Glenn Karisch
Glenn Karisch concentrates his practice in estate planning, probate and trust law. Glenn provides quality, caring and personal service to his clients. He is known as a "go-to" lawyer, not only for traditional estate planning, probate and trust services, but also for unusual and difficult trust, planning, administrative or litigation problems. Many of his clients are referred by other probate lawyers around the state because of his acknowledged expertise in handling out-of-the-ordinary cases.
Glenn is certified in Estate Planning and Probate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and has been elected as a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. Glenn is the past chair of the 9,000-member Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section of the State Bar of Texas. He chaired the subcommittee of REPTL that was responsible for writing the Texas Uniform Prudent Investor Act and the Texas Uniform Principal and Income Act in 1999 - 2002, then he worked to pass that legislation in 2003 as chair of REPTL's probate legislation committee. He is an expert on "the two UPIAs" and wrote The UPIA Handbook.
Glenn has followed probate, guardianship and trust legislation and published a legislative update for every Texas legislative session since 1997. Since 2005 his analysis of new legislation has appeared in O'Connor's Texas Probate Code Plus and Texas Estates Code Plus. He has written on legal topics and spoken extensively at advanced legal education courses for attorneys on estate planning, probate and trust topics. Topics include modifying and terminating trusts, problems with multi-party bank and brokerage accounts, drafting estate planning documents which protect the surviving spouse, disclaimers, and understanding and implementing the Uniform Prudent Investor Act and the Uniform Principal and Income Act. He is the owner and sponsor of The Texas Probate Website (texasprobate.com) and the Texas Probate email mailing list for attorneys. He also serves as mediator of estate and trust disputes and as an expert witness on estate, probate and trust issues.
Glenn is past president of the Board of Trustees of the Austin Waldorf School, where his four children were educated. He is the former chair of the Austin Bar Association's Estate Planning and Probate Section and he has served on the boards of the Estate Planning Council of Central Texas and the local chapter of the National Committee on Planned Giving. He and his wife, Suzanne, are members of First United Methodist Church of Austin.
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