Craig Friesland

Areas of Practice

  • Estate and personal tax planning for individuals and families, including traditional bypass trust and marital deduction planning, gift and estate tax planning, generation-skipping transfer tax planning, asset preservation strategies, and disability planning
  • Family wealth planning, including the use of numerous sophisticated strategies to minimize estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes, succession planning for closely-held businesses, establishment of charitable trusts and foundations, and family limited partnerships
  • Preparation of sophisticated estate planning documents, including Wills, living trusts, life insurance trusts, crummey trusts, and family limited partnerships
  • Actuarial planning through the preparation of grantor retained annuity trusts, charitable lead trusts, charitable remainder trusts, and qualified personal residence trusts
  • Administration of trusts and estates, including contested trust and probate matters, the audit and settlement of gift and estate tax returns, and post-mortem income tax planning
  • Marital property planning issues, including planning for community and separate property and the negotiation and drafting of marital property agreements
  • Representation of public charities, private foundations, and other tax-exempt organizations with establishment, administration, and taxation issues
  • Charitable giving planning
  • General business advice, including negotiating and preparing non-competition agreements, non-solicitation agreements, leases, license agreements, promissory notes, UCC filings, and other general business contracts
  • Preparation of organization documents for corporations, limited partnerships, general partnerships, limited liability companies, professional corporations, and professional associations
  • Corporate, partnership, franchise, income, gift, and estate tax advice
  • Negotiation of the purchase and sale of privately held businesses
  • Executive compensation issues, including preparing and reviewing employment agreements, stock option agreements, and other incentive plans

Activities

  • Founding member of Friesland Law Firm, PLLC
  • Practiced over six years in the Business Planning and Tax Group at Haynes and Boone, LLP
  • Admitted to the State Bar of Texas on November 6, 1998
  • Member of the Real Estate, Probate, and Trust Law Section of the State Bar of Texas
  • Member of the Taxation Section of the State Bar of Texas
  • Member of the Probate, Trusts, and Estates Section of the Dallas Bar Association
  • Member of the Tax Section of the Dallas Bar Association

Education

  • Baylor University School of Law - Juris Doctor
  • Baylor University - Master of Business Administration
  • The University of Texas at Austin - Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance

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At Friesland Law Firm, PLLC, we focus on Wills, Trusts, Estate Planning, Asset Protection Planning, Probate, Charitable Giving, Non-Profit Organizations, Business Planning, Tax Planning, Start Up Companies, and Closely Held Businesses and we are here to listen to you and help you navigate the legal system.

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Friesland Law Firm, PLLC is committed to answering your questions about Wills, Trusts, Estate Planning, Asset Protection Planning, Probate, Charitable Giving, Non-Profit Organizations, Business Planning, Tax Planning, Start Up Companies, and Closely Held Businesses law issues in Texas. We'll gladly discuss your case with you at your convenience. Contact us today to schedule an appointment.