Attorney Joel Sawyer, Bakutis, McCully & Sawyer, P.C., Fort Worth, Texas

Joel T. Sawyer
Fort Worth, Texas

Managing Shareholder
phone	817-335-2208
fax	817-332-6532
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Joel T. Sawyer, native Texan; admitted to bar, 1987, Texas. Preparatory education: Texas A & M University (B.S., cum laude, 1984); legal education, Baylor University (J.D., 1987); New York University (LL.M., 1988). Board Certified, Estate Planning and Probate Law and Taxation Law; Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 1994. Fraternity: Delta Theta Phi. Member: State Bar of Texas; American Bar Association; Tarrant County Bar Association; Tarrant County Probate Bar Association; Tarrant County Estate Planning Bar Association; Fort Worth Business and Estate Counsel.

Areas of Practice:: 50% Estate Planning & Business Entities; 30% Estate Administration, Probate, and Guardianships; 10% Tax Related Matters; 5% Probate Litigation; 5% Oil & Gas

Certification/Specialties:: Estate Planning & Probate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 1994

Bar Admissions:: Texas, 1987

Education:: New York University School of Law, New York, New York, 1988
Major: Masters in Law (Taxation); Baylor University School of Law, Waco, Texas, 1987
J.D.; Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas, 1984
B.S.
Honors: Cum Laude
Honors: Dean's List

Professional Associations and Memberships:: State Bar of Texas, 1987 - Present; Member; Tarrant County Bar Association, 1987 - Present; Member; Tarrant County Probate Bar Association, 1995 - Present; Member; Tarrant County Bar, Tax and Estate Planning Section, 2000 - Present; Member; American Bar Association, 1997 - Present; Member; Texas Ballet Theater, Director, 2000; Past President, V.P. & Management; Fort Worth Opera Association, 1997 - 1999, 2005 - Present; Director; Fort Worth Business & Estate Council, 2000 - Present; Member; Jewel Charity Ball, Inc. - Board Member 2009; Chair - Men's Committee 2007-2009

Past Employment Positions:: Cantey & Hanger, LLP, Associate Attorney, 1988 - 1995

Fraternities/Sororities:: Phi Gamma Delta

The probate process serves the vital purpose of ensuring that assets of an individual's estate are properly distributed to creditors, heirs and beneficiaries...

Bakutis, McCully & Sawyer, P.C.
500 W. Seventh Street, Suite 725
Fort Worth, TX 76102
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The Fort Worth estate planning attorneys and probate lawyers at Bakutis, McCully & Sawyer, P.C. advise North Texas clients about wills and trusts, real estate transactions, business formation, probate administration and litigation, and marital property. Our wills and trusts lawyers serve clients in the Fort Worth-Dallas Metroplex, Tarrant County, Johnson County, Hood County, Parker County, Denton County, Wise County, Bosque County, Jack County, Hill County, Fort Worth, Dallas, Southlake, Colleyville, Arlington, Burleson, Granbury, Cleburne, Jacksboro, Hillsboro, Grandview, Bridgeport, and Weatherford, Texas.