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GARRETT COUTS
PARTNER
- Education
- Professional Associations/Memberships
- Awards & Recognitions
- Speaking Engagements
- Publications
- Community Service
- J.D., magna cum laude, Texas Tech University School of Law (2017)
- B.S. Agricultural Communications, magna cum laude, Texas Tech University (2014)
- State Bar of Texas
- State Bar of New Mexico
- Licensed in all Texas State Courts
- Licensed in all New Mexico State Courts
- U.S. District Courts: Northern, Southern, Western, and Eastern Districts of Texas
- Texas Bar Foundation: Fellow (2021- Present)
- Texas Young Lawyers Association (2016-Present / Director – 2021- Present)
- Lubbock County Young Lawyers Association (2017-Present / Director–2019-2021)
- Lubbock Area Bar Association (2017-Present / Director–2022-Present)
- Rocky Mountain Fellows Institute of The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC): Particpant (2024)
- Texas Bar College (2018-Present)
- American Inns of Court (2017-2022)
- American Agricultural Law Association (2017-Present)
- Delta Theta Phi Law Fraternity, Lindsey Senate (2014-Present)
- Lubbock Chamber of Commerce: Young Professionals of Lubbock (2017-Present)
- Lubbock Chamber of Commerce: Agriculture Committee (2017-Present / Chairman – 2023)
- Lubbock Chamber of Commerce: Ambassadors (2017-Present)
- Real Estate, Probate & Trust Law Section of the State Bar of Texas (2017-Present)
- SuperLawyers® Rising Star 2024, 2025 & 2026: Estate Planning & Probate https://profiles.superlawyers.com/texas/lubbock/lawyer/garrett-couts/3a1ce981-6a28-429b-aabc-5e5175533f71.html
- Texas Young Lawyers Association: Outstanding Chair Award (2023-2024)
- Texas Young Lawyers Association: Q1 “Mic Drop” Outstanding Leadership (2023-2024)
- Texas Young Lawyers Association: Joseph M. Pritchard Inn Outstanding Director (2022-2023)
- Texas Young Lawyers Association: Outstanding First Year Director (2021-2022)
- Lubbock Area Bar Association: Outstanding Young Lawyer (2020-2021)
- Lubbock Chamber of Commerce Leadership Lubbock Class of 2020 (2019-2020)
- Legal Aid of Northwest Texas: 2019 Pro Bono Young Lawyer Award (2019)
- Lubbock Chamber of Commerce and Young Professionals of Lubbock Twenty Under Forty Award Recipient (2018)
- Texas Bar College (2018-Present)
- Phi Delta Phi, Legal Honor Society (2015-Present)
- Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo Scholarship Recipient & Scholars Alumni (2010-Present)
- Artificial Intelligence & Legal Ethics
- Mid-South Agricultural and Environmental Law Conference – Jun 5, 2026
- An Executor’s Guide for Dealing With Closely Held Business Interests
- Texas Bar CLE Advanced Estate Planning & Probates – June 3, 2026
- Estate Planning Using Business Entities: Tips, Trick & Common Tools
- Texas Bar CLE Huffaker Agricultural Law Course – May 21, 2026
- Law 101 – The Basics: What Ag. Communicators Need to Know
- Texas Tech University Davis College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources- April 21, 2026
- Wellness for Lawyers | Finding Balance
- Bar Break Podcast – Texas Young Lawyers Association – March 17, 2026
- Agricultural Transition and Succession Planning
- Texas Tech University Davis College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources (Ranch Management) – Nov 25, 2025
- Agricultural Transition and Succession Planning: Tips, Tricks, & Common Tools
- Midland College Foundation & the Midland Memorial (Hospital) Foundation Estate Planning Seminar 2025– Nov 13, 2025
- Episode #210: Garrett Couts (Rights of First Refusals and Options)
- Ag Law in the Field – Texas A&M AgriLife Extension (Tiffany Lashmet) – Oct 30, 2025
- Agricultural Transition and Succession Planning: Tips, Tricks, & Common Tools – Texas Bar CLE Intermediate Estate Planning & Probate
- State Bar of Texas Intermediate Estate Planning & Probate Law CLE – June 3, 2025
- Failures of Rights of First Refusal and Options and their Perils for the Family Farm
- State Bar of Texas 18th Annual John Huffaker Agricultural Law CLE – May 29, 2025
- Practice Areas 101 – Podcast – Estate Planning Law
- Practice Areas 101 Podcast – Texas Young Lawyers Association – February 5, 2025
- Drafting Renewable Energy Leases to Accommodate Mineral Estate and Surface Estate Interests
