

2018

"Texas Rising Star" Super Lawyer, Thomson Reuters

2018

Best Lawyers in Dallas Under 40, D Magazine

2017

Best Lawyers in Dallas, D Magazine

2016

Best Lawyers in Dallas, D Magazine

2015

Board Certified in Estate Planning and Probate, Texas Board of Legal Specialization

2015

Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy, The American College

2012

"Texas Rising Star" Super Lawyer, Thomson Reuters

Work Experience

2017 - Present

Associate Attorney, Winstead PC

2010 - 2016

Associate Attorney, The Blum Firm, P.C.

Associations

2015 - Present

Dallas Estate Planning Council

Chairman of the Emerging Professionals Initiative

2014 - Present

Dallas Estate Planning Council

Board of Governers

2010 - Present

•American Bar Association, Real Property Probate and Trust Section, Tax Section

Member

2010 - Present

•Dallas Bar Association, Probate, Trusts and Estates Section

Member

2010 - Present

•Dallas Estate Planning Council

Member

SMU Law Review Association

Executive Editor

SMU Women in Law Society

Vice President of Programming

Education

2010

Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law

JD

2006

University of Oklahoma

BA

Speaking Engagements

2016

Probate, Trusts, and Estates Section Meeting

GRRR (Gift Return Reporting Requirements) - Taming the Wild 709 Tiger

2016

Intermediate Estate Planning & Probate Course

Dissecting a Will Someone Else Drafted

2015

Intermediate Estate Planning & Probate Course

GRRR (Gift Return Reporting Requirements) - Taming the Wild 709 Tiger

2014

SMU School of Law Tax Section Panel Discussion

Careers in Tax

2014

Dallas Society of CPAs Convergence 2014

GRRR (Gift Tax Return Reporting - Taming the Wild 709 Tiger

Publications

2010

JOURNAL OF TAX PRACTICE & PROCEDURE (CCH), April-May, 2010, at 35. Coping with the Threat of a Retroactive Estate Tax

Languages

English

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