Practice/Organization Description
Dr. Willey is a personal family lawyer, being a well known financial educator in the central and North Texas area... having been adjunct law professor of estate planning at Texas Wesleyan Law School, of federal taxation at the University of Texas at Arlington, and other classes at Texas Wesleyan and Tarrant County College, where his class is among the most popular, and the first to fill each semester. Wherever money and family issues intersect, Dr. Willey has given priceless planning to many, many families for over 30 years, including as many as 4 generations of some families. When you consider the impact of legal and financial challenges on your ultimate success, he is an excellent advisor to have on your team... being both lawyer and CPA, he prefers working with other lawyers, CPAs and financial advisors when finding the best pathways through the maze of life's events — his unique love and ability. His mission is to have a positive impact on the lives of all those whose paths of life happen to cross his... wills and trusts, etc. are merely tools utilized to implement true comprehensive planning, sharing with his clients his extraordinary insight from long and varied experience; including IRS/federal tax disputes.
Bar Admissions
State Bar of Texas / U.S. Tax Court / U.S. Federal and Bankruptcy Courts, Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas.
Education
BBA-Accounting (1973), University of Texas at Arlington. Juris Doctor (Law degree)(1978), University of Texas at Austin.
Professional Associations & Memberships
Many, in Texas and the Arlington-Dallas-Fort Worth area: legal, CPA, and financial advising... past pres or other officer and/or board member of several.
Honors and Awards
In the inaugural survey done in 2001 (covering all areas of practice), identified by "Fort Worth, Texas" magazine as one of "The City's 91 Best Attorneys."