- Dallas Bar Association Energy Law Section CLE — January 15, 2025
- Agricultural Transition & Succession Planning
- Texas Tech University Davis College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources – Ranch Management – September 24, 2024
- Drafting Solar and Wind Leases to Accommodate Mineral Estate and Surface Estate Interests
- Midland Odessa Business Estates Council (MOBEC)- September 19, 2024
- Agricultural Transition & Succession Planning
- Texas A&M University Beef Cattle Short Course – August 6, 2024
- Balancing Alternative Energy with Property Rights
- Texas Tech University Davis College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources – April 16, 2024
- Law 101 – The Basics: What Ag. Communicators Need to Know
- Texas Tech University Davis College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources – April 2, 2024
- Balancing Alternative Energy with Property Rights
- Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Assoc. Cattle Raisers’ Convention & Expo 2024 – March 22-23, 2024
- Ask an Ag Lawyer Panel
- Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Assoc. Cattle Raisers’ Convention & Expo 2024 – March 22-23, 2024
- Drafting Solar and Wind Leases to Accommodate Mineral Estate and Surface Estate Interests
- Live Oak CLE Permian Basin Oil & Gas Law 2024 – March 1, 2024
- Episode #172 – Garrett Couts (Top 10 Renewable Energy Lease Considerations for Landowners)
- Ancillary Probate: “There’s No Place Like Home”
- American Agricultural Law Association Annual Educational Symposium – November 11, 2023
- “Telelaw” – The [Next] Frontier
- American Agricultural Law Association Annual Educational Symposium – November 11, 2023
- The Corporate Transparency Act
- Lubbock County Young Lawyers Association – November 9, 2023
- Agricultural – Transition & Succession Planning
- Texas State Soil & Water Conservation Board 83rd Annual State Meeting of District Directors 2023 – October 31, 2023
- Intro. to Ag. Comm – Pursuing a Legal Career
- Texas Tech University Davis College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources – October 30, 2023
- Agricultural – Transition & Succession Planning
- Texas Grazing Lands Coalition: The Next Generation of Ranching: A Generational Transition Conference – October 27, 2023
- Landowners’ Perspectives in Negotiating Energy Leases
- High Plains Grazing Lands Coalition: Renewable Energy Symposium – September 20, 2023
- Farm Bill Roundtable with U.S. Senator John Cornyn
- Office of United States Senator John Cornyn – July 2023
- TYLA – Engaging Lawyers and the Public Online: Marketing, Social Media, and Podcasts
- State Bar of Texas Local Bar Leaders Conference – July 2023
- The ‘Other’ Estate Documents – What They Are & Why You Need Them & Estate-Property Conveyances
- Amarillo Area Estate Planning Council: Thirty-first Annual Spring Institute – May 10, 2023
- Law 101 – The Basics: What Ag. Communicators Need to Know
- Texas Tech University Davis College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources – April 2023
- The ‘Other’ Estate Documents – What They Are & Why You Need Them & Estate-Property Conveyances
- Midland County Bar Association – February 23, 2023
- Episode #146 – Garrett Couts (Ancillary Probate)
- Ag Law in the Field – Texas A&M AgriLife Extension (Tiffany Lashmet) – Jan 19, 2023
- Agricultural – Transition & Succession Planning
- Texas Grazing Lands Coalition: The Next Generation of Ranching: A Generational Transition Conference – October 10, 2022
- “Telelaw” – The [Next] Frontier
- State Bar of Texas 24th Annual Summer School: Sun, Sand, and CLE for the General Practitioner – July 21-23, 2022
- Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo –Scholarship Alumni Association: Prelaw Webinar
- Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo Scholarship Alumni Association – May 21, 2022
- Law 101 – The Basics: What Ag. Communicators Need to Know
- Texas Tech University Davis College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources – March 2022
- McDonald v. Firth
- Lubbock County Young Lawyers Assoc. – March 2022
- Law 101 The Basics
- Frenship High School INCubatoredu – March 2022
- Our Perfection Complex (Co-Authors: multiple)
- LCYLA Membership, Mentoring, & CLE Event – May 2021
