Brenda Vassaur Taylor
Principal

As an estate planning and business attorney of nearly 28 years, I have gained valuable skills, which serve to provide helpful guidance to my clients in their estate, business, and tax planning. However, as a daughter, wife, and mother of four children (ages 16 - 23), I am able to bring to the table for my clients a level of understanding often overlooked among professional advisors. My life experience, both professional and personal, all assist me in understanding and helping my clients.



Little know fact: Brenda home schooled her children for over seven years, teaching three of the four to read...

Areas of Practice
 Estate Planning
 Business Law
 Tax Planning
 Legal Ethics/Prof Responsibility
 Family Law - General
 Business Organizations
 Probate and Estate
 Labor
 Real Estate Law

Litigation Percentage
 10% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions
 Arkansas, 1978
 U.S. District Court Eastern District of Arkansas, 1979

Education
 Southern Methodist University School of Law, Dallas, Texas, 1979
L.L.M. (Taxation)
Major: Tax
 University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law, Little Rock, Arkansas, 1978
J.D.
Honors: With Honors
 Baylor University, Waco, Texas, 1975
B.B.A.
Honors: Fraternity for Accounting
Honors: With Honors
Major: Accounting

Classes/Seminars Taught
 Arkansas Women In Agriculture, 2005
 Arkansas Women In Agriculture, 2006
 Continuing Legal Education--Medicaid & Elder Law Planning, 2005
 Washington County Extension Service, 2005
 Pope County Extension Service, 1998
 NWA CPA's, 2005
 NWA CPA's, 2006
 ARK WIT, 2005

Professional Associations and Memberships
 Estate Planning Council of SE Arkansas, 1980 - 1984
Officer/Founding Member
 BSF, Pine Bluff, 1986 - 1995
Participant/Leader
 BSF, Fayetteville, 2004 - Present
Participant/Leader
 VBS, 1987 - 1995
Co-Director
 Christian Heritage Week of Ark., 1994 - 1995
Exec. Director
 UM General Conference, 1994 - 1995
Alternate Delegate
 Eagle Forum of Arkansas, 1997 - 2001
Director
 Healthy Connections, Inc., 1999 - 2003
Board Member
 Arkansas Baptist Foundation, 2005 - Present
Board Member
 Jones Center For Families, 2006 - Present
Board Member
 American Bar Association
 Arkansas Bar Association
 Washington County Bar Association
 Christian Legal Society
 Wealth Counsel, LLC
 National Association of Elder Law Attorneys
 National Committee on Planned Giving
 NW Arkansas Estate Planning Council

Past Employment Positions
 Bridges Law Firm, Associate, 1979 - 1985

Pro Bono Activities
 Wabbaseka United Methodist Church, 1980 - 1995
 Arkansas Youth Leadership Summit, Inc., 1992 - 1994
 Eagle Forum of Arkansas, Inc., 1996 - 2001
 Christian Heritage Week of Arkansas, 1994 - 1995
 Mena Football League, Inc., 1998 - 2000
 Healthy Connections, Inc., 1999 - 2003
 Grace Bible Church, 1997 - 2003
 Arkansas Women in Agriculture, Inc., 2006 - Present

Birth Information
 1953 - Pine Bluff, Arkansas