BNJ Legal is a Texas business, tax, and estate firm based in Flower Mound. We serve business owners and high-net-worth families whose affairs require more than basic planning — often clients with $3 million or more in assets, closely held business interests, or concentrated or inherited wealth, or with comparable planning complexity — who need sophisticated counsel without the expense or infrastructure of a full family office. Our work spans M&A, tax planning and controversy, outside general counsel, and estate & family advisory.
Our mission
Guiding business owners and families through complex transactions, tax matters, and succession planning.
Solutions tailored for business outcomes. Clear, direct communication.
Direct access. Timely, confidential answers from experienced attorneys.
Sophisticated legal insight for complex matters.
Estate, succession, and wealth-transfer strategies built to move a business and its value cleanly to the next generation.
Every engagement is led by a named partner. Clients work directly with the attorney handling their file.
M&A, tax, and estate planning coordinated in the same engagement — not siloed across separate practices.
Renee Jolley holds Board Certification in Estate Planning and Probate Law — a credential held by fewer than 1% of Texas attorneys.
Based in Flower Mound, serving closely held businesses and families across Texas.
Based in Flower Mound, serving closely held businesses and families across Texas.
Based in Flower Mound, serving closely held businesses and families across Texas.
LL.M. in Taxation, Northwestern Pritzker. Licensed in Texas and New York.
View profile →Board Certified in Estate Planning & Probate Law (TBLS). LL.M. in Taxation, SMU Dedman.
View profile →Civil and criminal appellate and white-collar defense in the Texas Courts of Appeals, the U.S. Fifth Circuit, and the U.S. Supreme Court.
View profile →“I want to start a firm — and I want to do smart people law. I think you can put that together.”
He was right. Scott Bodkin put it together — which meant building something a little unconventional: one of Texas’s leading appellate litigators, surrounded by lawyers trained in tax. On paper, pairing an appellate practice with a tax-and-transactions practice doesn’t obviously add up. We built it that way on purpose — around the work we care about and the people we like practicing alongside, rather than around a tidy business plan.
Renee Jolley joined in 2018, bringing board-certified estate and probate depth to the same table. Over the years we’ve been lucky to practice alongside some genuinely smart lawyers — Amanda Dickson, Jeff Tasker, and Margo Dorris among them — and, honestly, we’re just happy to be here, doing smart people law with people we like.