- Landowners’ Perspectives in Negotiating Leases (Co-Author: Zachary S. Brady)
- University of Texas Law CLE – 17th Annual Renewable Energy Law Institute – Feb. 2022
- 2020-2021 Changes to the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure (Co-Author: Laura Pratt)
- Hale County Bar Association – September 2021
- Texas Landowner-Liability Statutes – What They Are & Why You Need Them (Co-Author: Brent Hamilton)
- Texas Wildlife Association – 8th Annual Private Lands Summit · Jul 15, 2021
- Our Perfection Complex (Co-Authors: multiple)
- LCYLA Membership, Mentoring, & CLE Event – May 2021
- 2020 Changes to the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure (Co-Author: Laura Pratt)
- Lubbock Lawyers’ Mentor Group – May 2021
- Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo –Scholarship Alumni Association: Prelaw Webinar
- Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo Scholarship Alumni Association – May 15, 2021
- Law 101 – The Basics: What Ag. Communicators Need to Know
- Texas Tech University Davis College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources – Spring 2021
- Law 101 The Basics
- Frenship High School INCubatoredu – April 2021
- 2020-2021 Changes to the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure (Co-Author: Laura Pratt)
- Texas Young Lawyers Association Roadshow – December 2020
- Our Perfection Complex (Co-Authors: multiple)
- Lubbock Chamber of Commerce: Leadership Lubbock Class of 2020 – November 2020
- Tech Basics – Tools for Solo and General-Practice Practitioners (Co-Author: Alvin “Al” Harrison)
- State Bar of Texas – Summer School: Sun, Sand, and CLE for the General Practitioner – Jul 1, 2020
- The ‘Other’ Estate Documents – What They Are & Why You Need Them
- State Bar of Texas – Summer School: Sun, Sand, and CLE for the General Practitioner – Jul 1, 2020
- Law 101 – The Basics: What Ag. Communicators Need to Know
- Texas Tech University Davis College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources – Spring 2020
- The Other Estate Planning Docs. & Estate Property Conveyances
- Hale County Bar Association – March 2020
- Mental Health & Wellness in the Bar (Co-Authors: multiple)
- Texas Tech University School of Law Inn of Court – 2020
- Estate Planning Docs. & Probate Properties 101 The Basics
- Westmark Realtors – February 2020
- Episode #73 – Garrett Couts (Transfer on Death Deeds v. Lady Bird Deeds)
- Ag Law in the Field – Texas A&M AgriLife Extension (Tiffany Lashmet) – Jan 30, 2020
- Estate Planning Docs 101 The Basics
- Texas Farm Bureau (Lubbock) – July 2019
- Estate Planning Docs. & Probate Properties 101 The Basics
- Lubbock Association of Realtors – “Business Builder” – July 2019
- Law 101 – The Basics: What Ag. Communicators Need to Know
- Texas Tech University Davis College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources – Spring 2019
- Business Entities & Intellectual Property: An Introduction
- Lubbock Chamber of Commerce Young Entrepreneurs Academy – December 2018
- Law 101 – The Basics: What Ag. Communicators Need to Know
- Texas Tech University Davis College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources – Spring 2018
- Texas Legislative Update 2017 – 85th Legislative Session (Co-Authors: multiple)
- Texas Tech University School of Law Inn of Court – March 20, 2018
- The Electoral College “One Person, One Vote[?]” (Co-Authors: multiple)
- Texas Tech University School of Law Inn of Court – 2016
- Artificial Intelligence & Legal Ethics
- Mid-South Agricultural and Environmental Law Conference – Jun 5, 2026
- Estate Planning Using Business Entities: Tips, Trick & Common Tools
- Texas Bar CLE Huffaker Agricultural Law Course – May 21, 2026
- Shifting sands: Adjusting transition plans after H.R. 1 (OBBBA)
- Progressive Cattle magazine (Ag Proud) – (online March 4, 2026)
- Garrett Couts, Failure of Rights Of First Refusal And Options And Their Perils For The Family Farm
- 18 Est. Plan. & Comm. Prop. L. J. 49 (2025). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=6174462 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.6174462
- Agricultural Transition and Succession Planning: Tips, Tricks, & Common Tools – Texas Bar CLE Intermediate Estate Planning & Probate
