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thomasbaird@bcswlaw.com
Thomas C. Baird
Thomas Baird is a founding shareholder of Baird, Crews, Schiller & Whitaker, P.C. He leads the firm’s Estate Planning, Business Entities, Family Business Succession Planning, and Real Estate practices.
- Juris Doctor, 1977
University of Texas - Bachelor of Arts, 1975
Texas Tech University
- Estate Planning, Wealth Transfer & Asset Protection
- Business & Tax Planning
- Probate & Guardianship
- Real Estate
- Board Certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in Estate Planning & Probate Law, Residential Real Estate Law, Commercial Real Estate Law and Farm & Ranch Real Estate Law
- Fellow, American College of Trust & Estate Counsel
- “SuperLawyer” designation by Thomson Reuters Services each year since 2003
- Selected to the “Best Lawyers of America” in the specialty of Trusts & Estates since 2007 by BL Rankings
- Represents numerous estates and trusts in probate matters, administration of estates, and filing of gift and estate tax returns
- Represents extremely wealthy families in multi-generational business, estate, and succession planning, including the use of intentionally defective grantor trusts and other advanced estate planning techniques
- Represents numerous business owners in sale and disposition of
business assets - Extensive experience in the formation of all types of business entities, including limited partnerships, limited liability companies (including Series LLCs), S-Corporations, C-Corporations, non-profit entities and mergers and conversions of various entities
- Represents real estate developers in commercial development, retail development, and residential development
- Represents commercial construction companies
- Represents owners of ranches and undeveloped tracts in real estate transactions
- Represents title companies in a wide range of title issues
- Represents 1031 exchange company and buyers and sellers in 1031 transactions
- Extensive experience in the preparation of loan documents and closing of sophisticated real estate and other financial transactions
- Extensive planning experience using retirement plans as alternative investments, including in real estate and other non-traditional investments
- Retained as expert witness on several occasions on issues involving estate planning and trusts, probate, fiduciary issues, conflicts of interest, limited partnership and limited liability companies, and real estate matters
- Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation
- Member, College of the State Bar
- Member, State Bar of Texas
- Member, American Bar Association
- Serves on board of directors and advisory boards for several banks, manufacturing companies, and other businesses and charitable entities
- Temple Health & BioScience District
- Temple College Foundation
- Temple Chamber of Commerce
- Temple Business League
- Hope Pregnancy Clinic
- Temple Economic Development Corporation
- Keep Temple Beautiful
- J.A.I.L. Ministry for Bell County
- Temple Bible Church