Elizabeth Morrison Dean
Senior Attorney
Managing Member
Education:
- The University of Texas at Austin School of Law - J.D. 1994
- The University of Texas at Austin – BBA in Finance 1991, Magna Cum Laude
- Allen High School – 1987, with Honors
Licensed:
- State Bar of Texas, Attorney 1994
- Northern District of Texas - Federal
Past Employer Highlights:
- Norton Rose Fulbright (f/k/a Fulbright & Jaworski LLP), Associate Attorney, where she gained large-firm litigation experience, helping clients with products liability, medical malpractice, complex commercial, and insurance defense litigation.
- Clerked for Justice Hightower, Texas Supreme Court
Memberships:
*State Bar of Texas, Member with affiliated section memberships:
- Real Estate, Probate, & Trust Law
- Business Law
- General Practice & Small Firm
- Litigation
- Consumer and Commercial Law
- Women and the Law
*Collin County Bar Association, Member with affiliated section memberships:
- Estate Planning & Probate
- Real Estate
- Solo/Small Firm
*Collin County Women Lawyer's Association
Elizabeth Morrison Dean grew up and currently lives in Allen. Elizabeth works hard in her attempts to obtain the best possible results for her clients. She is creative and passionate about helping people resolve their legal issues in a variety of practice areas, including:
- *Estate Planning
- Probate
- Real Estate
- Business Formation
- Contract Drafting and Review
- Litigation
- General Matters
* Proper estate planning is one of the most important things one can do for loved ones and may include the following documents:
- Will and Personal Property Memorandum,
- Statutory Durable Power of Attorney (agent for financial matters),
- Medical Power of Attorney and HIPPA Release (agent for medical decisions),
- Directive to Physician (in-hospital directive),
- DNR (out-of-hospital directive),
- Survivorship Agreement (community property transfer to surviving spouse outside of probate),
- Transfer on Death Deed (transfer of real property outside of probate), and
- Appointment for Disposition of Remains.
Elizabeth makes it easy and painless for her clients to get their affairs in order and to avoid a costly probate for loved ones. To learn more about these estate planning tools or to discuss your legal issue, make an appointment with Elizabeth for a consultation.