Family Law

• Divorce

Business and Corporate Law

• Business Transactions

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
  The professional team at Scofield & Scofield, P.C. includes Susan McKim Hall, a certified paralegal who is a member of the State Bar of Texas, Paralegal Division, and who has decades of experience in estate administration, both in private practice and as a former employee of the Travis County Probate Court.
• Wills
  The form kits for wills, living wills, etc. are very simple. That may be fine if your situation is simple: you are single, have no children, don't have a lot of assets, don't have any special needs or disabilities, etc. But if your situation is complex, you need to have a will or living will crafted to fit your situation.
• Trusts
  Scofield & Scofield, P.C. takes pride in bringing personal care and business perspective to the practice of law. Frank Scofield and Janice Pierce have practiced together through the firm for more than 20 years and each holds either a CPA or MBA in addition to a legal degree. Both are Board Certified in Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and present a depth of experience in taxation, estate and trust administration, business transactions, and estate planning.
• Power of Attorney
  Health Care Power of Attorney - gives an individual named by you the power to enforce your Living Will and make other health care decisions for you if you become incapacitated.
• Probate
  Other qualifications: Board Certified in Estate Planning and Probate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization; Served as Comptroller of the Austin Bar Association, 1985-1986.

Finance Law

• Tax Law
  Intestacy distributions do not incorporate any tax planning. As a result, more assets than necessary may be diverted from your heirs into the federal and state treasury.