Cook Brooks Johnson

Cook Brooks Johnson PLLC is a law firm dedicated to providing integrated tax, business, real estate, and estate planning legal representation to individuals and their businesses. Our attorneys are all accredited professionals with more than 50 years of combined experience in domestic and international taxation, business law, real estate law, estate planning, tax controversies, and trust and estate administration. Our various fields of expertise and experience allow us to provide comprehensive planning and solutions to client problems.

Our Services

We offer a wide range of services including taxation, business transactions, real estate transactions, and estate planning. In the area of taxation, we advise clients with respect to federal and state tax matters, including tax litigation, tax planning for business transactions, advising clients on the tax implications of corporate acquisitions, partnership formation and restructuring transactions. We also assist clients in tax controversies with the Internal Revenue Service and the Texas Comptroller.

Taxation Services

Our taxation services include tax litigation, tax planning for business transactions, advising clients on tax implications of corporate acquisitions, partnership formation and restructuring, and representing clients in tax controversies. We have extensive experience in tax litigation, handling numerous administrative appeals each year and have tried federal tax cases in the United States Tax Court, the Federal District Court, and handled appeals in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Business and Real Estate Services

In the area of business transactions, we assist clients with the formation of business entities, structuring and re-structuring of joint ventures, buying and selling businesses and business interests, and succession planning. For real estate transactions, we provide advice and counsel to developers and owners in commercial real estate transactions and parties in real estate workouts.

Estate Planning Services

Our estate planning services include representing individuals and families in connection with their domestic and international tax, estate planning, and asset protection needs. We design and implement strategies to address cross-border estate and tax planning for multinational families with U.S. investments or beneficiaries, and we represent both individuals and fiduciaries with regard to the administration of foreign and domestic trusts and decedent's estates.