Richard Ramirez

Practice Areas

Richard handles all aspects of estate planning and estate administration for high net worth individuals, representation of fiduciaries and beneficiaries in estate and trust administration, and representation of charities. He primarily focuses on preparation of wills and trusts, lifetime transfers of assets, and restructuring family owned businesses. His practice emphasizes the implementation of advanced asset transfer strategies that preserve estates by minimizing federal gift and estate taxes, as well as strategies to transition ownership of family businesses and legacy properties from one generation to the next.

Professional Memberships

State Bar of Texas

United States Tax Court

2015 Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Fellow

State Bar of Texas, Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section, 2009-present

Houston Bar Association, Probate, Trusts and Estates Section, 2009-present

Houston Estate and Financial Forum, 2009-present

Houston Estate Planners Association, 2010-present

Houston Business & Estate Planning Council, 2017-Present

Texas Bar Foundation, Fellow, 2020-present

Personal

J.D., The University of Texas School of Law 2009

with honors

Submissions Editor, Texas Hispanic Journal of Law and Policy

Member, American Journal of Criminal Law

B.B.A., accounting, Texas A&M University 2006

Publications

Giving With and Administering Cryptocurrency, American Bar Association, Section of Taxation, Fall Tax Meeting, October 2022

Power of Appointment or Disappointment?, 33rd Annual Estate Planning and Probate, October 2022

Giving With and Administering Cryptocurrency, Silicon Valley Bar Association, September 2022

Unique Tax Questions Posed by Cryptocurrencies and NFTs, Tax Update, April 2022

How to Pay When the Bill Comes Due—Estate Liquidity in 2022, Houston Business and Estate Planning Council, March 2022

How to Pay When the Bill Comes Due—Estate Liquidity in 2022, San Antonio Estate Planners Council, March 2022

Giving With and Administering Cryptocurrency, East Bay Trust and Estate Lawyers, March 2022

Planning with Grantor Trusts, ABA Midyear Tax Meeting, January 2021

The Benevolent Bitcoin: How to Gift Virtual Currency, Northwest Planning Giving Roundtable Annual Conference, September 2020