- Midland College Foundation & the Midland Memorial (Hospital) Foundation Estate Planning Seminar 2025 – Nov 13, 2025
- Episode #210: Garrett Couts (Rights of First Refusals and Options)
- Ag Law in the Field – Texas A&M AgriLife Extension (Tiffany Lashmet)– Oct 30, 2025
- Agricultural Transition and Succession Planning: Tips, Tricks, & Common Tools – Texas Bar CLE Intermediate Estate Planning & Probate
- State Bar of Texas Intermediate Estate Planning & Probate Law CLE – June 3, 2025
- Failures of Rights of First Refusal and Options and their Perils for the Family Farm
- State Bar of Texas 18th Annual John Huffaker Agricultural Law CLE – May 29, 2025
- Estate planning ‘hurdles’ with business entities and trusts
- Progressive Cattle magazine (Ag Proud) – (online March 12, 2025)
- Practice Areas 101 – Podcast – Estate Planning Law
- Practice Areas 101 Podcast – Texas Young Lawyers Association – February 5, 2025
- Garrett Couts & Emily Daniel, Ancillary Probate: “There’s No Place Like Home,”
- 29 DRAKE J. AGRIC. L. 299 (2024). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=6174558 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.6174558
- Drafting Solar and Wind Leases to Accommodate Mineral Estate and Surface Estate Interests
- Live Oak CLE Permian Basin Oil & Gas Law 2024 – March 1, 2024
- Episode #172 – Garrett Couts (Top 10 Renewable Energy Lease Considerations for Landowners)
- Ag Law in the Field – Texas A&M AgriLife Extension (Tiffany Lashmet) – February 29, 2024
- A lesson on the Corporate Transparency Act
- Progressive Cattle magazine (Ag Proud) – (online February 16, 2024)
- Ancillary Probate: “There’s No Place Like Home”
- American Agricultural Law Association Annual Educational Symposium – November 11, 2023
- “Telelaw” – The [Next] Frontier
- American Agricultural Law Association Annual Educational Symposium – November 11, 2023
- Estate planning: Options beyond a typical will
- Progressive Cattle magazine (Ag Proud) – November 2023
- Nonprobate transfers: Planning pays off
- Progressive Cattle magazine (Ag Proud) – May 2023 (online April 26, 2023)
- Episode #146 – Garrett Couts (Ancillary Probate)
- Ag Law in the Field Podcast Episode with Tiffany Lashmet – January 19, 2023
- “Telelaw” – The [Next] Frontier
- State Bar of Texas 24th Annual Summer School: Sun, Sand, and CLE for the General Practitioner – July 21-23, 2022
- Eminent Domain Update – Legislation 2021 Session
- State Bar of Texas 15th Annual John Huffaker Agricultural Law CLE – May 26-27, 2022
- Ancillary probate: ‘Anci-what-now?’
- Progressive Cattle magazine – June 2022 (online May 24, 2022)
- Landowners’ Perspectives in Negotiating Leases (Co-Author: Zachary S. Brady)
- University of Texas Law CLE – 17th Annual Renewable Energy Law Institute · Feb. 2022
- Texas Landowner-Liability Statutes – What They Are & Why You Need Them (Co-Author: Brent Hamilton)
- Texas Wildlife Association – 8th Annual Private Lands Summit · Jul 15, 2021
- Tech Basics – Tools for Solo and General-Practice Practitioners (Co-Author: Alvin “Al” Harrison)
- State Bar of Texas – Summer School: Sun, Sand, and CLE for the General Practitioner – Jul 1, 2020
- The ‘Other’ Estate Documents – What They Are & Why You Need Them
- State Bar of Texas – Summer School: Sun, Sand, and CLE for the General Practitioner – Jul 1, 2020
- Episode #73 – Garrett Couts (Transfer on Death Deeds v. Lady Bird Deeds)
- Ag Law in the Field – Texas A&M AgriLife Extension (Tiffany Lashmet) – Jan 30, 2020
- Growing Justice
- The Agriculturist – Texas Tech University Davis College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources – Jan 1, 2014
- Legal Aid of Northwest Texas: Advisory Committee (2021-Present)
- Serve Lubbock non-profit: Director, Board of Directors (2021-Present)
- Milestone Leadership: Mentor (2021-Present)
- Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo: Scholarship Alumni Mentor (2021)
- Lubbock Chamber of Commerce: Committees, Ambassador, Young Entrepreneurs Mentor, guest speaker, etc.
- Texas Tech University Davis College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Dept. of Ag. Education & Communications: Guest speaker
- Texas Tech University School of Law: Guest speaker, BoB Judge, Energy-Law Moot Court Team Coach, Mock Interviewer, etc.
- Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo: Alumni Task Force (2018-June 2021)
GARRETT COUTS
PARTNER
- Education
- Professional Associations/Memberships
- Awards & Recognitions
- Speaking Engagements
- Publications
- Community Service
- J.D., magna cum laude, Texas Tech University School of Law (2017)
- B.S. Agricultural Communications, magna cum laude, Texas Tech University (2014)
- State Bar of Texas
- State Bar of New Mexico
- Licensed in all Texas State Courts
- Licensed in all New Mexico State Courts
- U.S. District Courts: Northern, Southern, Western, and Eastern Districts of Texas
- Texas Bar Foundation: Fellow (2021- Present)
- Texas Young Lawyers Association (2016-Present / Director – 2021- Present)
- Lubbock County Young Lawyers Association (2017-Present / Director–2019-2021)
- Lubbock Area Bar Association (2017-Present / Director–2022-Present)
- Rocky Mountain Fellows Institute of The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC): Particpant (2024)
- Texas Bar College (2018-Present)
- American Inns of Court (2017-2022)
- American Agricultural Law Association (2017-Present)
- Delta Theta Phi Law Fraternity, Lindsey Senate (2014-Present)
- Lubbock Chamber of Commerce: Young Professionals of Lubbock (2017-Present)
- Lubbock Chamber of Commerce: Agriculture Committee (2017-Present / Chairman – 2023)
- Lubbock Chamber of Commerce: Ambassadors (2017-Present)
- Real Estate, Probate & Trust Law Section of the State Bar of Texas (2017-Present)
- SuperLawyers® Rising Star 2024, 2025 & 2026: Estate Planning & Probate https://profiles.superlawyers.com/texas/lubbock/lawyer/garrett-couts/3a1ce981-6a28-429b-aabc-5e5175533f71.html
- Texas Young Lawyers Association: Outstanding Chair Award (2023-2024)
- Texas Young Lawyers Association: Q1 “Mic Drop” Outstanding Leadership (2023-2024)
- Texas Young Lawyers Association: Joseph M. Pritchard Inn Outstanding Director (2022-2023)
- Texas Young Lawyers Association: Outstanding First Year Director (2021-2022)
- Lubbock Area Bar Association: Outstanding Young Lawyer (2020-2021)
- Lubbock Chamber of Commerce Leadership Lubbock Class of 2020 (2019-2020)
- Legal Aid of Northwest Texas: 2019 Pro Bono Young Lawyer Award (2019)
- Lubbock Chamber of Commerce and Young Professionals of Lubbock Twenty Under Forty Award Recipient (2018)
- Texas Bar College (2018-Present)
- Phi Delta Phi, Legal Honor Society (2015-Present)
- Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo Scholarship Recipient & Scholars Alumni (2010-Present)
- Artificial Intelligence & Legal Ethics
- Mid-South Agricultural and Environmental Law Conference – Jun 5, 2026
- An Executor’s Guide for Dealing With Closely Held Business Interests
- Texas Bar CLE Advanced Estate Planning & Probates – June 3, 2026
- Estate Planning Using Business Entities: Tips, Trick & Common Tools
- Texas Bar CLE Huffaker Agricultural Law Course – May 21, 2026
- Law 101 – The Basics: What Ag. Communicators Need to Know
- Texas Tech University Davis College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources- April 21, 2026
- Wellness for Lawyers | Finding Balance
- Bar Break Podcast – Texas Young Lawyers Association – March 17, 2026
- Agricultural Transition and Succession Planning
- Texas Tech University Davis College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources (Ranch Management) – Nov 25, 2025
- Agricultural Transition and Succession Planning: Tips, Tricks, & Common Tools
- Midland College Foundation & the Midland Memorial (Hospital) Foundation Estate Planning Seminar 2025– Nov 13, 2025
- Episode #210: Garrett Couts (Rights of First Refusals and Options)
- Ag Law in the Field – Texas A&M AgriLife Extension (Tiffany Lashmet) – Oct 30, 2025
- Agricultural Transition and Succession Planning: Tips, Tricks, & Common Tools – Texas Bar CLE Intermediate Estate Planning & Probate
- State Bar of Texas Intermediate Estate Planning & Probate Law CLE – June 3, 2025
- Failures of Rights of First Refusal and Options and their Perils for the Family Farm
- State Bar of Texas 18th Annual John Huffaker Agricultural Law CLE – May 29, 2025
- Practice Areas 101 – Podcast – Estate Planning Law
- Practice Areas 101 Podcast – Texas Young Lawyers Association – February 5, 2025
- Drafting Renewable Energy Leases to Accommodate Mineral Estate and Surface Estate Interests
