Deren L. Worrell

Associate
817.877.1088
E-mail Deren

Bourland, Wall & Wenzel, P.C.
301 Commerce Street, Suite 1500
Fort Worth, Texas 76102

Deren L. Worrell joined the firm in 2007. A graduate of Baylor University School of Law and the University of Kentucky (summa cum laude), her practice focuses primarily on tax, estate planning, probate, charitable entity and charitable giving law. She represents numerous professionals, charitable entities, families, and family and closely held businesses within her and the firm's areas of expertise, including wealth migration planning, transfer tax planning, asset protection planning, estate planning, taxation of trusts and estates, employee benefit planning, personal and business planning for family businesses, business succession planning, probate and estate administration, fiduciary representation, charitable gift planning, and formation, governance and taxation of exempt organizations.

Relevant Experience

• Co-author, Governance of Nonprofit Organizations, presented at University of Texas Nonprofit Organizations Institute, January 12-14, 2011
• Co-author, Governing Documents: Certificates of Formation, Bylaws and More, presented at 2010 State Bar of Texas Governance of Nonprofit Organizations Course, August 19-20, 2010
• Co-author and Co-presenter, Running Public Charities and Private Foundations, presented at 2010 Texas Society of CPAs -Fort Worth Chapter Nonprofit Organizations Conference, January 26, 2010
• Presenter, Need to Know: Arts Administration - Fiscal Organizational Review, presented to Arts Council of Fort Worth & Tarrant County, January 11, 2010
• Author, Fiduciary Duties in Investing Charitable Assets (presented at State Bar of Texas, Governance of Nonprofit Organizations Course (2009) and for the Dallas Nonprofit Study Group at Belo Mansion September 16, 2009)
• Author and Presenter, Policies for Tax-Exempt Organizations, presented to Texas Society of CPAs - Fort Worth Chapter, October 27, 2009
• Author, Fiduciary Duties: Non-profits and Charitable Trusts, presented to National Trust Closely Held Business Association, September 3, 2009
• Co-author, Charitable Lead Trusts, ALI-ABA Estate Planning Course Materials Journal (February 2009)
• Co-author and co-presenter, Governance in the World of Family Foundations, State Bar of Texas, Governance of Nonprofit Organizations Course (2008)

Practice Areas

Estate Planning and Probate
Asset Protection Planning
Charitable Gift Planning
Estate Planning
Estate, Gift, and Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Planning
Family Business Succession Planning
Family Limited Partnerships
Fiduciary Representation
Income Tax Planning for Estates and Trusts
IRA Pension Beneficiary Planning
Life Insurance Planning
Probate & Estate Administration
Probate & Trust Litigation
Trust Planning
Wealth Migration Planning
Wills

Exempt Organizations

Charitable Gift Planning
Charitable Gift Planning
Testamentary Charitable Gifts, Charitable Gift Annuities
Charitable Trusts

Background & Education

Hometown: Florence, Kentucky
B.A. Political Science University of Kentucky, summa cum laude
J.D. Baylor Law School, Order of Barristers
National Champion, 2006 American Bankruptcy Institute National Moot Court Competition, New York, NY
2006 Professor Larry T. Bates Excellence in Advocacy Award Winner

Admissions & Certifications

Admitted: 2007, Texas
2011, Kentucky
2011, Ohio

Membership

State Bar of Texas
Tarrant County Bar Association
Women’s Section, Tarrant County Bar Association
Tax and Estate Planning Section, Tarrant County Bar Association (Vice Chair 2009-2010)
Fort Worth Business & Estate Planning Council
Tarrant County Probate Bar
Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section, State Bar of Texas
Taxation Section, State Bar of Texas
Section on Taxation, American Bar Association
Real Property, Trust & Estate Law Section, American Bar Association
Texas Young Lawyers Association