High Net Worth Business, Trust & Estate Planning Attorneys
Private Client Services — Texas

A high net worth estate planning attorney designs strategies for families whose estates approach or exceed the federal estate tax exemption (~$13.99M per person in 2025, scheduled to sunset in 2026). Continuum Counsel's high net worth estate planning attorney practice in Frisco, Texas includes dynasty trusts, irrevocable life insurance trusts (ILITs), GRATs, intentionally defective grantor trusts (IDGTs), charitable remainder trusts, family limited partnerships, and pre-liquidity-event planning. Led by Darryl V. Pratt — dual-licensed Attorney + CPA — the firm coordinates legal structure with tax strategy in a single engagement.

A high net worth business attorney advises founders, owners, and executives with significant equity or closely-held business interests on entity structuring, buy-sell agreements, pre-exit planning, M&A, and succession. Continuum Counsel's high net worth business attorney practice in Frisco, Texas serves owners approaching a major liquidity event (sale, recapitalization, IPO, RSU vest), physicians with multi-location practices, franchisees with multi-unit portfolios, and family-owned enterprises planning generational transition. Work is coordinated with the client's estate plan and asset-protection structure through the Pinnacle Protection Plan™.

A high net worth trust attorney drafts and administers advanced trust structures designed to preserve wealth across generations, minimize estate and transfer tax exposure, and protect assets from future creditors and divorce. Continuum Counsel's high net worth trust attorney practice in Frisco, Texas drafts and funds Texas dynasty trusts (up to 300 years), irrevocable trusts (ILIT, GRAT, IDGT, CRT/CLT, SLAT), directed trusts, and multi-generational family trusts. The firm coordinates with institutional trustees, CPAs, and financial advisors as a unified fiduciary team.

Consider engaging Continuum Counsel's high net worth practice if any of the following apply: (1) Total net worth approaches or exceeds $7M individual or $14M couple; (2) you are planning a business sale, recapitalization, IPO, or significant equity event in the next 12-60 months; (3) you hold concentrated equity such as RSUs, stock options, founders shares, or private-company equity; (4) you own multiple real-estate properties, a closely-held business, or family-enterprise interests; (5) you expect an inheritance or sudden-wealth event; or (6) you are an international client with US assets and cross-border planning needs.

Three differences matter most for high net worth clients: (1) Dual-licensure — Darryl V. Pratt is both a licensed Texas Attorney and a Certified Public Accountant, so every estate, business, and trust strategy is designed with simultaneous legal and tax optimization rather than handed off between two firms; (2) Direct attorney access — Private Client Services clients work directly with the attorney, not through paralegals or a staff gatekeeping queue; (3) Integrated Pinnacle Protection Plan™ — business succession, estate plan, asset protection, and trust structures are coordinated in a single engagement so they reinforce rather than contradict each other.

Comprehensive high net worth estate plans at Continuum Counsel typically range from $7,500 to $25,000 or more depending on structure complexity, number of entities, coordination requirements with CPAs and wealth managers, and whether advanced tools (ILIT, GRAT, IDGT, SLAT, FLP, dynasty trust) are included. Standalone services such as a buy-sell agreement for a closely-held business typically start at $3,500. All engagements begin with a confidential, no-obligation strategy session — call (888) 517-4575 or visit https://continuumcounsel.com/schedule.