Ms. Bryn Poland

Mayo & Poland

Bryn is partner at the firm Mayo & Poland.
Licensed to practice law in the state of Texas, Bryn is a member of the Texas Bar Association, the Houston Bar Association, the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA), the Texas chapter of NAELA, and the Special Needs Alliance.  She is a member and past president of the Elder Law Committee of the Houston Bar Association, past president of the Texas chapter of NAELA, and she is currently serving on the executive committee for the Special Needs Alliance.

Born and raised a Kansas girl, Bryn earned her undergraduate degree from Kansas State University.  Bryn earned her law degree from Washburn University School of Law, in Topeka, Kansas where she was a staff member and two time published writer of the Washburn Law Journal. She was inspired to become an elder law attorney when she watched her family struggle with care options for her great grandmother, Lulu Sleeper, who lived to the age of 109. 

Bryn moved to Texas and joined the firm of Pi-Yi Mayo in 2007, partnering with Pi-Yi in 2018 to form Mayo & Poland, PLLC.  Today, she focuses her practice on special needs trust planning and administration, Medicaid planning, and qualified settlement funds.  She is a frequent speaker on these topics at continuing education conferences for attorneys and trust officers. She’s a co-author with Rebecca Morgan and Robert Fleming of the American Bar Association book “Third-Party and Self-Created Trusts: A Modern Look,” published in 2023.

In addition to practicing law, Bryn has served on the Houston Midtown Management District Board of Directors and is an active member of the Houston Area Kansas State University Alumni Club.  When Bryn isn’t helping clients, she can be found drinking wine at her wine bar, Salt+Vine Wine Co., in Mont Belvieu, Texas, or taking family adventures with her husband, twin daughters and son