Practice

Jack Howell is a Member with Sprouse Shrader Smith PLLC and serves on the firm’s Executive Committee.  Jack’s practice focuses on tax law and business organizations, structures, and transactions. Jack focuses on advising affluent families, entrepreneurs, and middle-market, privately held businesses on

• structure
• operation
• transaction
• succession and disposition issues
• the form of business entity and structure of business acquisitions
• private mergers and acquisitions
• and dispositions to minimize federal income tax consequences

Jack also counsels prosperous families and private equity principals on wealth preservation and integrated succession planning, including maximizing wealth through liquidity and diversification.

In additions to affluent families, Jack’s clients include agricultural producers and providers; cattle feeding operations and trade organizations; oil, gas and other mineral exploration, development and production enterprises; alternative energy development and producing operations; ranchers; privately owned investment and insurance advisory services firms; and health-care providers.

Jack is an avid golfer, and he and his wife love to travel.

You can also follow Jack’s Tax Blog: Tax Law and Business Organization Strategy Domain

Practice Areas

• Tax
• Business Organizations
• Business Structures
• Business Transactions
• Non-Profit Organizations
• Wealth Planning & Probate
• Agriculture & Agribusiness
• Oil & Gas
• Corporate & Securities

Certifications / Specializations

Activities / Awards

• Business Law Foundation
• Phi Beta Kappa

Admissions

• Texas State Courts, 1982
• United States Tax Court

Education

• University of Texas School of Law, J.D. with honors, 1982
• University of Texas at Austin, B.A. high honors, 1979

Memberships

• State Bar of Texas (Past Chair, Partnerships and Real Estate Committee of the Tax Section)
• Amarillo Area Bar Association
• Amarillo Area Estate Planning Council
• American Bar Association (Taxation Section)
• Texas Cattle Feeders Association (Finance and Tax Committee)
• National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (Tax and Credits Committee)
• Business Law Foundation
• Austin Bar Association