William T. Miller
Senior Partner
Bill's practice is focused on litigation involving taxation, wills, estates, trusts and probate, as well as insurance coverage bad faith litigation. Bill has served as a mediator in over 100 mediations and has served as an arbitrator through the American Arbitration Association and appointment by settlement documents.
Events
Panel Member
- “Estate Planning in a Post-Schneider v. Finmann World,” New York State Bar Association Trusts and Estates Law Section Annual Meeting, New York, New York (January 26, 2011)
- “Making a Molehill Out of the Mountain of Possible Fiduciary Claims from a Planner’s & Litigator’s Perspective,” Houston Bar Association Wills & Probate Institute 2009, Advanced Course, Houston, Texas (February 20, 2009)
- “Your Malpractice Liability After Your Client’s Death: Living in a Post-Belt World,” State Bar of Texas Webcast, Austin, Texas (March 20, 2007)
- "Belt Update - Practical 'Belts' and Suspenders Panel Discussion of How to Plan to Defend the 'But Daddy Would Have Wanted to Save All Taxes' Claim," 31st Annual Advanced Estate Planning and Probate Course, San Antonio, Texas (June 6-8, 2007)
- “Navigating the Quagmire of Potential Claims in an Estate Planning, Trust, Probate and Guardianship Practice in a Post Belt v. Oppenheimer World," Houston Bar Association Probate, Trusts & Estate Seminar (October 24, 2006)
- "Defending the Fiduciary," Tarrant County Probate Bar Association, Fort Worth, Texas (October 2005)
- "Defending the Fiduciary and the Fiduciary's Lawyer," Houston Bar Association 2005 Wills and Probate Institute, Houston, Texas (February 2005)
Speaker
- "Current Issues and Trends in Fiduciary Litigation and Liability," 2008 Wealth Management Trust Conference, Fort Worth, Texas (March 27, 2008)
- "2005 Fiduciary Litigation Update," Professional Education Broadcast Network (December 2005)
Professional Recognition
- 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)
- 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
- Texas Super Lawyer, Texas Monthly (since 2003)
