W. SCOTT RYBURN – EST; BUS; CORP

sryburn@lcalawfirm.com

Ryburn has extensive experience in estate and tax planning for individuals, including making gift and estate tax projections and recommendations; preparing wills, living trusts, powers of attorney, irrevocable  life insurance trusts, educational trusts, defective grantor  trusts, buy-sell agreements and family limited partnerships; planning involving charitable giving techniques such as charitable remainder trusts and charitable lead trusts; and planning for the disposition of  non-­probate assets such as life insurance, jointly owned property, individual retirement accounts and employee benefits. 

Ryburn also handles probate and trust matters, including independent and dependent administration of estates, determinations of heirship, temporary administrations,  and ancillary probate matters; post­mortem income and estate tax planning; preparation of gift and estate tax returns;  probate and trust litigation matters, including will construction  suits, contested probate matters and trust reformation suits; and representing trustees and beneficiaries in fiduciary litigation matters.

Ryburn also has a broad range of experience in forming corporations, partnerships, limited partnerships and limited liability companies; planning for the disposition of family owned businesses, including the preparation of buy-sell agreements and stock purchase agreements; and marital property planning, including the preparation of prenuptial and postnuptial agreements and marital property partition agreements.

Ryburn obtained his undergraduate degree from Furman University in 1977, graduating magna cum laude, and his law degree from Southern Methodist University School of Law in 1980.  Ryburn is currently serving on the Board of Trustees of Midland Christian School and the Board of Governors of the Permian Basin Area Foundation.