Our People
ATTORNEYS:
Bethann Eccles
PARTNER
BIO
Bethann is Board Certified in Estate Planning and Probate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. She works on income tax issues affecting individuals, estates, and trusts and trust creation, funding, and estate administration.
EDUCATION
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Texas Tech University (J.D., cum laude, May 1995)
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Austin College (B.A., 1992)
PROFESSIONAL LICENSES
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Attorney at Law, Texas, 1995
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Certified Public Accountant, 1999 (Top Ten Award)
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Texas Board of Legal Specialization, Estate Planning and Probate, Board Certified
CREDENTIALS
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Prior President of the Estate Planning & Probate Section of the Austin Bar Association
JoAnne Wallace McIntosh
PARTNER
BIO
JoAnne McIntosh assists clients with all of their estate planning needs, ranging from those who just need simple wills and trusts to others requiring extremely complex tax planning. Her tax planning practice includes advising business owners, especially with business succession planning. Her practice also encompasses guiding clients through the probate process including fiduciary litigation.
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In addition to her estate planning and probate practice, JoAnne McIntosh has over 20 years experience working on federal tax issues affecting individuals, trusts, corporations, partnerships, and charitable entities. She represents both individual and corporate clients in both civil and criminal federal tax matters in U.S. District Court, U.S Tax Court and administrative proceedings with the IRS. Immediately after law school, JoAnne clerked for the late Honorable Judge John H. Hannah, Jr., chief judge of the U.S. Eastern District Court of Texas. She is a licensed CPA and worked at KPMG Peat Marwick in Austin, prior to attending law school.
EDUCATION
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University of Texas School of Law (J.D., May 1996)
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University College London (Faculty of Laws Affiliate Student, Fall 1995)
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University of Texas at Austin (Master in Professional Accounting, May 1991)
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University of Texas at Austin (Bachelor of Business Administration, with honors, May 1991)
PROFESSIONAL LICENSES
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Attorney at Law, Texas, 1996
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Certified Public Accountant, 1993
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Texas Board of Legal Specialization, Estate Planning and Probate, Board Certified
CREDENTIALS
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Prior President of the Estate Planning & Probate Section of the Austin Bar Association
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Admitted to practice in the U.S. Tax Court, the U.S. District Courts of the Western, Eastern, Southern and Northern Districts of Texas
Neha Paymaster
ASSOCIATE
BIO
Neha Paymaster is an associate attorney at Eccles & McIntosh, PC. She joined Eccles & McIntosh in 2016.
Her practice is focused on Estate Planning, Probate, Trusts and Guardianship. Neha assists clients in drafting Wills, Trusts, Disability Documents, Marital Agreements and Family Settlement Agreements. She aids clients through the probate process and helps them navigate their role as the personal representative of an estate. She works with both Dependent and Independent Administrations. Neha is certified to handle guardianship cases in Texas. She works with clients to determine when a guardianship is necessary and assists guardians in fulfilling their duties as guardian of the estate and/or person. Neha also serves as an Attorney ad Litem on Heirship and Guardianship cases in Travis County.
Neha is currently serving as the Secretary of the Estate Planning & Probate Section of the Austin Bar Association. She also serves on the Board of the Travis County Women Lawyer’s Association as the Publicity Co-Chair and is a committee member of the Travis County Women Lawyers’ Association Mentor/Mentee Program. Neha is a member of the Junior League of Austin, Business Networking International and the Austin Young Lawyers Association
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EDUCATION
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Baylor University Law School (J.D., May 2015)
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University of California, Santa Barbara (Bachelor of Science, 2010)
PROFESSIONAL LICENSES
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Attorney at Law, Texas, 2015
SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS:
Jacob Heidenreich
Legal Assistant
BIO
Jacob Heidenreich joined Eccles & McIntosh PC, in 2015 as the firm's legal assistant. Jacob works with all the attorneys at Eccles & McIntosh to make sure we deliver quality results to our clients. He interacts with the clients to ensure that their needs are met in a timely and pleasant manner.
EDUCATION
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Texas A&M University (Bachelor of Arts, 2014)