Honors and Awards:

• Texas Super Lawyers," 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 The Best Lawyers in America: Trust & Estates
• Best Lawyers in America - Trusts & Estates; American College of Trust and Estate Counsel

Special Licenses/Certifications:

• Board Certified Estate Planning and Probate Law, 1985

Bar/Professional Activity:

• Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel Member, Advisory Commission of Texas, Texas Board of Legal Specialization Member, College of State Bar Member, Texas Academy of Probate & Trust Lawyers Member, State Bar of Texas Member, Texas Bar Foundation Member, American Bar Association Past President, East Texas Estate Planning Council Past Council Member, Real Estate Probate & Trust Law Section, State Bar of Texas Past Chair, Professionalism & Ethics Committee
• Prior Member - Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section

Pro bono/Community Service:

• Director - Fourth Partner, Tyler, Texas Trustee - Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Austin, Texas, 2001-2010 Member - University of Texas at Austin, Planned Giving Advisory Council Trustee - Austin College, Sherman, Texas, Senior Board Director - East Texas Communities Foundation, President, 2002 - 2003 Director - Texas Presbyterian Foundation 1994-2003, Development Chair, 1998 - 2003 

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• Advanced Estate Planning: How Reasonable Minds Differ, 2011 Advanced Drafting: Documenting Sales to Grantor Trusts, 2009 Advanced Strategies: Advising in Hard Times & Changing Landscapes, 2009 Advanced Drafting: Business Succession Drafting, 2008 Advanced Estate Planning: Installment Sale Strategies, 2008 Advanced Strategies: Planning Between Spouses' Deaths, 2008 Advanced Strategies: Representing Dysfunctional Families, 2007 ALI-ABA Course: Estate Planning for the Family Business Owner, Chicago, American Bar Association, 2006 Advanced Estate Planning: Representing the Patriarch in Succession Planning, Houston, State Bar of Texas, 2006 Advanced Strategies: Life & Death of an FLP, New Orleans, State Bar of Texas, 2005 Advanced Charitable Planning: Enabling Donors to Express Dreams, Austin, State Bar of Texas, 2004 Advanced Drafting: Limited Partnership Agreements, Dallas, State Bar of Texas, 2003 Advanced Strategies: Course Director, San Antonio, State Bar of Texas, 2001 ALI-ABA Course: Family Business Succession Strategies, Scottsdale & Boston, American Bar Association, 2001 Tax Law Course: Closely Held Business Strategies, Houston, State Bar of Texas, 2000 Advanced Strategies: Imagining the Future of Estate Planning, San Francisco, State Bar of Texas, 2000 ALI-ABA Course: Motivating the Business Founder to Plan, San Francisco, American Bar Association, 2000 Advanced Strategies: Sophisticated Solutions for Family Wealth Transfers, San Diego, State Bar of Texas, 1999 Advanced Strategies: Family Business Succession Planning, Santa Fe, State Bar of Texas, 1998 ABA Annual Conference: Estate Planning for Closely Held Businesses, Toronto, American Bar Association, 1998 ALI-ABA Course: Business Succession Strategies, Boston, American Bar Association, 1997 Advanced Strategies: Business Succession, Santa Fe, State Bar of Texas, 1996 Advanced Drafting: Formula Gifts of LP Interests & Opportunity FLPs, State Bar of Texas, 1995