Wesley J. Filer
Wesley Filer is principally involved in the representation of clients in connection with business transactions and in estate planning. While the emphasis is on federal and state tax matters, his practice in the general business and estate planning areas in includes advising clients with respect to the formation, operation and liquidation of business entities (including general and limited partnerships, joint ventures, business and professional corporations, professional associations and nonprofit corporations), purchase and sale of business entities and assets, and formulation of estate plans (including succession plans for business owners). His experience includes four years as a trial attorney with the Tax Division of the United States Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., during which time he completed the graduate tax program at George Washington University Law School. He is board certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in both tax law and estate planning and probate law.
Certified Legal Specialties
- Estate Planning & Probate, Texas Bar Association, 1981
- Tax Law, Texas Bar Association, 1983
Bar Admissions
- Texas, 1969
Education
- The George Washington University Law School, Washington, District of Columbia
- LL.M - 1974
- Law Review: Baylor Law Review, 1968 - 1969
- Baylor University School of Law, Waco, Texas
- J.D. - 1969
- The University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas
- B.B.A. (Cum Laude) - 1967
- University of Texas, Austin, TX, U.S.
- B.B.A. (Cum Laude)
Classes/Seminars
- Adjunct Professor, Baylor Law School
Honors and Awards
- Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation
Professional Associations and Memberships
- State Bar of Texas
- Waco-McLennan County Bar Association
Past Employment Positions
- U.S. Department of Justice, Trial Attorney, 1970 - 1975
