Todd A. Kraft
Mr. Kraft's practice concentrates on tax planning for closely-held businesses and individuals and estate and income tax controversy. His practice involves all aspects of business tax planning from entity formation and acquisitions through wealth transfers and estate planning. Mr. Kraft is Board Certified in Tax Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.
Before attending New York University, he was a law clerk to the Honorable Senior Judge Paul Benson, U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota.
Mr. Kraft was admitted to practice in Texas in 1993.
Education
- LL.M. in Taxation, New York University, 1998
- Graduate Editor, NYU Tax Law Review
- J.D., University of Texas School of Law, with honors, 1993
- Published, Columbia Business Law Review
- B.A., University of Texas at Austin, with honors, 1989
- National Merit Scholar
- Phi Beta Kappa
Bar Admissions
- State Bar of Texas
- State Bar of Minnesota (Inactive)
- State Bar of North Dakota (Inactive)
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Northern District of Texas
- Southern District of Texas
- United States Court of Federal Claims
- United States Tax Court
Professional Associations and Memberships
- American Bar Association
- State Bar of Texas
- Dallas Bar Association
- Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit
Honors and Awards
- Texas Super Lawyer, Texas Monthly and Law and Politics Magazine, 2009 and 2011
- Texas Rising Star, Texas Monthly and Law and Politics Magazine, 2005 through 2007
2010 Publications and Speaking Engagements
- Texas Bank and Trust Seminar, Tyler and Longview – 5/12/10 and 5/26/10
- Central Texas Chapter/TSCPA CPE Expo, Waco – 5/20/10
- East Texas Chapter/TSCPA CPE Expo, Tyler – 5/24/10
- Panhandle Chapter/TSCPA Tax Institute, Amarillo – 8/25/10
- Tarrant County Bar Association, The Affordable Healthcare Act: Cost Control, Coverage or Catastrophe, Fort Worth – 10/22/10
- Meadows Collier Taxation Conference, Dallas – 10/26/10
2009 Publications and Speaking Engagements
- "Tax Breaks for Business in the Stimulus Legislation", Texas Lawyer, Volume 25, Number 15, July 13, 2009
- East Texas Chapter/TSCPA CE Expo, Nacogdoches – 9/18/09
- DFK/USA Multidiscipline Conference, Ft. Worth – 10/22/09
- 11th Annual Meadows Collier Taxation Conference, Dallas – 10/27/09
- Permian Basin Chapter/TSCPA CE Expo, Odessa – 11/6/09
- The McLennan Community College Foundation Fifth Annual Tax Institute, Waco – 11/10/09
