Michael Allison Weaver
Saunders Walsh & Beard
I am Michael A. Weaver, a corporate transactions, estate planning, employment, and technology attorney with a Martindale Hubble 5.0 AV Rating, and I have been practicing law for the past 30 years. In 2020, I expanded my practice areas to include Wills, Trusts & Estate Planning about five years ago and currently serve clients at Saunders, Walsh & Beard in McKinney, Texas.
When it comes to estate planning, I often recommend a Living Trust over a Will for several significant reasons, depending on the estate's size and complexity. My legal career includes extensive experience as an in-house general counsel and as an attorney in private practice. My focus areas have been corporate transactions, technology licensing, IT contracts, business law, and M&A activities for privately owned companies. Over these years, I have also held the role of in-house general counsel for various clients, including a large Texas-based staffing company and a start-up cybersecurity technology company that was successfully sold.
My experience extends to drafting and negotiating middle market and large syndicated secured commercial loans involving various assets such as real estate and equipment, along with intellectual property, software, hardware, and IT consulting contracts. Additionally, I have managerial experience from my time as the Operations Director & Vice President of Chase PULSE. In this role, I managed all performance and regulatory compliance aspects of the IT division, overseeing 25 employees and handling the outsourced Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) Services relationship between JP Morgan Chase Bank and the PULSE EFT Association.
- Intellectual Property
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Real Estate Law
- Commercial Real Estate, Condominiums, Homeowners Association
- Securities Law
- Estate Planning
- Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills
- Employment Law
- Employment Contracts
- Texas
- State Bar of Texas
- ID Number: 21010690
- Partner
- Saunders Walsh & Beard
- - Current
- Michael A. Weaver has been a Martindale Hubble 5.0 AV Rated corporate transactions, employment and technology attorney for the past 30 years. In 2020 Michael added Wills, Trusts & Estate Planning to his practice and is currently in private practice at the firm of Saunders, Walsh & Beard in McKinney, Texas. Depending on the estate size and complexity, Michael usually recommends a Living Trust over a Will as the foundational estate planning tool for many important reasons. He has extensive legal experience as an in-house general counsel and an attorney in private practice focusing on corporate transactions, technology licensing and related IT contracts, business law and M&A activities for privately owned companies. Over the last 30 years, Michael has served as in-house general counsel for a variety of clients, including a large Texas based staffing company and a start-up cyber security technology company which was sold. Mr. Weaver has experience drafting and negotiating middle market a
- South Texas College of Law
- Doctor of Jurisprudence/Juris Doctor (J.D.)
- Texas State Bar  # 21010690
- Member
- - Current