Bradley Bunting represents individuals and families in matters relating to planning and consultation regarding their wills, living trusts, powers of attorney and related matters; and in matters regarding estates, trusts and closely held businesses of all sizes.
Brad has been Board Certified in Estate Planning and Probate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization since 1993 (re-certified in 1998, 2003, 2008 and 2013), a legal specialization held by less than 1% of Texas attorneys, and is an honor graduate of the University of Texas School of Law and The University of Texas McCombs School of Business. He has been licenced in Texas as an attorney since 1987 and as a CPA (non-practicing) since 1988.
Brad is known for his willingness to listen with care and respect, his ability to communicate complex legal and tax matters in an understandable manner, and his expertise in responding with practical solutions. As a consequence, clients feel particularly at ease dealing with him regarding issues of significant personal and financial importance.
Brad handles a variety of estate planning and probate matters from the complex to the routine, including:
Basic and wills and trusts, and associated planning
Powers of Attorney and Revocable Trusts (Living Trusts)
Medical Powers of Attorney, HIPPA Releases and Living Wills
Incentive trusts, IRA trusts, Tax shelter trusts
Tax planning and avoidance
Family Limited Partnerships
Asset protection planning
Family business succession planning
Federal Estate Tax, Gift Tax and GST Tax planning
Business, corporate, LLC and partnership transactions
Business formation and buy sell planning
Family limited partnerships and Limited liability companies
Representation of executors and trustees
Representation of estate and trust beneficiaries
Probate, estate administration, muniment of title probate
Small estate affidavits and probate avoidance
Beneficiary designation planning and IRA planning
Life insurance plans, trusts and designations
Charitable Planning and charitable trusts
Marital property agreements (prenuptial and post-nuptial)
Community Property Agreements
Trust funding and troubleshooting
Repairing estate problems
Elder Law
Will Contests
Trust Litigation
Medicaid planning and Medicaid recapture avoidance
Planning after a move to Texas
Non-traditional relationships
Tax matters
Contested matters
Brad has taught continuing legal education (CLE) courses to Texas attorneys on a variety of topics, including the following:
Local Probate Court Rules and Procedure Ethical Considerations in Estate Planning and Probate Legislative Developments in Probate and Trust Law Revocable Trusts Asset Protection Planning Estate Planning with IRA's Estate and business planning with life insurance