Topic: Estate Planning and Business Succession

Speaker: Maggie Griffin, Senior Associate, Stibbs & Co., P.C.

Agenda:
- 8:00 am – 8:15 am: Chapter Announcements and Self-Introductions
- 8:15 am – 9:15 am: Speaker's Presentation
- 9:15 am – 9:30 am: Networking

Presentation:
A. Business Formation:
1. Choice of Entity: LLC , Corporation or LP
2. Maintenance

3. Employee Handbook
4. Agreements

- Employment/I

- Contractor
5. Intellectual Property

B. Estate Planning
1. Premarital Agreements
2. Postmarital Agreements
3. Will or Revocable Trust

- Tax Planning

- Asset Protection with Entities & Irrevocable Trusts

4. Powers of Attorney

C. Business Succession
1. Death
- Will vs. Revocable Trust
2. Disability
- Powers of Attorney
3. Divorce
- Marital Agreement

4. Departure

- Buy Sell Agreement

5. Sale of Business

- Assets
- Equity
- Gifting
 

Speaker's bio:
Maggie Griffin is Board Certified in Estate Planning and Probate Law practicing in Spring, Texas. Ms. Griffin is a native Houstonian and nationally ranked equestrian with the American Paint Horse Association. 

She began her collegiate career at Baylor University as a varsity athlete on the Women’s Equestrian Team before transferring to the University of Texas at Austin. As an eighth generation Longhorn, Ms. Griffin was proud to graduate from the University of Texas with a B.A. in English Literature and a B.S. in Communications in 2012 with plans to remain in Austin for law school. After graduating from the University of Texas School of Law in 2015, Ms. Griffin accepted a Junior Associate position with Haiman and Hogue, PLLC in Frisco Texas working in the areas of Estate Planning and Probate. In August of 2017, Ms. Griffin returned home to The Woodlands to begin working for Knighton and Stone, PLLC as a Junior Associate in Advanced Estate Planning. 

Ms. Griffin joined Stibbs & Co. in 2022 to continue serving The Woodlands community in the areas of Advanced Estate Planning, Probate, Estate/Trust Administration, and Asset Protection. She is currently active with the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Paint Horse Committee and the American Paint Horse Association. 

Outside of the practice of law, Ms. Griffin is an avid Big XII college football fan and a multiple world champion equestrian rider with the American Paint Horse Association and American Quarter Horse Association. When she is not in the office or horseback, Ms. Griffin is an avid traveler and weekend warrior on the greens.