ROSEMARY SULLIVAN rosemary@collinsostrom.com             512-450-8116

Experience

Of Counsel, Collins Ostrom, Austin, Texas
January 2008 – Present

Attorney, State Farm Insurance Company, Houston, Texas
1999-2008
 
Shareholder (1997-1999); Associate (1989-1997), Griggs & Harrison, P.C., Houston, Texas

Practice Includes:

Helping business owners, executives, professionals, couples, and individuals to design wealth transfer and succession plans that minimize gift, estate, inheritance and generation-skipping taxes;
 
Facilitating lifetime and testamentary charitable giving;
 
Devising strategies to fund the costs of education for family members and to assist them during their formative years;
 
Counseling clients on medical and health care arrangements for themselves and family members;
 
Representing clients in connection with contested and uncontested estate administration.

Licenses and Admissions

• State Bar of Texas – all courts

Education

• J.D., The University of Texas at Austin School of Law, 1989
  
• B.A. in Political Science, The University of Houston, 1986
  

Professional Memberships

• Houston Bar Association Estate Planning and Probate Section
  
• State Bar of Texas Real Estate, Probate, and Trust Section

Community Involvement

• Christ the King Episcopal Church, Atascocita, Texas            
  
  • Vestry member (2009-present)
    
  • Daughters of the King member (2007-present)
  • Altar Guild member (2004-present)
  • Member/Volunteer (1994-present)
    
• Interfaith Hospitality Network, Humble Area
  
  • Board member (1998-2001) 
  • Volunteer (1998-2005)
    
• Oak Forest Elementary School, Atascocita, Texas
  
  • Volunteer gardener (February 2008-present)
    
• Humble Area Assistance Ministries, Humble, Texas
  
  • Trustee (2008-present)