Michael C. Riddle - Spring, TX

Awards and Honors

Education

• Legal Education

  • University of Houston Law Center, Houston, Texas, 1972

Current Employment Position(s)

• Managing Partner

Past Positions

• Parliamentarian and Chair of the Finance Committee of the Harris County Republican Party

Classes and Seminars

• “Beneficiary Designations: Has Your World Changed in the Past Five Years?” Presented by the 24th Annual Wills and Probate Institute, South Texas College of Law, September 24-25, 2009
  
• “The Future of Family Limited Partnerships in Estate Planning,” Presented to the American Women’s Society of CPA’s, February 4, 2006
  
• “Choosing a Business Entity in Texas with an Eye Toward Succession Planning,” Presented to the Attorneys in Tax and Probate, May 4, 2004
  
• “Choice of Business Entity in Texas,” Presented at the 2003 Accounting Expo Sponsored by the TSCPA Foundation, April 22, 2003
  
• Guest Speaker for the White House Conference on Aging and he spoke before the International Association of Financial Planners in Washington, D.C.

Pro Bono Activities

• Member of Champion Forest Baptist Church

Representative Cases

• Estate of Smith v. Commissioner, 198 F.3d 515 (5th Cir. 1999), rev’g, 108 T.C. 412 (1997)
• Estate of Dailey v. Commissioner, 82 T.C.M. 710 (U.S.Tax Ct.2001).

Published Works

Articles

• “Choice of Business Entity in Texas,” Houston Business and Tax Law Journal, Volume 4, 2004
  
• “Tax Exempt Organizations in Texas,” Sponsored by Lorman Education Services, February 13, 2007
  
• “Intestacy and Closing the Estate,” Sponsored by National Business Institute, July 17, 2008
  
• “Use of Living Trusts and Powers of Attorney as Estate Planning Tools,” On file with Riddle, Butts & Akiens, LLP
  
• “Using Revocable Trusts as Estate Planning Tools,” Sponsored by Lorman Education Services, December 2, 2008
  

Bar Admissions

• Texas, 1972

Specialties and Certifications

• Board-Certified in Estate Planning and Probate, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 1991