- Dallas Bar Association Energy Law Section CLE — January 15, 2025
- Agricultural Transition & Succession Planning
- Texas Tech University Davis College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources – Ranch Management – September 24, 2024
- Drafting Solar and Wind Leases to Accommodate Mineral Estate and Surface Estate Interests
- Midland Odessa Business Estates Council (MOBEC)- September 19, 2024
- Agricultural Transition & Succession Planning
- Texas A&M University Beef Cattle Short Course – August 6, 2024
- Balancing Alternative Energy with Property Rights
- Texas Tech University Davis College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources – April 16, 2024
- Law 101 – The Basics: What Ag. Communicators Need to Know
- Texas Tech University Davis College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources – April 2, 2024
- Balancing Alternative Energy with Property Rights
- Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Assoc. Cattle Raisers’ Convention & Expo 2024 – March 22-23, 2024
- Ask an Ag Lawyer Panel
- Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Assoc. Cattle Raisers’ Convention & Expo 2024 – March 22-23, 2024
- Drafting Solar and Wind Leases to Accommodate Mineral Estate and Surface Estate Interests
- Live Oak CLE Permian Basin Oil & Gas Law 2024 – March 1, 2024
- Episode #172 – Garrett Couts (Top 10 Renewable Energy Lease Considerations for Landowners)
- Ancillary Probate: “There’s No Place Like Home”
- American Agricultural Law Association Annual Educational Symposium – November 11, 2023
- “Telelaw” – The [Next] Frontier
- American Agricultural Law Association Annual Educational Symposium – November 11, 2023
- The Corporate Transparency Act
- Lubbock County Young Lawyers Association – November 9, 2023
- Agricultural – Transition & Succession Planning
- Texas State Soil & Water Conservation Board 83rd Annual State Meeting of District Directors 2023 – October 31, 2023
- Intro. to Ag. Comm – Pursuing a Legal Career
- Texas Tech University Davis College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources – October 30, 2023
- Agricultural – Transition & Succession Planning
- Texas Grazing Lands Coalition: The Next Generation of Ranching: A Generational Transition Conference – October 27, 2023
- Landowners’ Perspectives in Negotiating Energy Leases
- High Plains Grazing Lands Coalition: Renewable Energy Symposium – September 20, 2023
- Farm Bill Roundtable with U.S. Senator John Cornyn
- Office of United States Senator John Cornyn – July 2023
- TYLA – Engaging Lawyers and the Public Online: Marketing, Social Media, and Podcasts
- State Bar of Texas Local Bar Leaders Conference – July 2023
- The ‘Other’ Estate Documents – What They Are & Why You Need Them & Estate-Property Conveyances
- Amarillo Area Estate Planning Council: Thirty-first Annual Spring Institute – May 10, 2023
- Law 101 – The Basics: What Ag. Communicators Need to Know
- Texas Tech University Davis College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources – April 2023
- The ‘Other’ Estate Documents – What They Are & Why You Need Them & Estate-Property Conveyances
- Midland County Bar Association – February 23, 2023
- Episode #146 – Garrett Couts (Ancillary Probate)
- Ag Law in the Field – Texas A&M AgriLife Extension (Tiffany Lashmet) – Jan 19, 2023
- Agricultural – Transition & Succession Planning
- Texas Grazing Lands Coalition: The Next Generation of Ranching: A Generational Transition Conference – October 10, 2022
- “Telelaw” – The [Next] Frontier
- State Bar of Texas 24th Annual Summer School: Sun, Sand, and CLE for the General Practitioner – July 21-23, 2022
- Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo –Scholarship Alumni Association: Prelaw Webinar
- Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo Scholarship Alumni Association – May 21, 2022
- Law 101 – The Basics: What Ag. Communicators Need to Know
- Texas Tech University Davis College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources – March 2022
- McDonald v. Firth
- Lubbock County Young Lawyers Assoc. – March 2022
- Law 101 The Basics
- Frenship High School INCubatoredu – March 2022
- Our Perfection Complex (Co-Authors: multiple)
- LCYLA Membership, Mentoring, & CLE Event – May 2021
