Overview
Bill’s practice is focused on litigation involving taxation, wills, estates, trusts and probate, as well as insurance coverage bad faith litigation. Bill has had a mediation practice for more than 15 years and has served as an arbitrator through the American Arbitration Association and appointment by settlement documents.
Accolades
Honors & Recognitions
- One of the Best in Alternative Dispute Resolution, “Texas’ Best Lawyers for 2011,” Wall Street Journal (June 23, 2011)
- One of the Best in Trusts and Estates, “Texas’ Best Lawyers for 2011,” Wall Street Journal (June 23, 2011)
- The Best Lawyers in America (since 1993)
- Texas’ Top-Notch Lawyers, 2005 Texas Lawyer’s “Go-To Guide,” voted one of the best 5 attorneys in the State of Texas in Trusts and Estate Law
- Recognized as a Texas Super Lawyer in Estate & Trust Litigation, Super Lawyers by Thomson Reuters (published in Texas Monthly) (2003-2018)
Affiliations
Professional
- Houston Bar Association
- American College of Trust and Estate Counsel
- Trustee of The Hamill Foundation
- Trustee of MacDonald-Peterson Foundation
- American Bar Association
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Education
JD, The University of Texas School of Law, with honors, Order of the Coif, Chancellors, 1969
BS, Princeton University, with honors, 1965
Admissions
Texas
Courts
US District Court, Southern District of Texas
US Tax Court