In 2017, Mr. Akerly presented a paper entitled How To Bust A Trust to the North Texas Estate Planning Council and the Rio Grande Valley Estate Planning Counsel
In the News
– Bruce Akerly has been selected for inclusion to the 2019 Texas Super Lawyers list. This is his tenth consecutive year to have been nominated by his peers to receive this honor.
– Robert Loughran has joined the firm as a law clerk. He is a second-year student at Texas A&M University School of Law.
– Bruce Akerly has been asked to speak for the Dallas Area Paralegal Association on the topic of Ethics at their Career Day scheduled for April 2019.
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