High Net Worth Guide 2026 : Texas
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Baker Botts continues to advise on estate planning and administration. Baker Botts relies on its deep bench to regularly advise high-profile individuals and wealthy families on asset transfer techniques, forming charitable foundations and reorganising multi-entity structures. The law firm also enjoys a strong reputation for high-value litigation matters, including estate and gift tax disputes.
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Baker Botts is exceptional. It has great partners with exceptional collaboration.
Baker Botts is considered the pre-eminent firm for tax controversy – and general trust and estate planning too. The experience and expertise they have is great. They're incredibly knowledgeable and a very well-seasoned firm.
Baker Botts is a top-tier firm. We think very highly of them. They are always there; they are commercial and creative.
Baker Botts has a decades-long track record of handling some of the most important and novel estate and gift tax cases. That legacy of expertise and the ability to train new generations is remarkable. It doesn't get any better than Baker Botts when it comes to controversy work.
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John is the gold standard. In estate and gift tax litigation with the IRS, he's the best in the country.
John Porter is a star litigator.
John has great insights and experience. He offers top-notch advice and good responsiveness. He's altogether a great member of the team.
John is really the top tax controversy attorney in the country. He works on all the high-profile tax cases in the trust and estates space. He is a phenomenal communicator and incredibly bright.
John Porter is exceptional in his area of tax controversy.
Keri has a unique ability to make complicated topics understandable and relevant. She has a rare ability to embrace nuance, without losing track of why an issue matters both legally and practically.
Keri is a wonderful person to work with on stressful tax dispute matters as her empathy and clarity really help clients get through them.
Keri is a respected litigator in the Houston area. She is well known. I love working with her because she's practical and reasonable.
Stephen Dyer is an esteemed estate planning attorney who centres his practice on guiding clients through asset transfer and business succession strategies. He also chairs the private clients section of the tax department at Baker Botts.
Stephen is one of the experts in this space.
Stephen is brilliant. He is an expert in the areas of gift and estate tax and fiduciary income taxation. He works with some high net worth clients and they love him. He's an excellent communicator and just a very down-to-earth person.
Richard Ramirez is a partner at Baker Botts with experience in estate planning and administration. Ramirez has particular expertise in the preparation of wills, asset transfer work, family business restructuring and estate tax work.
Richard does a great job at getting up to speed in an efficient way and handling a great deal of complexity with no bumps in the road at all.
Richard's help is invaluable, and he is one of the smartest people I know. He knows everything on the legal side, but he also brings a very deep understanding of the accounting issues.
Richard is very smart, very bright and knows a lot about everything. He is practical and commercial. He is very easy to work with and very collaborative. We really trust him with the details. He comes up with commercial solutions, and we are pleased with the outcomes as they're also very timely.
Juliann Krolick helps wealthy clients with estate planning and estate administration. She advises on wills, trusts, asset transfers and the restructuring of family-owned businesses.
Juliann's representation is excellent, and she provides the highest standards of professionalism.
Juliann is a superstar associate. She is responsive and knowledgeable, and she turns things when the timeframes need to be turned. She does it despite it being unrealistic. She's really a future superstar.
Juliann Krolick is a great person on the Baker Botts team. When she is on the team, I feel like I have the A Team.
Private Wealth Disputes
Private Wealth Disputes
Private Wealth Law
Private Wealth Law
Private Wealth Law
High Net Worth 2026
Practice area: Private Wealth Law
Location: USA - Nationwide
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