Adair Melinsky Buckner

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Adair M. Buckner, Attorney at Law

Experience: 47 years

Employment Law, Estate Planning, Probate and 2 others

Texas and 5th Circuit

Awards 1

Experience 47y

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Adair M. Buckner, an experienced estate planning and probate attorney, can help you create an estate plan that will protect everything you’ve worked hard for and cherish. She understands that the death of a loved one is an emotional and stressful time for you and your family. During this time, you deserve to partner with a probate attorney you can rely on. Adair will make the process as easy as possible.

Adair can provide dependable legal guidance to advise you on business and commercial law matters such as incorporations, partnerships, contracts, financing, and more.

Adair offers insight into Texas real estate laws. For more than 40 years, she has represented Amarillo and Texas Panhandle residents as buyers, sellers, lessors, lessees, and in financing real estate purchases.

Ms. Buckner works ONLY with business managers and owners, advising them on employment law issues, to formulate policies, write employment contracts, manage problem employees, respond to claims or charges, and generally try to stay out of court.

Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice

Texas

Since 1976

5th Circuit

Since 1999

Professional Experience

2013 - Current

Adair M. Buckner, Attorney at Law

Owner

2011 - 2013

Buckner & Cross, L.L.P.

Partner

Substantial practice on employer's side in employment law--consultation, policy and procedure drafting, responding to charges and investigations, and litigation. Estate planning and probate and business law.

2008 - 2010

Buckner & Cross, P.C.

Director/Shareholder

1988 - 2007

Brown & Fortunato, P.C.

Attorney

1984 - 1988

Buckner, Lara & Swindell. L.L.P.

Partner

1979 - 1984

Adair Buckner, Attorney

Sole Practicioner

1976 - 1978

Whittenburg Law Firm

Partner

Education

1976

Texas Tech School of Law

Doctor of Jurisprudence/Juris Doctor (J.D.)

Honors: With High Honors

Awards

year - Adair Melinsky Buckner

Career Achievement Award

Amarillo Women's Network

Contacts

new office 301 S. Polk Suite 422 Amarillo TX 79101 Telephone: (806) 220-0150

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Dangers Of Calling An Employee An Independent Contractor - Employment Law Tips 3

Classifying an employee as an independent contractor may seem like a good idea at first. After all, your company will save money on employee benefits, overtime pay and taxes. But if you get caught misclassifying your employee as an independent contractor, and you eventually will, the amount of time, hassle and trouble you incur will far outweigh the initial benefits.

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Avoid These Employment Law Mistakes - Part Two

An employee handbook should be a top legal priority for every employer. Learn how this important document can save you time, money and hassle down the road.

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One of The Top Employment Mistakes is Falsely Classifying Your Employees

As an experienced employment law attorney, Adair Buckner has seen plenty of mistakes made by Texas employers. One of the most common mistakes is falsely classifying your employees as either salary employees or contract workers when they should actually be an hourly employee. Saving money now on employee payroll may cost your company big time in the long run. It is always better to do things correctly the first time around.

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Top 4 Reasons You Should Consider Developing a Living Trust

Adair Buckner, Amarillo Estate Planning Attorney, reviews the top four reasons a family or individual should develop a living trust.

1. Own real estate or mineral interest in several different states or counties.
2. Own mineral interest in a number of different counties within Texas.
3. Have a large estate(s), $5 million per person or more.
4. Have a special business or property ownership interest.

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The Importance of Estate Planning When Multiple Marriages & Step Families Exist

When second or third marriages exist & step families are involved, it is extremely important that you create and establish your estate plan before it is too late. If you do not identify exactly how you wish for your estate to be distributed, the state will take the matter into it's own hands - which is not how most families wish to distribute their estate.

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What To Consider When Creating Your Estate Plan

The key elements of an estate plan include: Will with possible trusts, statutory durable power of attorney, medical power of attorney and living will.

Adair M. Buckner is an estate planning & probate attorney located in Amarillo, Texas.

www.adairbuckner.com

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Experience: 47 years

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Phone: (806) 220-0150

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Practice Areas

Employment Law

Employee Benefits, Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, ERISA, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination

Estate Planning

Guardianship & Conservatorship Estate Administration, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills

Probate

Probate Administration, Probate Litigation, Will Contests

Real Estate Law

Commercial Real Estate, Condominiums, Easements, Eminent Domain, Homeowners Association, Land Use & Zoning, Mortgages, Neighbor Disputes, Residential Real Estate, Water Law

Business Law

Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes

Languages

English

Certifications

Labor and Employment Law

Texas State Bar

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