 Maureen Kuzik McCutchen
Galveston, Texas
Partner
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(713) 571-4223
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Maureen practices transactional work and general civil litigation, representing individuals, estate/representatives, for-profit and non-profit corporations, charitable foundations, and banks. Her transactional experience includes estate planning, probate, estate administration, trusts, guardianships, real estate, contracts, business law, and oil and gas law. Maureen's litigation experience includes fiduciary litigation, estate litgation, guardianship litigation and commercial litigation. Maureen is certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in Estate Planning and Probate Law.
Prior to joining Mills Shirley in 1993, Maureen served as a briefing attorney for the Honorable Margaret Garner Mirabal of the First Court of Appeals of the State of Texas. She was an adjunct professor with South Texas College of Law, assisting in a pre-trial litigation course. Maureen is active in the community, serving as a member of the Board of Directors of the Rotary Club of Galveston Island, a tennis competition director for Special Olympics Texas, and a sustaining member of the Junior League. Maureen is a past president of the Rotary Club of Galveston Island, past president and former board member of the ADA Women's Center, a past treasurer and former board member of the Junior League of Galveston County, a former board member of the Spanish Grant Civic Association.
- Estate Planning
- Probate and Estate Administration
- Trusts
- Guardianships
- Real Estate
- Contracts
- Business Law
- Oil and Gas
- School Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Personal Injury Defense Litigation
- Professional Malpractice Litigation
- Premises Liability Litigation
- Estate Litigation
- Transactional Work
- General Civil Litigation
- 70% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
- Estate Planning and Probate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization
- Texas, 1992
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas
- University of Houston Law Center, Houston, Texas,
1992
J.D.
- University of Texas, Austin, Texas,
1986
MBA
- Texas A & M, Galveston, Texas,
1984
B.S.
Major: Petroleum Engineering
- The Women's Perspective: Essentials of Estate Planning, University of Texas Medical Branch, Homecoming, 2004
- Wills, Powers of Attorney, and Estate Administration, 2002
- Wills, Powers of Attorney, and Estate Administration, 2001
- Contributor, Texas Association of Defense Council Evidence Newsletter, contributor, 1994-1998, 1994-1998
- Contributor, You've Prepared for the Plaintiffs' Case, But Are You Ready for the Media?, 1998
- Contributor, Legal Liability and Accident Investigations, 1994
- Adjunct Professor, South Texas College of Law,
1993
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1994
- Speaker, The Women's Perspective: Essentials of Estate Planning, University of Texas Medical Branch, Homecoming,
2004
- Speaker, Wills, Powers of Attorney, and Estate Administration,
2002
- Speaker, Wills, Powers of Attorney, and Estate Administration,
2001
- Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation
- Galveston County Bar Association
- Member
- National and Texas Boards Council of School Attorneys
- Member
- Galveston Estate Planning Counsel
- Member
- Texas Association of Defense Counsel
- Member
- Rotary Club of Galveston Island
- Member, Board of Directors
- Junior League of Galveston County
- Member, Board of Directors
- Spanish Grant Civic Association
- Member, Board of Directors
- Special Olympics Texas
- Tennis Competition Director
- ADA Women's Center
- Past President/Former Board Member
- Hon. Margaret Garner Mirabal, First Court of Appeals of the State of Texas, Briefing Attorney,
1991
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1993
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