Congratulations to our founding shareholder, Mike Bourland, for his receiving the 2021 REPTL Lifetime Achievement Award – Distinguished Probate Attorney (Presented live in 2023)! This award began in 2001 and Mr. Bourland is only the second Fort Worth attorney to…Read More
Read More“Fort Worth attorney Lisa Jamieson said she’s had more people than normal ask in recent months about creating or updating wills. Some say they’ve talked about it for a while and finally want to move forward; others ask how quickly…Read More
Read MoreWACO— December, 2018 In late October, The American Law Institute (ALI) elected 32 new members including Baylor Lawyer Darren B. Moore (J.D. ‘00), shareholder of Bourland, Wall & Wenzel in Fort Worth, and adjunct professor at Baylor Law where he…Read More
Read MoreWhen a client comes to your office announcing their desire to make a gift to ABC charity for the building of a new park, the high school’s new stadium, or for the relief efforts after a tragic natural disaster, where do you start on reducing that intent to paper?
Read MoreIn February 2017 our firm came together to form the BW&W team for the 20th Annual Fort Worth Zoo Run. With friends and family at our side, we ran/walked the 5k distance together in support of the Fort Worth Zoo providing…Read More
Read MoreMoney Saving Provisions For Landlords To Consider In Commercial Leases Rental provisions may be some of the most important economic terms in a commercial lease, but there are many other less obvious provisions that can also have a direct…Read More
Read MoreAlthough 98% of high net-worth clients give to charity, only 55% report discussing philanthropy with their professional advisors.” E.R. Heisman, 41 Estate Planning, No. 7, 27 (July 2014). This should be a huge wake-up call to all of us who…Read More
Read MoreWhether it is a proprietary chemical formula, computer program, process, financial data or pricing information, or even customer lists, a company’s trade secret and confidential information constitute important assets. However, many companies fail to take the necessary steps to protect their information, thereby losing the protections afforded under Texas law and losing the ability to claim trade secret or confidential status over their valuable information.
Read More…there are four keys to to creating lasting vision in the nonprofit context: 1 | Conceptualizing Vision: Whether done at the founding stage of the organization or after, the board should take time to distill the core values (the…Read More
Read MoreWhen tragedy strikes as it did in different ways last week in Boston and West one thing is a constant, the desire of Americans to help their neighbors. That help comes in many forms as people seek to meet the…Read More
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