A boutique estate planning firm with a commitment to innovative and sophisticated legal solutions.
Biography
Bill Houser focuses his practice to the areas of business and estate planning, trust and estate administration and litigation related to those areas. He represents executives, individuals or families with estate/gift tax issues, beneficiaries, trustees, and closely-held business owners. Bill will accept some fiduciary litigation on a contingency fee basis.
Bill has been in private practice his entire career, except for a brief period when he served as Vice President and General Counsel for a telecommunications company. Bill is member of the American Bar Association, State Bar of Texas and Dallas Bar Association. He is also a member of the Estate Planning Council of Dallas and the North Texas Estate Planning Council. He is the Marital Property Editor for the Real Estate Property & Trust Law Reporter and speaks frequently on the issues of gift and estate taxation to a variety of groups.
Board Certified in Estate Planning and Probate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization
Practice Areas
- Estate Planning and Probate
Bar Admissions
- Texas, 1996
- Hawaii
Education
- Baylor University School of Law, Waco, Texas
- J.D. - 1996
- Honors: cum laude
- Baylor University
- B.A. - 1993
- Major: Business
Professional Associations
- American Bar Association, Member
- State Bar of Texas, Member
- Dallas Bar Association, Member
- Estate Planning Council of Dallas, Member
- North Texas Estate Planning Council, Member
- American Bar Association’s Real Property, Probate and Trust Section, Former Fellow
Certified Legal Specialties
- Estate Planning and Probate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization
Pro-Bono Activities
- Marital Property Editor for the Real Estate Property & Trust Law Reporter
- Member, Planned Giving Counsel, YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas
- Former Chairman and Director: Rockwall Economic Development Corporation
- Former Chairman and Director: Rockwall Chamber of Commerce
- Former Officer and Director: Rockwall Rotary Club
- Former Officer and Director: Helping Hands of Rockwall County
Past Positions
- Telecommunications Company, Vice President and General Counsel