Carolyn Northcutt
Carolyn Northcutt
Carolyn Northcutt
Managing Senior Attorney
Real Estate Broker
C.P.A.
Education:
- Southern Methodist University School of Law - J.D. 1999
- University of Texas- B.S. Accounting 1988, Magna Cum Laude
Licensed:
- State Bar of Texas, Attorney 2000
- C.P.A. 1991
- Real Estate Broker
Memberships:
- Texas Bar Association
- Collin County Bar Association
Businesses Owned:
- Northcutt, Dean & Rose Law
- Texas Best Realty
- Treehouse Properties
Carolyn Northcutt opened this office in 2001 and it has grown over the years into the law office it is today. She loves serving the residents of Allen, Texas and surrounding areas. Carolyn's passions are real estate, estate planning, probate, and business-related matters. She loves providing creative solutions and putting her education and knowledge to work.
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Elizabeth M. Dean
Carolyn Northcutt
Carolyn Northcutt
Senior Attorney
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
· Landlord/Tenant
· Evictions
· HOA Disputes
· Contract drafting and review
· Business Formation
* 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.
Marissa Balius
Carolyn Northcutt
Marissa Balius
Senior Attorney
I am an experienced family lawyer and zealous advocate for my clients, and former Texas Assistant Attorney General with more than twenty-eight years of litigation experience. I know that there is a time and place for litigation in family cases; however, having represented thousands of clients I have seen the emotional and financial cost of litigating a family case and know that litigation is not the only option to resolve family disputes. As a collaboratively trained attorney and mediator, I believe that there are better options available to resolve family disputes outside of the courtroom. Mediation and Collaborative Law are two of the most powerful options available to a family law client. Both options allow the parties to craft agreements that are in the best interest of the family without stepping foot in a courtroom. I provide my clients with the options available to them and guide them through making the best decisions for their family. Call me for a consultation- it will be time well spent!
Education
· Baylor University School of Law, Waco, Texas
- J.D.
· University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas
- B.A.
Bar Admissions
· Texas, 1994
Professional Associations
· State Bar of Texas, 1994
· Family Law Section
· Collin County Bar Association
Dale R. Rose
John Schulmeister
Marissa Balius
Senior Attorney
Education:
- Texas Tech School of Law - J.D. 1991
- University of Texas Dallas - B.S. in Govt. & Politics 1988
- Corning Community College - A.A.S. in Criminal Justice 1982
License/Admissions:
- State Bar of Texas, Attorney 1992
- Northern District of Texas - Federal
- Eastern District of Texas - Federal
- State Bar of Arkansas - all state courts
Memberships:
- State Bar of Texas
- Multi Million Dollar Advocates Forum
- Collin County Bar Association
- Collin County Bar Association - Mock Trial Coordinator
- McKinney Bar Association
- McDermott Road Church of Christ
- Arkansas Bar Association
Past Employer Highlights:
- State of Texas Prosecutor - Dallas County DA's office; including Specialized Crimes Division working with federal and state agencies
- Garland Texas Police Officer for 6 years
- Civil defense representing insurance companies and large companies for almost 7 years
- Over 155 first chair (lead attorney) jury trials
- Litigated in courtrooms in over 54 different counties in Texas and several states
Dale Rose is an experienced civil trial attorney specializing in personal injury and civil litigation. In his nearly 30 years as a licensed attorney, Dale has represented injured individuals, small businesses, large corporations, insurance companies, criminal defendants, and the State of Texas.
Dale has experience representing both plaintiffs and defendants giving him special insight into how insurance companies, adjusters, and handlers work. Dale has handled large cases where he has won millions of dollars and he has handled small cases in justice courts, so he is uniquely equipped to handle your legal problems and litigation.
Dale serves the residents of Collin County and surrounding North Texas areas in the following practice areas:
- Personal Injury
- Car wreck, Truck collision, Motorcycle wreck, Bicycle injury, Pedestrian injury, or Boat injuries
- Dog Bites
- Catastrophic injuries
- Slip or Trip & Fall accidents
- Work related injuries
- Wrongful Death
- Death caused by car collision
- Death caused by negligence of others
- Death caused by work accidents
- Civil Litigation
- Small business litigation
- Consumer related litigation
- General civil litigation in all levels of Courts
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John Schulmeister
John Schulmeister
John Schulmeister
Attorney
Education:
- Baylor Law School, J.D. 2016
- Austin College (Sherman), 2012 - BA in International Economics and Finance, cum laude
- Allen High School, 2008
Licensed:
- State Bar of Texas, 2016
Past Employer Highlights:
- Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney’s Office, Fort Worth, Texas - Assistant Criminal District Attorney; prosecuted misdemeanor and felony offenses
- Gray Reed LLP, Dallas, Texas - Associate attorney; Contract and deal execution, including purchase agreements, mergers and acquisitions, entity formation agreements, services agreements, employment agreements
- Raytheon Defense Company, McKinney, Texas - Finance Department; Preparation/negotiation of product bids to the U.S. Government
Memberships:
*State Bar of Texas
*Collin County Bar Association, Member with affiliated section memberships:
- Criminal Law
- Estate Planning/Probate
- Juvenile
- Young Lawyers
- Solo/Small Firm
John was born and raised in Allen, Texas, and graduated from Allen High School in 2008. John played Varsity Baseball for the Eagles, and he was named to the All-District Team as an outfielder and pitcher his senior year. John was also an All-Conference selection as an NCAA student-athlete at Austin College in Sherman, Texas. John is passionate about serving the residents and businesses in and around Collin County in the following practice areas:
- Criminal defense
- Probate
- Estate Planning
- Evictions
- Business
Kayla S. Wood
John Schulmeister
John Schulmeister
Attorney
Education:
- Texas Tech University School of Law - J.D. 1999
- Trained Mediator
- The University of Texas at Austin - B.B.A. in International Business, Concentration: Spanish 1996
- Plano Senior High School, 1992
Licensed:
- State Bar of Texas, Attorney 1999
Past Employer Highlights:
- Fraley & Fraley, L.L.P., Dallas, Texas – Senior Associate Attorney; Litigated complex medical malpractice and products liability cases
- Berry, Byrne & Randall, Dallas, Texas – Litigated complex medical malpractice cases
- Editor, Answers Behind the RED DOOR: Battling the Homelessness Epidemic
Memberships:
- Collin County Bar Association
- Collin County Women in the Law
Kayla was born in Dallas, Texas but has lived all over the world, including Saudi Arabia. She eventually settled in Plano where she graduated from high school, then she studied abroad in both Spain and Mexico. She and her family currently reside in Lucas, Texas, but continue to love traveling. She is excited to serve the residents in and around her hometown in the following practice areas:
· Estate Planning
· Probate