Meet Asher Fried
An attorney with an advanced degree devoted entirely to tax — helping families and business owners across Texas & California, and federal tax clients nationwide, make confident decisions about what they've built and what comes next.
An integrated approach
Estate, tax, and business decisions rarely stand on their own. Your estate plan has tax consequences; your business shapes your estate; a state tax question can turn on a federal one. Asher's work is to hold all of those pieces in view at once, so your plan is coherent rather than a stack of disconnected documents.
That perspective comes from an LL.M. in Taxation — an advanced law degree focused entirely on tax — layered on top of a general legal practice in estate planning and business law. In practice since 2012, Asher has spent that time where these areas overlap, which is precisely where costly mistakes tend to hide.
The goal is straightforward: clear counsel, a fixed price you agree to before any work begins, and a process you can complete from wherever you are.
- LL.M. in TaxationUniversity of Alabama School of Law
- Admitted in Texas & CaliforniaFederal tax practice nationwide
- In practice since 2012Flat-fee engagements · complimentary first consultation
Why an LL.M. in Taxation matters
Most lawyers finish their formal education with a J.D. An LL.M. in Taxation is a further, specialized degree spent studying tax law in depth — the code, the regulations, and the way they interact with estates, entities, and everyday transactions. For you, that translates into planning built on specialized training rather than general familiarity.
It matters most exactly where estate planning, business law, and tax intersect. A trust structure, an entity choice, or a change of residency can each carry tax consequences that are easy to miss and expensive to unwind. Bringing tax fluency to those decisions from the outset is the difference this firm is built around. See how it plays out across estate planning, federal tax, state & local tax, and business law.
A fully virtual practice
Fried Law is intentionally virtual — there is no physical office to visit, and that is a feature, not a limitation. Consultations happen by video or phone, documents are shared and reviewed securely online, and signings are handled with e-signature. You work with the firm from your home, your office, or wherever you happen to be.
The practical benefits are real: no commute, scheduling that fits around your day, and no overhead being passed along in your bill. It also means geography works in your favor — estate planning, business law, and SALT for clients in Texas and California, and federal tax matters for clients anywhere in the United States.
Flat-fee, transparent
Legal work shouldn't come with a running meter and an anxious guess at the final bill. Wherever possible, Fried Law works on a flat fee: after a free consultation, you receive a fixed, written price for a clearly defined scope of work. You approve the number before anything begins, and it doesn't move because a matter took an extra phone call.
That structure keeps the incentives aligned — the focus stays on getting your plan right, not on the clock. When you're ready, the free consultation is the place to start.
Let's build your plan.
Schedule a confidential consultation to discuss your goals — and how Fried Law can help you protect, optimize, and build with confidence.