Mr. Graham is the Senior Lawyer of The Graham Law Firm, P. C., co-author of Wealth Transfer Planning, and acting CEO of ILS Management, LLC. During his 30+ years of law practice Mr. Graham was with the law firm of Baker & Botts, LLP for 22 years, first as a partner in the Houston Business and Estate Planning group, and then as partner in charge of B&B's Business and Estate planning group in Dallas. In 1994, Mr. Graham founded the law firm of Graham & Smith, LLP which limited its practice to substantial matters involving business and estate planning, administration of estates and trusts, and fiduciary based litigation. On January 1, 2006, the Graham Law Firm, P. C. was formed to continue that specialty practice, still based in the Park Cities area of Dallas, Texas.

Mr. Graham received his J.D., cum laude, from Baylor School of Law (1972), and BBA from Baylor University (1971). He is Board Certified in Estate Planning and Probate Law in Texas. Mr. Graham's professional activities include: Fellow of, and past Regent of, the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel; Past Supervisory Council Member of the American Bar Association's Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section, Co-Chair of the Digital Signature Committee; Past President of the Texas Academy of Probate and Trust Lawyers; Past Chair of the Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section of the State Bar of Texas; and Fellow of the International Academy of Estate and Trust Lawyers.

Mr. Graham also believes that each of us have a responsibility to give back to the local and national communities in which we work and live. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Baylor University Medical Center, the Board of Directors of The Jack and Jane Hamilton Baylor Heart and Vascular Hospital, and the Board of Directors of ODC Therapy, Inc, a Dallas based biotech development company currently engaged in Stage 2 FDA trials treating patients with, and seeking a cure for, Stage IV metastatic melanoma. Mr. Graham is a past Treasurer / Vice President of Finance of the Dallas Symphony Association. Mr. Graham and his wife, June live in University Park (close to SMU University) and attend Park Cities Baptist Church, where they are active in teaching in the International Class and take a great interest in those who are either temporarily or permanently in the United States from Asia and South America.

Practice Areas: Probate, Trusts and Estates, Fiduciary Law.
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Janet P. Strong
Email: jstrong@thegrahamlawfirm.com

Ms. Strong was licensed to practice law in California in 1983, and Texas in 1989. She has focused her career exclusively on issues of estate planning, trusts and probate. In 2006, Ms. Strong joined The Graham Law Firm, P.C.

Ms. Strong received her J.D. from University of California Hastings College of the Law in 1983 and her BA, Magna Cum Laude, from San Francisco State University in 1980. She is a member of the Texas State Bar, California State Bar, Dallas County Bar and the Estate Planning Section of the Dallas County Bar.

Ms. Strong believes in the need for a balance between family and career, having home schooled her two children for eight years, who then rejoined the public school system at one of the Dallas area school systems recognized for its academics. The older of those children graduated first in class at that large public high school, and the younger is still in high school, active both in academics and athletics.

Teresa Bush
Email: tbush@thegrahamlawfirm.com

Ms. Bush was licensed to practice law in 1991, and had focused her practice exclusively since then on issues of estate and gift tax planning, probate, charitable planning, and estate and trust administration. She practiced for a number of years in the Tax Section of Kelly, Hart and Hallman, P.C. in Fort Worth, Texas, and also worked as an estate, gift, and personal income tax consultant for the Dallas office of Ernst & Young.

Ms. Bush received her J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law. She studied at Edinburgh University and the London School of Economics prior to obtaining a B.A. in Economics and Political Science from Rice University in Houston. She is a member of the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section of the State Bar of Texas, and the Dallas Estate Planning Council.

Practice Areas: Wills, Trusts, Estate Planning, Estate and Gift Tax Planning, Business Succession Transactions, Charitable Planning, Estate and Trust Administration, Probate, Estate and Gift Tax Returns.

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