Gary L. Maddux

Gary L. Maddux is an Oklahoma attorney at Barber & Bartz A Professional Corporation, whose practice focuses primarily on estate planning, with additional work involving business law and tax matters. His practice includes business organizations, mergers and acquisitions, transition and succession planning, state and federal taxation, wills, trusts, and asset protection. He began his legal career in private practice before moving into corporate roles involving mergers and acquisitions, general counsel work, and financial leadership. He later returned to private practice with an emphasis on estate planning and business matters.

Maddux earned a B.S. from Oklahoma State University. He later received a J.D. from the University of Tulsa College of Law. He then earned an LL.M. in Estate Planning and Taxation from Southern Methodist University Law School. His academic training combined legal education with advanced study focused on estate planning and taxation.

Maddux advises clients on simple and complex wills, trusts, tax-sensitive planning, private foundations, business succession, asset protection, and trust administration. His work extends to fiduciary consulting and representation, business organizations, mergers and acquisitions, and state and federal tax matters. His profile states that his practice is primarily focused on estate planning, including helping high-net-worth clients structure tax-conscious plans. He works with clients seeking estate plans designed around family objectives, business interests, and long-term financial considerations.

Gary L. Maddux is admitted to practice in Oklahoma and has maintained Certified Public Accountant status since 1978. He has taught as an adjunct professor in the University of Tulsa Masters of Tax Program for 15 years. His teaching has covered corporate taxation, estate and gift taxation, and corporate mergers and acquisitions. He continues to draw on legal, tax, business, and accounting experience when advising clients on estate planning and related business matters.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Barber & Bartz A Professional Corporation
• Member, Oklahoma Bar Association
• Member, Tulsa County Bar Association
• Member, Oklahoma Society of Certified Public Accounts
• Member, American Institute of Certified Public Accounts

Licensed State

• Oklahoma

Education

• Southern Methodist University Law School
  LL.M. in Estate Planning & Taxation
• University of Tulsa College of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Oklahoma State University
  Bachelor of Science

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