Jennifer R. Vaculik
Senior Counsel
Practice Areas
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Ms. Vaculik is Senior Counsel with Osborne, Helman, Scott, Knisely & Stanton, LLP. Her practice includes the representation of individuals with respect to their estate planning needs. She provides testamentary and lifetime gift and generation-skipping planning in addition to the use of family business entities, life insurance, and life insurance trusts. She also provides advice concerning post-mortem tax planning and prepares federal estate tax returns. Ms. Vaculik is a past President of the Estate Planning and Probate Section of the Austin Bar Association.
Education
- The University of Texas School of Law (J.D., with honors, 2004); Order of the Coif; Research Editor, Texas Law Review
- Texas A&M University (B.A., Economics, summa cum laude, 2001)
Professional Memberships and Honors
- Member, State Bar of Texas
- Member and Former President and Treasurer, Estate Planning and Probate Section of the Austin Bar Association
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Select Publications and Presentations
Asset Protection: Domestic and International Law and Tactics (four volumes; updated quarterly)
West Group
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1995
A Brief History of Asset Protection Trusts
ALI CLE Estate Planning Course Materials Journal, January 2022
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2022
Truth, Transparence, and The Right of Privacy
The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel Law Journal, Volume 46, Number 3, Summer 2021
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2021
The Financial Action Task Force and the Legal Profession
New York Law School Law Review, 2014/15, Volume 59, Number 3
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2015
Asset Protection Trusts Under Attack – Views from the Bench and Bar
49th Annual Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning, Orlando, Florida
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Co-Author/Presenter
2015
Asset Protection Trust Planning Using Traditional Estate Planning Techniques
Community Foundation of Southern New Mexico, 32nd Annual Estate Planning Institute, Las Cruses, New Mexico
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2015
The Financial Action Task Force and The Good Practices Guidance
New Mexico State Bar 2012 Bridge the Gap, Albuquerque, New Mexico; The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel Southeast Regional Meeting, Savannah, Georgia; The National College of Probate Judges, Jekyll Island, Georgia; Connecticut Bar Association Probate Section Meeting, New Haven Connecticut; The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel New England Regional Meeting, Mashantucket, Connecticut
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2011
The Financial Action Task Force and Its Impact on The Practice of Law
33rd Annual Advanced Estate Planning and Probate Course, Houston, Texas (2009); 44th Annual Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning, Orlando, Florida
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2009
Asset Protection: Trust Planning
American Law Institute – American Bar Association Course of Study, Planning Techniques for Large Estates, New York, New York (April, 2009)
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2009
Converting an Asset Protection Trust into a Tax-Efficient Wealth Reserve
U.S. Taxation of International Operations
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Co-Author
2003
The Influence of Spanish and Mexican Laws on the Property and Probate Laws of Texas
The International Academy of Estate and Trust Law, Santiago, Chile
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2003
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Asset Protection to Avoid Marital Claims
Asset Protection to Avoid Marital Claims
The American College of Trust and Estate Counse, 2007 Summer Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah
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2007
Asset Protection Planning to Avoid Marital Claims
Asset Protection Planning to Avoid Marital Claims
The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, Salt Lake City, Utah
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2007
Dual Compensation Issues for Attorneys Serving as Fiduciaries
Dual Compensation Issues for Attorneys Serving as Fiduciaries
Texas College of Probate Judges, Houston, Texas
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2007
Bidding by the Bar: Online Auction Sites for Legal Services
Bidding by the Bar: Online Auction Sites for Legal Services
82 Texas L. Rev. 445
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2003
