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Thomas’ clients look
to him for advice to help them achieve their vision for their
families and land. Farmers, ranchers, other landowners and
conservation organizations all benefit from his innovative
and versatile solutions to various estate and land-use planning
issues. A careful listener and skilled negotiator, Thomas
helps clients securely provide for themselves and their loved
ones.
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Education
and Honors
- Doctor of Jurisprudence (with Honors),
Creighton University School of Law, Omaha, Nebraska, 1992
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Admissions/Memberships
- Admitted to practice in Nebraska, Colorado
and Texas
- Member of The College of the State Bar
of Texas-honor society chartered by the Supreme Court
- Member of Texas Real Estate, Probate
and Trust Law Sections
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Experience
- Private-practice attorney since 1992,
specializing primarily in estate planning, conservation
easements, real estate, probate and nonprofit corporation
law.
- Counseled clients on planning for the
future with comprehensive estate-planning strategies.
- Assisted clients with asset protection
and business-succession planning.
- Represented rural landowners in negotiating
complex conservation transactions with government agencies
and land trusts.
- Founder and President of International
Media & Marketing Consultants
- Highly trained mediator with broad expertise,
including federal and municipal mediation, employment, environmental,
family law issues, and organizational and strategic planning.
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Client
Services
- Estate Planning
- Planning Wills and Trusts
- Securing Conservation Easements
- Limiting Your Liabilities
- Buying and Selling Rural Land
- Working with Land Trusts
- Working with Nonprofits
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Community
Involvement
- Led the effort to establish the Crestone/Baca
Land Trust in Crestone, Colorado, and served as volunteer
legal counsel to the land trust
- President, Crestone Charter School Governing
Council
- Mediator, Metro Mediation, Omaha
- Community organizer, Omaha
- Educational Seminar Presenter —
estate planning, end-of-life decision-making, conservation
issues
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Personal
Thomas came to practice law
later in life, following many years as an entrepreneur and
businessman. He also served as an Adjunct Professor of Theology
in the Christian Spirituality Program at Creighton University,
where he lectured in contemplative practices and the mystical
tradition. Thomas, his wife, Colleen, and their four children
enjoyed the mountains of Colorado for many years, but in 2004,
chose to make the move to scenic Wimberley, Texas, where they
continue to relish a rural lifestyle.
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