Ridout & Dawson, PLLC
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
ATTORNEYS
EDUCATION
University of Texas (J.D., 1981)
University of Texas (B.B.A., Summa Cum Laude, 1978)
BAR LOCATION
Texas
Admittance: 1981
CREDENTIALS:
Beta Gamma Sigma; Beta Alpha Psi; Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Eta Sigma. Member: Houston Bar Association (Probate, Trust & Estate Section); State Bar of Texas (Taxation Section, Real Estate, Probate & Trust Section); American Bar Association (Taxation Section, Real Property, Probate & Trust Section); Houston Business & Estate Planning Council; Houston Estate and Financial Forum; College of State Bar of Texas. Board Certified, Estate Planning and Probate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization. Speeches & Publications: Estate Liquidity--Internal Revenue Code Sections 6161, 6166, and 303, University of Houston Law Center, April 1996 (Guest Lecturer); Asset Titling in Texas and Related Problems, Texas
John T. Ridout
MANAGER/MEMBER
Texas Society of CPAs (Houston Chapter), Houston, November 1995 (Author/Speaker); Taxation of Estate and Trust Terminating Distributions, University of Houston Law Center, April 1995 (Guest Lecturer); Income Taxation of Distributions from Estates and Trusts, University of Houston Law Center, March 1995 (Guest Lecturer); Short Course on Drafting Wills and Trusts in Texas, University of Houston Law Center, October 1994 (Guest Lecturer); Drafting Wills and Trusts: A How-to for Texas Lawyers, Center for CLE, Inc., January 1995 (Dallas), December 1994 (Houston), March 1994 (Dallas and Houston), January 1994 (Dallas), November 1993 (San Antonio), October 1993 (Houston), August 1993 (Houston), and July 1993 (Dallas), (Co-Author/Speaker); Basic Drafting of Wills and Trusts in Texas, National Business Institute, Inc., Houston, February 1993 (Co-Author/Speaker); Planning Opportunities with Living Trusts in Texas, National Business Institute, Inc., Houston, November 1992 (Co-Author/Speaker); Basic Drafting of Wills and Trusts in Texas, National Business Institute, Inc., Houston, December 1990 (Co-Author/Speaker); Paid Workers at Nonprofit Organizations: Employees or Independent Contractors?, Vol. 2, No. 4, Art Law and Accounting Reporter, January 1984 (Co-Author).
Kathy A. Dawson
MANAGER/MEMBER
EDUCATION
South Texas College of Law (J.D., Cum Laude, 2006)
Texas A&M University (B.S., Political Science, Cum Laude, 1993)
BAR LOCATION
Texas
Admittance: 2006
CREDENTIALS:
Board Certified, Estate Planning and Probate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization. Member: State Bar of Texas (Taxation Section and Real Estate, Probate and Trust Section); American Bar Association (Taxation Section and Real Property, Probate and Trust Section); Houston Estate and Financial Forum; College of State Bar of Texas; Houston Bar Association (Real Estate, Probate and Trust Section and Taxation Section); Texas Aggie Bar Association. Order of Lytae; Assistant Editor, South Texas Law Review 2004; State Bar of Texas Administrative and Public Law Moot Court Competition-Best Brief and Best Team Awards 2005; Conrad B. Duberstein Bankruptcy Moot Court Competition-Octo-Finalist 2006; Vinson & Elkins Award for Best Article on Professional Responsibility 2006; The T. Gerald Treece Heart of the South Texas Advocate Award 2006.
Claudia Bahraini
ASSOCIATE ATTORNEY
EDUCATION
University of Houston Law Center (Master of Laws, U.S. Law, 2025)
ESSEC Business School (M.B.A., 2014)
Tecnológico de Monterrey (Master of Laws, 2007)
Tecnológico de Monterrey (Bachelor of Laws, 2005)
BAR LOCATION
Texas
Admittance: 2025
CREDENTIALS:
Bilingual (English & Spanish); Member: Houston Bar Association (Probate, Trusts, & Estates Section); State Bar of Texas (Hispanic Lawyers Section); American Bar Association (Real Estate, Probate & Trust Section); American Association of Notaries. Licensed to Practice Law in Mexico (Dirección General de Profesiones, Secretaría de Educación Pública, 2005). International Experience: Business Strategy Project Consultant for Inkomoko (2014, Kigali, Rwanda); Business Development Manager for Latin America for WildChina (2011 – 2013, Beijing, China); Private and Commercial Lawyer for Civil Law Notary Public Office 288 (2008 – 2010, Tampico, Mexico); Project Consultant for Organization of American States
(2008, Washington, D.C.). Publication: La defensa de la autonomía municipal (CONfines de Relaciones Internacionales y Ciencia Política, 2006 ISSN: 1870-3569). Awards and Achievements: Dean Merit Scholarship, University of Houston Law Center (2024); Semi-finalist, Shanghai Regional HULT Prize Competition (2014); Support Women Leaders Scholarship, ESSEC Business School (2013); Certificate of Outstanding Performance, CENEVAL (2005).
