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Estate Planning & Elder Law · Texas

Modern estate planning and elder law for life’s transitions.

When aging, caregiving, inheritance, a business, or another major life change creates complicated decisions, Legacy Design Law PLLC helps you understand your options, protect what matters, and move forward with confidence.

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How we can help

Four ways we help you plan

Estate Planning

Your estate plan should do more than distribute assets after you’re gone. It should protect the people you love, preserve your choices, and give your family a framework for the decisions ahead.

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Elder Law

Aging brings legal, financial, healthcare and family decisions that grow more complex over time, including long-term care, Medicaid and special needs planning. We help you plan ahead instead of reacting in a crisis.

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Business Continuity & Legacy Planning

Your business is part of your legacy. We help owners make sure someone has the authority, the information and the plan to keep the business running if you can’t.

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Life Transitions

Major life changes often bring major legal decisions. We guide you through inheritance, widowhood, divorce, retirement, caregiving and other significant changes.

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Our approach

Planning with Clarity, Confidence & Control

Estate planning isn’t just about creating documents. It’s about making the best decisions for your circumstances.

Clarity

Understand your options, identify the decisions that matter, and make sense of what comes next.

Confidence

Make informed decisions with careful legal guidance tailored to your circumstances.

Control

Put a plan in place that protects your choices and gives your family a clearer path forward.

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Meet Monique Gonzalez

An attorney who understands that planning is about people, not just documents.

Monique Gonzalez, J.D., M.L.I.S., is the founder and managing attorney of Legacy Design Law PLLC and has been licensed in Texas since 2003. A former law school administrator and professor, she has built her career around helping people make sense of complex information. She speaks to business, community and professional audiences and writes about planning for families, caregivers and business owners.

When you work with Legacy Design Law PLLC, you work directly with Monique.

Texas attorney since 2003 Law professor & educator Speaker & author
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Is your legacy ready for what comes next?

You don’t have to wait for a crisis to discover what’s missing from your plan. The free Digital Legacy Inventory walks you through your accounts, documents, digital assets and wishes, so you and your family know what’s in place and what needs attention.

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Ready to start planning?

You don’t need all the answers before you begin. That’s what the planning process is for.

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