Texas Small-Firm Practice Tools

Over 560 forms for 16 practice areas, with step-by-step procedures, voice-of-experience tips, answers to common questions, mistakes to avoid, tax considerations, and practice checklists.

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This 17th Edition of Texas Small-Firm Practice Tools brings you expanded coverage of the laws and procedures
governing a broad range of practice specialties. The highlights include new and updated text on issues related to:

Civil Litigation

  •  Tips to avoid liability and develop cultural competence at your law firm
  • Attorney responsibilities re: trust accounts
  • Statute of limitations and service of process on defendant who spends considerable time out of state during the
    limitations period
  • Spoliation of social media evidence
  • New Form: Trust Account Ledger
  • New Form: Most Frequent Appellate Mistakes [10 mistakes]
  • New Form: Supersedeas Checklist [7 steps]
  • Updated Form: State Courts (re: new 15th court of appeals and statewide business courts in 2024)

Consumer Protection and Fair Trade Practices

  • Notice of judgment must advise individual debtors of rights re: seizure of property
  • Updated form: Writ of Garnishment, reflecting revisions mandated by Texas Supreme Court
  • Updated form: Order on Motion for Appointment of Receiver
  • New form: Seizure Exemption Claim Form

Employer-Employee Relations

  • Jurisdiction/venue of judicial review of administrative decisions re: workers’ comp. benefits
  • Vicarious liability for negligence arising during employee’s travel to/from work
  • Disparate treatment: Whether excessive weight qualifies as disability

Organizing and Operating a Small Business

  • Disclosures required under Corporate Transparency Act
  • Nonprofit organizations: statutory prerequisites for charitable organization exemption

Marriage Dissolution

  • Burden of proof on a claim for equitable reimbursement

Estate Planning and Administration

  • Creation of a dynasty trust
  • Availability of costs/fees in action to determine validity of durable power of attorney
  • New Form: Creditor’s Guide in Independent Administration
  • New Form: Creditor’s Guide in Dependent Administration
  • Revised Form: Order Admitting the Will to Probate as a Muniment of Title
  • Revised Form: Proof of Death and Other Facts—Muniment of Title

AND MORE!

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