- Landowners’ Perspectives in Negotiating Leases (Co-Author: Zachary S. Brady)
- University of Texas Law CLE – 17th Annual Renewable Energy Law Institute – Feb. 2022
- 2020-2021 Changes to the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure (Co-Author: Laura Pratt)
- Hale County Bar Association – September 2021
- Texas Landowner-Liability Statutes – What They Are & Why You Need Them (Co-Author: Brent Hamilton)
- Texas Wildlife Association – 8th Annual Private Lands Summit · Jul 15, 2021
- Our Perfection Complex (Co-Authors: multiple)
- LCYLA Membership, Mentoring, & CLE Event – May 2021
- 2020 Changes to the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure (Co-Author: Laura Pratt)
- Lubbock Lawyers’ Mentor Group – May 2021
- Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo –Scholarship Alumni Association: Prelaw Webinar
- Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo Scholarship Alumni Association – May 15, 2021
- Law 101 – The Basics: What Ag. Communicators Need to Know
- Texas Tech University Davis College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources – Spring 2021
- Law 101 The Basics
- Frenship High School INCubatoredu – April 2021
- 2020-2021 Changes to the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure (Co-Author: Laura Pratt)
- Texas Young Lawyers Association Roadshow – December 2020
- Our Perfection Complex (Co-Authors: multiple)
- Lubbock Chamber of Commerce: Leadership Lubbock Class of 2020 – November 2020
- Tech Basics – Tools for Solo and General-Practice Practitioners (Co-Author: Alvin “Al” Harrison)
- State Bar of Texas – Summer School: Sun, Sand, and CLE for the General Practitioner – Jul 1, 2020
- The ‘Other’ Estate Documents – What They Are & Why You Need Them
- State Bar of Texas – Summer School: Sun, Sand, and CLE for the General Practitioner – Jul 1, 2020
- Law 101 – The Basics: What Ag. Communicators Need to Know
- Texas Tech University Davis College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources – Spring 2020
- The Other Estate Planning Docs. & Estate Property Conveyances
- Hale County Bar Association – March 2020
- Mental Health & Wellness in the Bar (Co-Authors: multiple)
- Texas Tech University School of Law Inn of Court – 2020
- Estate Planning Docs. & Probate Properties 101 The Basics
- Westmark Realtors – February 2020
- Episode #73 – Garrett Couts (Transfer on Death Deeds v. Lady Bird Deeds)
- Ag Law in the Field – Texas A&M AgriLife Extension (Tiffany Lashmet) – Jan 30, 2020
- Estate Planning Docs 101 The Basics
- Texas Farm Bureau (Lubbock) – July 2019
- Estate Planning Docs. & Probate Properties 101 The Basics
- Lubbock Association of Realtors – “Business Builder” – July 2019
- Law 101 – The Basics: What Ag. Communicators Need to Know
- Texas Tech University Davis College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources – Spring 2019
- Business Entities & Intellectual Property: An Introduction
- Lubbock Chamber of Commerce Young Entrepreneurs Academy – December 2018
- Law 101 – The Basics: What Ag. Communicators Need to Know
- Texas Tech University Davis College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources – Spring 2018
- Texas Legislative Update 2017 – 85th Legislative Session (Co-Authors: multiple)
- Texas Tech University School of Law Inn of Court – March 20, 2018
- The Electoral College “One Person, One Vote[?]” (Co-Authors: multiple)
- Texas Tech University School of Law Inn of Court – 2016
- Artificial Intelligence & Legal Ethics
- Mid-South Agricultural and Environmental Law Conference – Jun 5, 2026
- Estate Planning Using Business Entities: Tips, Trick & Common Tools
- Texas Bar CLE Huffaker Agricultural Law Course – May 21, 2026
- Shifting sands: Adjusting transition plans after H.R. 1 (OBBBA)
- Progressive Cattle magazine (Ag Proud) – (online March 4, 2026)
- Garrett Couts, Failure of Rights Of First Refusal And Options And Their Perils For The Family Farm
- 18 Est. Plan. & Comm. Prop. L. J. 49 (2025). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=6174462 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.6174462
- Agricultural Transition and Succession Planning: Tips, Tricks, & Common Tools – Texas Bar CLE Intermediate Estate Planning & Probate
- Midland College Foundation & the Midland Memorial (Hospital) Foundation Estate Planning Seminar 2025 – Nov 13, 2025
