Our Team
Katherine C. Akinc
Alvin J. Golden
Megan E. Cook
Webber B. Roscher
Katherine C. Akinc
Katherine (Kat) handles a range of estate planning, trust administration, and probate matters. She works with clients to develop personalized and tax-efficient estate plans, including wills, revocable trusts, and incapacity documents.
Kat also advises on and helps implement business succession and sophisticated lifetime wealth transfer techniques. In addition to planning, Kat represents executors, trustees and beneficiaries in probate, estate and trust administration matters, including the preparation and filing of federal gift tax and federal estate tax returns.
Kat is board certified in Estate Planning & Probate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and is a Fellow of the American College of Trusts and Estates Counsel. She was recognized by Thompson Reuters as a Texas Rising Star from 2016-2018 and then recognized as a Texas Super Lawyer in every subsequent year through present. Kat is also a regular speaker at Texas State Bar conferences and other events. She earned her law degree from The University of Texas School of Law and her undergraduate degree from Rice University.
At some point Kat intends to slow down, but these days she is constantly running – chasing after her two young sons, attempting to read and/or listen to the entirety of the Austin Public Library, running at the gym, or just working off the excessive amounts of caffeine she consumes. She can also consume a disturbing number of mandarin oranges at once.
Alvin J. Golden
Al Golden’s practice is devoted entirely to estate planning, probate, and trust administration. He is board certified by Texas Board of Legal Specialization in Estate Planning and Probate Law, a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel and is also a recovering certified public accountant.
Al was presented the Outstanding Probate and Trust Lawyer Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010 by the Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section of the State Bar of Texas. He is a distinguished national speaker and instructor in trust and estate issues, with a special focus on retirement benefits planning, which he taught at the University of Miami Law School LLM Program in Estate Planning.
Al earned a B.B.A. (1962—Accounting) and a LL.B (1965; the current equivalent of a J.D.), both from the University of Texas. He has received every meaningful honor a lawyer can earn — Who’s Who in American Law, Best Lawyers in America (by BL Rankings), Super Lawyers (by Thompson Reuters), among others.
In his spare hours, Al spends considerable time keeping his wife of 58 years happy (by spending more days at the office). And in addition to the useful litany of skills that Al possesses, he can also remember all the words to “Heartbreak Hotel” by Elvis Presley. Just ask him to prove it.
Megan E. Cook
Megan Cook’s practice focuses on a wide range of estate planning and probate matters. Megan’s previous experience involves working in a boutique bankruptcy law firm, and a prominent estate planning and estate administration firm in Fort Worth, Texas. Megan grew up in West Point, Mississippi and graduated high school from Choate Rosemary Hall in Connecticut. She obtained her undergraduate degree from the University of Texas at Austin and her J.D. magna cum laude from Texas Tech School of Law.
In her spare time, Megan enjoys cheering on the Texas Longhorns, playing recreational tennis, attending Orangetheory classes, and exploring all-things-Austin. Meg says that her most useless skill is her ability to fall asleep anywhere, though her colleagues dispute the uselessness of this talent.
Webber B. Roscher
Webber Barton Roscher is Board Certified in Estate Planning and Probate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and has practiced extensively in the areas of estate planning and probate since 2009.
Her practice includes the representation of individuals with respect to their estate planning needs and the representation of fiduciaries and beneficiaries with regard to the administration of trusts and estates. Webber advises with regard to testamentary and lifetime gift and generation-skipping planning, in addition to the use of family business entities, life insurance, and life insurance trusts. Her practice also includes post-mortem tax planning, preparation of federal estate tax returns, and managing state probate proceedings. Webber is well-versed in Texas marital property law and represents clients in connection with prenuptial and marital property agreements.
After practicing with the law firm of Osborne, Helman, Knebel & Scott, LLP until January of 2016, Webber founded Roscher Law Office, PLLC. Following two years of solo practice, she became a shareholder of Barton Roscher Law Office, a Professional Corporation, where she practiced with her father, Thomas O. Barton, until he retired at the end of 2020. At that point, Webber re-opened Roscher Law Office, PLLC which she operated until life took her to Dublin, Ireland. With Akinc Law, Webber is able to continue to serve her clients while abroad while her colleagues assist with the in-person parts of her practice.
Webber is a graduate of Baylor University School of Law, where she was an Executive Editor of the Baylor Law Review. She is a Past President of the Estate Planning Council of Central Texas and has been recognized by Thompson Reuters as a Rising Star and a Super Lawyer for multiple years.
Webber’s passions include gardening, travel, and Pilates. She is a native Austinite, as is her husband, Michael. They have one daughter, Merrin, who loves gymnastics and swimming.
Sara H. Atkins
Sara H. Atkins
Sara is board certified in Estate Planning and Probate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. Her practice consists primarily of estate planning and probate work. She has extensive experience in representing individuals in their capacities as executors and trustees and in representing beneficiaries of estates and trusts. She also has experience with sophisticated lifetime wealth transfer techniques and in the area of charitable giving that includes the creation and representation of family foundations. She frequently assists clients with gift, estate and generation-skipping tax matters, as well as pre-marital and post marital property agreements. Sara is a graduate of The University of Texas at Austin and St. Mary’s University School of Law.
