PARTNERS

EDWARD B. WINN, EDWARD B. WINNSeptember 23, 1920 – March 11, 2007

















G. WARD BEAUDRY G. WARD BEAUDRY, (P.C.), born Boston, Massachusetts, May 23, 1941; admitted to bar, 1965, Texas; 1969, U. S. Supreme Court, U. S. District Court, Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas and U. S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuits. Education: Austin College (B.A., with honors, 1963); University of Texas (J.D., 1965). Phi Alpha Delta. Author: "Administration of the Estate in Texas"; Elder Law in Texas;" "A Practical Guide to Estate Administration in Texas"; “Advanced Estate Planning Techniques in Texas”; “Fundamental Problems  Procedures in Texas 2005”; "How to Draft Wills and Trusts in Texas" (2001 & 2004); and “Tax Aspects of Texas Limited Liability Companies”. Speaker: Probate Trusts and Estate Section, Dallas Bar Association, 1985-1987; 1990, 1992, 1995 and 1996. NBI - Administration of the Estate in Texas; 1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2004; NBI - Elder Law in Texas, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999 and 2001; Estate Planning-1998, 2000 and 2001.  Tax Aspects of Limited Liability Companies in Texas, 2002; How to Draft Effective Wills and Trusts for Your Clients in Texas-2005; LLC v. LLP in Texas:  Which Entity is Best for Your Client-2005; and Medical Assistance Planning-2006.  Trained Arbitrator and Mediator, American Arbitration Association and Certified Guardian Ad Litem,  Participating Attorney in the AARP Legal Services Network.  Member- Dallas (Member Council, 1970-, Section of Probate, Trusts and Estates, 1970; Council, 1980-1986; Secretary and Treasurer, 1982-1984; Chairman-Elect, 1984-1985; Chairman, 1985-1986; Alternative Dispute Resolution Section, 1993), Federal and American (Member, Section of Real Property, Probate and Trust Law, Litigation and Dispute Resolution Committee and Alternative Dispute Resolution Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Member, Section of Real Property, Probate and Trust Law; Chairman, Subcommittee on Claims, 1986-1990; Alternative Dispute Resolution Section); Dallas Estate Planning Council; North Texas Estate Planning Council (Charter Member, Board of Directors, 1997); College of the State Bar of Texas. Life Fellow: American, Texas and Dallas Bar Foundations. Pro Bono College of the State Bar of Texas Sustaining Member, 2003- ___.  Accredited Estate Planner, 1995-____; National Association of Estate Planning Councils, 1995; 2005; National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, 2000-___; Member, College of the State Bar of Texas, 2000-___; [Lt. Col. U.S.M.C.R., 1965-1969]. PRACTICE AREAS: Estate Planning; Probate and Trust Law; Elder Law; Trust and Estate Litigation; Corporate Litigation; Family Business and Succession Planning; Mediation.
Email: gwb@wbwllp.com
ASSOCIATE
Mark CaldwellMARK R. CALDWELL, born Beaufort, South Carolina, June 29, 1979; admitted to bar 2005, Texas. Education: London School of Economics, General Course Student 2001-2002, Southern Methodist University (B.A. 2002); legal education, New England School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts (J.D. 2005). Member: State Bar of Texas, Dallas Bar Association (Probate, Estate and Trust Section); Dallas Young Lawyers Association (Elder Law Section); St. Thomas More Society; Texas Young Lawyers Association.
Email: mrc@wbwllp.com


OF COUNSEL
MARGARET L. VANDERVALK MARGARET L. VANDERVALK, born Miami, Florida, December 30, 1947; admitted to bar, 1976, Florida: 1977, Texas, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Florida State University (B.S., 1969; J.D., with high honors, 1976). Phi Alpha Delta. Managing Editor, Florida State University Law Review, 19-1976. Member: Dallas and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; The Florida Bar. PRACTICE AREAS: Probate Litigation; Elder Law Litigation; Commercial Litigation.
Email: mlv@wbwllp.com

JOEL H. WHITNEY JOEL H. WHITNEY, born Fredericksburg, Virginia, 1968. Admitted to bar, 1998, Texas, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.B.A., cum laude, 1991); University of Oklahoma (J.D., with honors, 1997); George Washington University (LL.M., 1998). Phi Alpha Delta. Speaker: Probate Trusts and Estate Section, Dallas Bar Association, 2000; NBI – Basics of Probate Litigation, 2004 and 2005; American Subcontractors Association – Lien and Bond Claims in Texas, 2003. Certified Guardian Ad Litem. Recipient: McNaughten Award for Excellence in Trial Advocacy, 1997. Member: Dallas Bar Association, Travis County Bar Association, American Bar Association; State Bar of Texas. PRACTICE AREAS: Fiduciary Litigation; Trust and Estate Litigation; Elder Law Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Business Litigation; Construction Litigation; Probate, Estate and Trust Administration; Estate Planning; Probate and Trust Law.
Email: jhw@wbwllp.com


STANLEY C. SIMON, born Memphis, Tennessee, May 6, 1926; admitted to bar, 1947, Tennessee; 1957, Texas; 1980, Oregon. Education: University Of Tennessee and New York University (B.S., cum laude, 1954); University of Tennessee (LL.B., 1948). Certified Public Accountant: Tennessee, 1954; Texas, 1956. Lecturer, Southern Methodist University School of Law, 1969-1974. Member: Dallas (Chairman: Taxation Section, 1969; Committee on Continuing Legal Education, 1969; Committee on Legal Education, 1972; Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation Section, 1992) and American (Chairman, Value Added Tax Committee, Section of Taxation, 1994-1995) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Oregon State Bar. Senior Life Fellow, Dallas Bar Foundation. (Board Certified, Tax Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). PRACTICE AREAS: ERISA; Employee Benefits Law; Estate Planning Law; Probate Law.
Email: ssimonl@san.rr.com