Practice Areas
Ms. Zabala practices in the areas of Estate Planning and Probate, and Income Tax and Business Planning. She advises and assists clients with their estate planning and business succession needs utilizing a variety of techniques and legal strategies to achieve client’s estate planning goals. Ms. Zabala works with clients to develop a plan to preserve their wealth, which often includes the preparation of estate planning documents. She also represents executors assisting in estate administration and settlement of estates, and the preparation of estate tax returns. Her income tax and business planning practice includes federal, state and international tax planning for individuals and businesses with the goal of minimizing tax obligations while accomplishing business objectives. She is fluent in Spanish.
Ms. Zabala has two years of prior experience as a Senior Associate in the Mergers & Acquisitions Tax Group of a Big 4 accounting firm.
Ms. Zabala was admitted to practice in Texas in 2021 and Florida in 2019.
Ms. Zabala has two years of prior experience as a Senior Associate in the Mergers & Acquisitions Tax Group of a Big 4 accounting firm.
Ms. Zabala was admitted to practice in Texas in 2021 and Florida in 2019.
- Georgetown University Law Center, LL.M. in Taxation - Certificate in Estate Planning, 2019
- Women's Bar Association of the District of Columbia, Student Member
- Nova Southeastern Shepard Broad College of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2018
- Executive Editor, ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law
- Faculty Scholarship Award
- University of Central Florida, B.A., 2015
- American Bar Association
- Member, Tax and Real Estate and Probate Sections
- State Bar of Texas
- Member, Tax Section
- Member, Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law
- Dallas Association of Young Lawyers
- Member
- Dallas Women Lawyers Association
- Member
- State Bar of Texas, 2021
- Florida Bar, 2019
- United States Tax Court, 2022
