Preserving Your Texas Legacy, Securing Your Family's Future
Specialized estate planning and asset protection for Texas business owners, property investors, and ranchers who've built something worth protecting.
Specialized Protection for
What Matters Most
Trusts
We create customized trust structures that protect your assets, minimize your tax burden, and ensure your wealth transfers according to your wishes. Our trusts help you avoid the delays and costs of probate while maintaining control during your lifetime.
Will Creation
We establish clear, legally sound directives that honor your wishes and provide for your loved ones. Our comprehensive wills help prevent family conflicts during difficult times and ensure your estate is distributed exactly as you intend.
Probate Law
We guide you through the probate process efficiently with experienced legal counsel that protects your family's interests. Our firm works to preserve estate value and minimize delays through every step of administration.
Business Formation
We structure your business entities to maximize protection, optimize tax benefits, and establish clear succession plans. Our business formation services help you preserve what you've built for future generations.
Estate Planning
We structure your business entities to maximize protection, optimize tax benefits, and establish clear succession plans. Our business formation services help you preserve what you've built for future generations.
Managing Attorney, Barnard Law
Protecting What You've Built
You've spent years building your business, cultivating your land, or growing your property portfolio. Now it's time to ensure that legacy continues exactly as you intend.
At Barnard Law, we understand the unique challenges facing Texas entrepreneurs, ranchers, and investors. We don't offer one-size-fits-all solutions. We create customized protection strategies that reflect your specific situation, your values, and your vision for the future.
Whether you're planning business succession, protecting multiple properties from liability, or ensuring your ranch stays in the family for generations, we provide the clarity and expertise you need to move forward with confidence.
Estate Planning That Reflects Your Life's Work
Three Critical Mistakes We Help You Avoid
Your legacy represents more than just assets. It embodies your values, your hard work, and your hopes for those who come after you.
Yet too many business owners, ranchers, and property investors leave their life’s work vulnerable due to inadequate planning or outdated documents that don’t address their specific situations.
At Barnard Law, we recognize that estate planning for Texas entrepreneurs and landowners requires specialized knowledge. The challenges you face, from business succession and multi-property liability to hunting lease risks and agricultural exemptions, demand strategies that go far beyond basic wills and trusts.
Failing to Separate Business and Personal Assets
Without proper legal structures, a lawsuit against your business could threaten your personal wealth, your home, and your family's security.
Leaving Family Businesses Without Succession Plans
According to the Family Business Institute, 70% of family businesses don't survive to the second generation, often because succession planning was neglected until it was too late.
Exposing Property Investments to Unnecessary Liability
Each property you own without proper protection creates a separate pathway for creditors to access everything else you've built.
We help you address these vulnerabilities with comprehensive strategies designed specifically for your situation. From creating liability shields around your assets to establishing clear succession plans that preserve family harmony, our approach ensures your legacy continues exactly as you intend.
Why Texas Families and Business Owners Choose Barnard Law
Texas-Specific Expertise
Deep understanding of Texas property laws, agricultural exemptions, hunting lease liability, and state-specific estate planning requirements that comes from focused practice in Texas law.
Tailored to Your Situation
No templates or cookie-cutter approaches. Every strategy is customized for your unique assets, family dynamics, and long-term goals.
We Speak Human, Not Legalese
Complex legal concepts explained in clear, straightforward terms so you always understand exactly what you're getting and why it matters.
Long-Term Partnership
We don't disappear after signing documents. As your trusted advisor, we adapt your protection as your life and assets evolve.
Business & Personal Integration
Comprehensive strategies that protect both your business interests and personal assets, ensuring nothing falls through the cracks.
Peace of Mind
We handle difficult conversations with care and respect, turning what many dread into a positive experience of taking control of your legacy.
What Our Clients Say About Us
Tiffany Gates Wheeler
Micky is hands down the best estate attorney I have ever met. She actually takes the time to understand your needs and guide you towards the right solution. Her process makes you feel comfortable and stress-free and I would 10/10 recommend her to anybody who needs any estate planning help.
Ben Arney
Micky is an incredible attorney who really values her clients as individuals. When you talk to her you get a sense that she truly cares about you and your needs. I highly recommend meeting with her for all of your estate needs.
Kyle Hardwick, DC
Excellent, outstanding lawyer! Micky helped our family on short notice with estate planning, even coming to the hospital to meet with an ill family member, and took her time to explain everything. Thanks again! Can’t recommend highly enough!
Jason Willis
Frequently asked questions
What makes estate planning for ranchers different from standard estate planning?
Ranch estate planning involves unique considerations like hunting lease liability, agricultural exemptions, water and mineral rights, generational land transfer strategies, and keeping large properties intact despite multiple heirs. Standard estate plans typically don’t address these Texas-specific concerns, leaving significant gaps in protection.
How does Barnard Law approach working with new clients?
What's the difference between a will and a trust?
A will directs how your assets are distributed after death but must go through probate, a public, time-consuming, and often expensive court process. A trust is designed to allow your assets to transfer privately, avoid probate delays, provide ongoing management for beneficiaries, and can offer greater protection and flexibility. Many comprehensive plans include both.
When should I start planning for business succession?
What can I expect during my consultation with Barnard Law?
Insights & Updates
5 Critical Mistakes Texas Business Owners Make in Succession Planning
Understanding Hunting Lease Liability: What Ranch Owners Need to Know
Multi-Property Investors: How to Structure Entities for Maximum Protection
Ready to Protect Your Legacy?
Your life's work deserves comprehensive protection tailored to your unique situation. Schedule a confidential consultation to discuss your concerns and discover how we can help secure your family's future.