Katherine C. Akinc
Katherine C. Akinc
Katherine (Kat) handles a range of estate planning, trust administration, and probate matters. She works with clients to develop personalized and tax-efficient estate plans, including wills, revocable trusts, and incapacity documents.
Kat also advises on and helps implement business succession and sophisticated lifetime wealth transfer techniques. In addition to planning, Kat represents executors, trustees and beneficiaries in probate, estate and trust administration matters, including the preparation and filing of federal gift tax and federal estate tax returns.
Kat is board certified in Estate Planning & Probate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and is a Fellow of the American College of Trusts and Estates Counsel. Kat was recognized as a Texas Super Lawyer by Thompson Reuters. Kat is a regular speaker at Texas State Bar conferences and other events. She earned her law degree from The University of Texas School of Law and her undergraduate degree from Rice University.
At some point Kat intends to slow down, but these days she is constantly running – chasing after her two young sons, attempting to read and/or listen to the entirety of the Austin Public Library, running at the gym, or just working off the excessive amounts of caffeine she consumes. She can also consume a disturbing number of mandarin oranges at once.
Alvin J. Golden
Alvin J. Golden
Al Golden’s practice is devoted entirely to estate planning, probate, and trust administration. He is board certified by Texas Board of Legal Specialization in Estate Planning and Probate Law, a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel and is also a recovering certified public accountant.
Al was presented the Outstanding Probate and Trust Lawyer Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010 by the Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section of the State Bar of Texas. He is a distinguished national speaker and instructor in trust and estate issues, with a special focus on retirement benefits planning, which he taught at the University of Miami Law School LLM Program in Estate Planning.
Al earned a B.B.A. (1962—Accounting) and a LL.B (1965; the current equivalent of a J.D.), both from the University of Texas. He has received every meaningful honor a lawyer can earn — Who’s Who in American Law, Best Lawyers in America (by BL Rankings), Super Lawyers (by Thompson Reuters), among others.
In his spare hours, Al spends considerable time keeping his wife of 58 years happy (by spending more days at the office). And in addition to the useful litany of skills that Al possesses, he can also remember all the words to “Heartbreak Hotel” by Elvis Presley. Just ask him to prove it.
Megan E. Cook
Megan E. Cook
Megan Cook’s practice focuses on a wide range of estate planning and probate matters. Megan’s previous experience involves working in a boutique bankruptcy law firm, and a prominent estate planning and estate administration firm in Fort Worth, Texas. Megan grew up in West Point, Mississippi and graduated high school from Choate Rosemary Hall in Connecticut. She obtained her undergraduate degree from the University of Texas at Austin and her J.D. magna cum laude from Texas Tech School of Law.
In her spare time, Megan enjoys cheering on the Texas Longhorns, playing recreational tennis, attending Orangetheory classes, and exploring all-things-Austin. Meg says that her most useless skill is her ability to fall asleep anywhere, though her colleagues dispute the uselessness of this talent.
Webber B. Roscher
Webber B. Roscher
Webber Barton Roscher is Board Certified in Estate Planning and Probate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and has practiced extensively in the areas of estate planning and probate since 2009.
Her practice includes the representation of individuals with respect to their estate planning needs and the representation of fiduciaries and beneficiaries with regard to the administration of trusts and estates. Webber advises with regard to testamentary and lifetime gift and generation-skipping planning, in addition to the use of family business entities, life insurance, and life insurance trusts. Her practice also includes post-mortem tax planning, preparation of federal estate tax returns, and managing state probate proceedings. Webber is well-versed in Texas marital property law and represents clients in connection with prenuptial and marital property agreements.
After practicing with the law firm of Osborne, Helman, Knebel & Scott, LLP until January of 2016, Webber founded Roscher Law Office, PLLC. Following two years of solo practice, she became a shareholder of Barton Roscher Law Office, a Professional Corporation, where she practiced with her father, Thomas O. Barton, until he retired at the end of 2020. At that point, Webber re-opened Roscher Law Office, PLLC which she operated until life took her to Dublin, Ireland. With Akinc Law, Webber is able to continue to serve her clients while abroad while her colleagues assist with the in-person parts of her practice.
Webber is a graduate of Baylor University School of Law, where she was an Executive Editor of the Baylor Law Review. She is a Past President of the Estate Planning Council of Central Texas and has been recognized by Thompson Reuters as a Rising Star and a Super Lawyer for multiple years.
Webber’s passions include gardening, travel, and Pilates. She is a native Austinite, as is her husband, Michael. They have one daughter, Merrin, who loves gymnastics and swimming.
Sara H. Atkins
Sara H. Atkins
Sara is board certified in Estate Planning and Probate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. Her practice consists primarily of estate planning and probate work. She has extensive experience in representing individuals in their capacities as executors and trustees and in representing beneficiaries of estates and trusts. She also has experience with sophisticated lifetime wealth transfer techniques and in the area of charitable giving that includes the creation and representation of family foundations. She frequently assists clients with gift, estate and generation-skipping tax matters, as well as pre-marital and post marital property agreements. Sara is a graduate of The University of Texas at Austin and St. Mary’s University School of Law.
