Our Team

Erin is Board Certified in Estate Planning and Probate law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and a member of the College of the State Bar. She comes from a large and complex family and so she has focused her practice in estate planning where she can assist clients with difficult issues or situations with unique, custom “solution planning” using wills, trusts, business entities or family limited partnerships.

The firm also does probate and estate administrations, elder law, asset protection for high net worth individuals, LG planning, business formation and business succession planning. She is a teacher and frequent lecturer in these areas. Besides the state and district courts in which she appears, in 2007 she was admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States.

Community Involvement

Erin frequently donates her time and legal experience to charities and foundations which benefit women and children in need. She provided the legal work for With Nici’s Heart Foundation, a charity founded for children with catastrophic illnesses including transplant recipients, DSF-Dream a Dream Therapeutic Horsemanship, a foundation for teaching children with special needs to ride horses and LTLOV, a foundation for women and children in need.

Erin also volunteers with Volunteer Legal Services, SafePlace and is active in other volunteer service organizations. She is a member of the Louisiana State Bar Association, the State Bar of Texas, Travis County Women Lawyer’s Association, Dell Children’s Hospital Women’s Trust, Community Advisory Board of the Lakeway Regional Hospital, Austin Women’s Chamber of Commerce, Lake Travis Chamber of Commerce, the Estate Planning Council of Central Texas, the Estate and Probate sections of the respective Bar Associations, she chairs the Texas Forum and she is active in a variety of community and national activities including the Komen Foundation Race for the Cure and the American Heart Association.

Education and Personal

She earned her B.S. and J.D. at Louisiana State University. Geaux Tigers! She has 3 children, 4 horses, a variety of dogs, cats, chickens and exotic birds. When she is not reading, gardening, riding or with her family, she loves to travel.

Practice Area:

Estate Planning and Probate

Education:

J.D.- Baylor University School of Law, Waco, TX, 1982

Law Review: Associate Editor, Baylor Law Review, 1981 – 1982

B.B.A. – Baylor University, Waco, Texas, 1980

Honors: Magna Cum Laude

Employment History:

Potter, Minton, Tyler, Texas, 1982 – 1986

Ireland, Carroll & Kelley, P.C., Tyler, Texas, 1986 – 2001

Michael G. Carroll, P.C., Austin, Texas – Present

Professional Associations and Memberships:

State Bar of Texas, Member Bar

Real Estate and Probate Section of State Bar