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.

Estate Planning & Probate, Texas Bar Association, 1981
Tax Law, Texas Bar Association, 1983

Texas, 1969

The George Washington University Law School, Washington, District of Columbia, 1974 – LL.M.,
Law Review: Baylor Law Review, 1968-1969
Baylor University School of Law Waco, Texas, 1969 – J.D.
University of Texas, Austin, Texas, B.B.A., Cum Laude - 1967

Adjunct Professor, Baylor Law School

Fellow, Texas Bar Foundatio

State Bar of Texas
Waco-McLennan County Bar Association

U.S. Department of Justice, Trial Attorney, 1970-1975

Wesley J. Filer

Courses Taught
Family Business Planning