- Episode #210: Garrett Couts (Rights of First Refusals and Options)
- Ag Law in the Field – Texas A&M AgriLife Extension (Tiffany Lashmet)– Oct 30, 2025
- Agricultural Transition and Succession Planning: Tips, Tricks, & Common Tools – Texas Bar CLE Intermediate Estate Planning & Probate
- State Bar of Texas Intermediate Estate Planning & Probate Law CLE – June 3, 2025
- Failures of Rights of First Refusal and Options and their Perils for the Family Farm
- State Bar of Texas 18th Annual John Huffaker Agricultural Law CLE – May 29, 2025
- Estate planning ‘hurdles’ with business entities and trusts
- Progressive Cattle magazine (Ag Proud) – (online March 12, 2025)
- Practice Areas 101 – Podcast – Estate Planning Law
- Practice Areas 101 Podcast – Texas Young Lawyers Association – February 5, 2025
- Garrett Couts & Emily Daniel, Ancillary Probate: “There’s No Place Like Home,”
- 29 DRAKE J. AGRIC. L. 299 (2024). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=6174558 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.6174558
- Drafting Solar and Wind Leases to Accommodate Mineral Estate and Surface Estate Interests
- Live Oak CLE Permian Basin Oil & Gas Law 2024 – March 1, 2024
- Episode #172 – Garrett Couts (Top 10 Renewable Energy Lease Considerations for Landowners)
- Ag Law in the Field – Texas A&M AgriLife Extension (Tiffany Lashmet) – February 29, 2024
- A lesson on the Corporate Transparency Act
- Progressive Cattle magazine (Ag Proud) – (online February 16, 2024)
- Ancillary Probate: “There’s No Place Like Home”
- American Agricultural Law Association Annual Educational Symposium – November 11, 2023
- “Telelaw” – The [Next] Frontier
- American Agricultural Law Association Annual Educational Symposium – November 11, 2023
- Estate planning: Options beyond a typical will
- Progressive Cattle magazine (Ag Proud) – November 2023
- Nonprobate transfers: Planning pays off
- Progressive Cattle magazine (Ag Proud) – May 2023 (online April 26, 2023)
- Episode #146 – Garrett Couts (Ancillary Probate)
- Ag Law in the Field Podcast Episode with Tiffany Lashmet – January 19, 2023
- “Telelaw” – The [Next] Frontier
- State Bar of Texas 24th Annual Summer School: Sun, Sand, and CLE for the General Practitioner – July 21-23, 2022
- Eminent Domain Update – Legislation 2021 Session
- State Bar of Texas 15th Annual John Huffaker Agricultural Law CLE – May 26-27, 2022
- Ancillary probate: ‘Anci-what-now?’
- Progressive Cattle magazine – June 2022 (online May 24, 2022)
- Landowners’ Perspectives in Negotiating Leases (Co-Author: Zachary S. Brady)
- University of Texas Law CLE – 17th Annual Renewable Energy Law Institute · Feb. 2022
- Texas Landowner-Liability Statutes – What They Are & Why You Need Them (Co-Author: Brent Hamilton)
- Texas Wildlife Association – 8th Annual Private Lands Summit · Jul 15, 2021
- Tech Basics – Tools for Solo and General-Practice Practitioners (Co-Author: Alvin “Al” Harrison)
- State Bar of Texas – Summer School: Sun, Sand, and CLE for the General Practitioner – Jul 1, 2020
- The ‘Other’ Estate Documents – What They Are & Why You Need Them
- State Bar of Texas – Summer School: Sun, Sand, and CLE for the General Practitioner – Jul 1, 2020
- Episode #73 – Garrett Couts (Transfer on Death Deeds v. Lady Bird Deeds)
- Ag Law in the Field – Texas A&M AgriLife Extension (Tiffany Lashmet) – Jan 30, 2020
- Growing Justice
- The Agriculturist – Texas Tech University Davis College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources – Jan 1, 2014
- Legal Aid of Northwest Texas: Advisory Committee (2021-Present)
- Serve Lubbock non-profit: Director, Board of Directors (2021-Present)
- Milestone Leadership: Mentor (2021-Present)
- Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo: Scholarship Alumni Mentor (2021)
- Lubbock Chamber of Commerce: Committees, Ambassador, Young Entrepreneurs Mentor, guest speaker, etc.
- Texas Tech University Davis College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Dept. of Ag. Education & Communications: Guest speaker
- Texas Tech University School of Law: Guest speaker, BoB Judge, Energy-Law Moot Court Team Coach, Mock Interviewer, etc.
- Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo: Alumni Task Force (2018-June 2021)






