Estate Planning

Estate Planning Attorneys

Langley & Banack offers some of the most comprehensive estate planning services in Texas. Our estate planning attorneys have extensive experience with counseling clients regarding the most effective and appropriate planning for their specific estate and family circumstances.

Our experience includes utilizing the most sophisticated planning techniques for preserving family wealth. In addition, though we have the experience and capacity to deal with all matters related to planning for high net worth clients, we also offer our experience and expertise to those who do not require complex tax planning. Whether the estate requires state of the art sophisticated planning techniques or more routine planning documents, our clients can be confident that their estate planning attorneys will assist them in understanding the planning options that are appropriate for their goals, family situations, and assets.

We recognize that developing plans for the appropriate and responsible transfer of wealth and dealing with unique family issues requires a high level of attention and sensitivity to the goals and desires of each client. We, therefore, do not use a “cookie cutter” approach to planning for our clients. Instead, we work to understand each client’s specific situation and intentions, and we strive to make the planning experience one in which our clients know that all options have been considered and the final results will accurately reflect their wishes. We believe that our relationships with our estate planning clients are based on trust and we work diligently to earn the trust of each of our clients.

Our Experience

To ensure that we can deliver services to our clients that fulfill their goals, our attorneys are extremely qualified and experienced in all aspects of estate planning, including the following:

Wills (simple wills to complex tax planning wills)
Management (Revocable Living) Trusts
Gift Trusts (to receive gifts from family members)
Life Insurance Trusts
Planning with Charitable Trusts & Foundations
Asset Protection Planning
Family Entity Planning (Limited Partnerships & LLCs)
Marital Property Agreements (Prenuptial & Postnuptial)
Succession Planning with Family Businesses

This represents a partial listing of the tools in our tool box. Many other planning options are offered to our clients based upon their specific needs and circumstances.

Introducing James J. Aycock

James J. Aycock is a Board Certified attorney for both Estate Planning and Probate law in the state of Texas. He has over 40 years of experience in handling estate planning cases and was voted as White’s Best Lawyers in America for Trust and Estates for the past 20 years. He is also known for his role as an academic author and speaker of estate planning topics.

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Introducing Arthur H. Bayern

Arthur H. Bayern has been listed by Woodward and White as one of the Best Lawyers in America since it was founded in 1983 (over 30 years). He is also recognized as Thomson Reuters Texas Super Lawyers in Estate Planning and Probate for 10 consecutive years (2003-2013). He is a recipient of the Distinguished Probate Lawyer Lifetime Achievement Award and has over 50 years of helping clients plan their estates.

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Introducing William T. Bayern

William T. Bayern is Board Certified in Estate Planning and Probate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. He is a member of the State Bar of Texas, and is licensed to practice before the United States Tax Court and the United States Supreme Court. Mr. Bayern is a member of the San Antonio Estate Planners Council (past President), the San Antonio Bar Association, the Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section of the State Bar of Texas, and the College of State Bar of Texas. He has been recognized by Thomson Reuters as a “Texas Super Lawyer Rising Star” in the area of Estate Planning/Trusts in 2004.

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Introducing Tanya E. Feinleib

Tanya E. Feinleib is based out of the San Antonio office of Langley and Banack, Inc. Her practice is focused on sophisticated estate planning for high net worth individuals and families, and she has been Board Certified in Estate Planning and Probate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization since 2016.

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Estate Planning News

Langley & Banack is proud to be distinguished by Best Law Firms® in America in the San Antonio metro area

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Lauren Miller selected as part of the Rocky Mountain Fellows Institute of The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel

Associate Lauren Miller is part of the inaugural class of the Rocky Mountain Fellows Institute of The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC). The Rocky Mountain Fellows Institute was created by ACTEC Fellows to develop the profession’s future leaders in trust and estate law through a series of in-depth educational presentations led by outstanding subject matter experts in each field from across the U.S. The institute includes six sessions for lawyers who were nominated by an ACTEC Fellow and selected through a competitive application process. The program began in July 2024 and concludes in November 2024.
Shareholder Chris Hodge Speaks at Austin Bar Association Estate Planning & Probate Section

Shareholder Chris Hodge spoke at the Austin Bar Association in their Estate Planning & Probate Section. His speech was on Strategically Defending Fiduciaries. To view his whole speech, click here:...
Tanya Feinleib to present at the 30th Annual Advanced Estate Planning Strategies Seminar

Board certified estate planner, Tanya Feinleib, will join fellow panelists Meredith McIver and Eric Viehman to discuss "Planning, Reporting and Fixing" estate planning matters at Advanced Estate Planning Strategies in Santa Fe, New Mexico April 11th and 12th.