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Lauren Doughty is Board Certified in Estate Planning and Probate by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and Chair of the Firm’s Private Wealth Practice Group. She has extensive experience in estate planning, probate, trust and estate law, asset protection, transfer taxation and philanthropic planning. She works with clients to implement sophisticated estate planning and asset protection planning techniques, including family limited partnerships, intentionally defective grantor trusts, grantor-retained annuity trusts and private foundations.
Lauren Doughty is Board Certified in Estate Planning and Probate by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and Chair of the Firm's Private Wealth Practice Group. She has extensive experience in estate planning, probate, trust and estate law, asset protection, transfer taxation and philanthropic planning. She works with clients to implement sophisticated estate planning and asset protection planning techniques, including family limited partnerships, intentionally defective grantor trusts, grantor-retained annuity trusts and private foundations.
Lauren also has extensive experience in the nonprofit sector and regularly advises clients on entity formation, governance, compliance and tax matters for charitable 501(c)(3) organizations.
CREDENTIALS
- J.D., with honors, The University of Texas School of Law, 2006
Dean’s Achievement Award in Wills & Estates, 2006
Phi Delta Phi - B.A., Political Science and Psychology, magna cum laude, Rice University, 2003
Phi Beta Kappa
- Texas, 2006
- Estate Planning and Probate by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization
- Member, Houston Estate and Financial Forum
- Member, Houston Bar Association
- Member, Houston Business and Estate Planning Council
- Member, Greater Houston Community Foundation Advisor Outreach Committee
- Member, Estate Planning & Probate Law Advisory Commission (serving the Texas Board of Legal Specialization from March 2019 to February 2022)
- Named, The Best Lawyers in America®, Trusts and Estates (2022-2025)
- Named, Top Women Lawyers, Texas Diversity Council (2021)
- Named, Super Lawyers® Texas, Estate Planning & Probate (2023-2024)
- Named, Super Lawyers® Texas Rising Star, Estate Planning & Probate (2012-2020)
- Named, Top 50 Women Lawyers, National Diversity Council (2019)