Business and Corporate Law

• Business Disputes
  Scott Hively is an associate at Jeffrey W. Burnett PLLC. While Scott’s practice is primarily focused on estate planning and probate matters, Scott is also highly involved in the firm’s real estate, lending, and business law practice areas.
• Business Transactions

Property Law

• Real Estate Litigation
  Before joining Jeffrey W. Burnett PLLC, Scott completed an internship with the consumer, probate, and housing (real estate) departments of a legal aid service for indigent clients. Scott also has experience working as an intern in a City Attorney’s office, assisting with municipal and real estate matters where the law intersects with local government.
• Real Estate Transactions

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
  You do not need a trust to avoid probate with respect to your Texas real estate! While a trust can be a great estate planning tool in certain circumstances, the time and expense involved with setting up and maintaining a trust can be avoided if the only assets to be placed in the trust consist of Texas real estate.
• Wills
  Unlike a Trust, a Will is the only document (at least in Texas) that effectively reaches out to the world and ensures that every asset you own will pass according to your wishes. For this reason, those with Trusts often use their Will as a “Pour Over” will—to serve as a safety net to catch all assets that slip through the cracks and “pour over” such assets into the Trust. However, this still requires both a Will and probate!
• Probate