Ronald Lipman

EDUCATION

• Legal: SMU School of Law – Doctor of Jurisprudence, 1990
• M.B.A.: SMU – Edwin L. Cox School of Business – MBA 1990
• Undergraduate: Tufts University – Boston, Massachusetts
• B.A., Economics and English majors, Cum Laude, 1986

BOARD CERTIFICATION

Board Certified in Estate Planning and Probate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.
Martindale-Hubbell AV rating since October 2000

HOUSTON CHRONICLE LEGAL COLUMNIST: “STATE YOUR CASE”

Author of weekly column in the Monday Business Section of the Houston Chronicle which answers questions submitted by the newspaper’s readers. Visit “www.chron.com” to access all past columns.

COMPUTER SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT

Author of “Lipman’s Wills and Trusts,” a document assembly program available to Texas and Florida attorneys through Thomson Reuters. The program enables attorneys to draft Wills, Revocable Trusts, Insurance Trusts, Irrevocable Investment Trusts, Supplemental Needs Trusts, Qualified Income (“Miller”) Trusts, and numerous other estate planning documents.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

• State Bar of Texas
• University of Houston Law Foundation:
• South Texas College of Law

Maelissa Brauer Lipman

EDUCATION

• Legal: University of Houston – Doctor of Jurisprudence, 1992
• Undergraduate: Northwestern University – Evanston, Illinois
• B.A., Economics and History majors, 1989

WORK EXPERIENCE

• Lipman & Associates, P.C. – February 2008 to present
• Watt, Beckworth, Thompson & Henneman – December 2002 to January 2008
• Shook Hardy & Bacon – December 1996 to November 2002
• Department of Justice Honors Program Immigration and Naturalization Service – October 1992 to June 1996

PRACTICE AREAS

• Estate and Tax Planning
• Estate Administration and Probate

PUBLICATION

• Texas Bar Journal, November 1999: “My Dog Ate It – Spoliation of Evidence and the Texas      Supreme Court’s Ortega Decision”
• Texas Lawyer Executive Legal Advisor, November/December 2006: Case In Point

AFFILIATIONS (Past and Present)

• State Bar of Texas: Real Estate, Probate & Trust Section
• American Bar Association
• Houston Bar Association: Probate, Trusts & Estates Section
• Houston Young Lawyers Association