Brown McCarroll Attorneys at Law

William (Bill) D. Pargaman

Partner

Austin

512-479-9728

bpargaman@brownmccarroll.com

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Legal Experience

Bill Pargaman has been certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization as a specialist in Estate Planning and Probate Law. He is also a Fellow in the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. Bill’s practice involves the preparation of wills, trusts and other estate planning documents, charitable planning, and estate administration and alternatives to administration. Additionally, he represents clients in contested litigation involving estates, trusts and beneficiaries, and tax issues. His practice also includes the organization and maintenance of business entities such as corporations, partnerships, and limited liability organizations.

Education

• Doctor of Jurisprudence, with honors, The University of Texas School of Law, 1981, Order of the Coif, Chancellors
• Bachelor of Arts, Government, with high honors, The University of Texas at Austin, 1978,  Phi Beta Kappa

Professional Licenses

• Attorney at Law, Texas, 1981

Court Admissions

• United States Tax Court

Speeches and Publications

• 2011 Texas "Probate and Trust" Legislative Update - Summary of Changes Affecting Probate, Guardianships, Trusts, Powers of Attorney, and Other Areas of Interest to Estate and Probate Practitioners, 2012 Estate Planning & Community Property Law Journal CLE Seminar, February 2012, Speech
• 2011 Texas "Probate and Trust" Legislative Update - Summary of Changes Affecting Probate, Guardianships, Trusts, Powers of Attorney, and Other Areas of Interest to Estate and Probate Practitioners, State Bar of Texas 22^nd Annual Estate Planning and Probate Drafting Course, October 2011, Speech
• 2011 Texas "Probate and Trust" Legislative Update - Summary of Changes Affecting Probate, Guardianships, Trusts, Powers of Attorney, and Other Areas of Interest to Estate and Probate Practitioners, Dallas Bar Association Probate, Trusts & Estate Section, September 2011, Speech
• 2011 Texas "Probate and Trust" Legislative Update - Summary of Changes Affecting Probate, Guardianships, Trusts, Powers of Attorney, and Other Areas of Interest to Estate and Probate Practitioners, East Texas Communities Foundation, September 2011, Speech
• 2011 Texas "Probate and Trust" Legislative Update - Summary of Changes Affecting Probate, Guardianships, Trusts, Powers of Attorney, and Other Areas of Interest to Estate and Probate Practitioners, South Texas College of Law 26^th Annual Wills and Probate Institute, September 2011, Speech
• 2011 Texas "Probate and Trust" Legislative Update - Summary of Changes Affecting Probate, Guardianships, Trusts, Powers of Attorney, and Other Areas of Interest to Estate and Probate Practitioners, Texas Bar Journal, September 2011, Article
• 2011 Texas "Probate and Trust" Legislative Update - Summary of Changes Affecting Probate, Guardianships, Trusts, Powers of Attorney, and Other Areas of Interest to Estate and Probate Practitioners, Estate Planning Council of Central Texas, August 2011, Speech
• 2011 Texas "Probate and Trust" Legislative Update - Summary of Changes Affecting Probate, Guardianships, Trusts, Powers of Attorney, and Other Areas of Interest to Estate and Probate Practitioners, Houston Bar Association Probate, Trusts & Estate Section, August 2011, Speech
• 2011 Texas "Probate and Trust" Legislative Update - Summary of Changes Affecting Probate, Guardianships, Trusts, Powers of Attorney, and Other Areas of Interest to Estate and Probate Practitioners, State Bar of Texas Live Webcast, August 2011, Speech
• 2011 Texas "Probate and Trust" Legislative Update - Summary of Changes Affecting Probate, Guardianships, Trusts, Powers of Attorney, and Other Areas of Interest to Estate and Probate Practitioners, Austin Bar Association Estate Planning and Probate Section, August 2011, Speech
• 2011 Texas "Probate and Trust" Legislative Update - Summary of Changes Affecting Probate, Guardianships, Trusts, Powers of Attorney, and Other Areas of Interest to Estate and Probate Practitioners, University of Texas School of Law 13^th Annual Estate Planning, Guardianship, and Elder Law Conference, August 2011, Speech
• 2011 Texas "Probate and Trust" Legislative Update - Summary of Changes Affecting Probate, Guardianships, Trusts, Powers of Attorney, and Other Areas of Interest to Estate and Probate Practitioners, State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting, June 2011, Speech
• 2011 Texas "Probate and Trust" Legislative Update - Summary of Changes Affecting Probate, Guardianships, Trusts, Powers of Attorney, and Other Areas of Interest to Estate and Probate Practitioners, State Bar of Texas 35^th Annual Advanced Estate Planning and Probate Course, June 2011, Speech
• 2011 Texas "Probate and Trust" Legislative Update - Summary of Changes Affecting Probate, Guardianships, Trusts, Powers of Attorney, and Other Areas of Interest to Estate and Probate Practitioners, Midland College/Midland Memorial Foundation 14^th Annual Estate Planning Seminar, May 2011, Speech
• 2011 Texas "Probate and Trust" Legislative Update - Summary of Changes Affecting Probate, Guardianships, Trusts, Powers of Attorney, and Other Areas of Interest to Estate and Probate Practitioners, State Bar of Texas Advanced Guardianship Law Course, April 2011, Speech
• 2011 Texas "Probate and Trust" Legislative Update - Summary of Changes Affecting Probate, Guardianships, Trusts, Powers of Attorney, and Other Areas of Interest to Estate and Probate Practitioners, State Bar of Texas Paralegal Division (District 4) Legislative Update Seminar, April 2011, Speech
• 2011 Texas "Probate and Trust" Legislative Update - Summary of Changes Affecting Probate, Guardianships, Trusts, Powers of Attorney, and Other Areas of Interest to Estate and Probate Practitioners, South Plains Trust and Estate Council, February 2011, Speech
• The Two-Year "Solution" - The Solutions Provided and Issues Raised by the Estate, Gift, and GST Tax Provisions of the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010, Planned Giving Council of Central Texas, February 2011, Speech
• The Two-Year "Solution" - The Solutions Provided and Issues Raised by the Estate, Gift, and GST Tax Provisions of the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation Act of 2010, February 2011, Webinar
• 2011 Texas "Probate and Trust" Legislative Preview - Proposed Statutory Changes Affecting Probate, Guardianships, Trusts, Powers of Attorney, and Other Areas of Interest to Estate and Probate Practitioners, Estate Planning Council of Central Texas, August 2010, Speech
• Legislative Update, Amarillo Area Estate Planning Council, October, 2007, Speech
• Legislative Update, East Texas Estate Planning Council, October, 2007, Speech
• Everything You Need to Know About Drafting Wills and Probating Estates in Texas(In 45 Minutes or Less), State Bar of Texas Practice Skills for New Lawyers Course, September, 2007, Speech
• Legislative Update, Corpus Christi Estate Planning Council, September, 2007, Speech
• Legislative Update, Houston Bar Association Probate Section, August, 2007, Speech
• Recent Texas Trust Code Changes, South Plains Trust and Estate Council, February, 2007, Speech
• Recent Texas Trust Code Changes – Drafting and Other Practical Implementation Issues for Important Trust Code Changes Over the Last Several Years, State Bar of Texas 30^th Annual Advanced Estate Planning and Probate Course, June 2006, Speech
• Legislative Update, Corpus Christi Estate Planning Council, October 2005, Speech
• Legislative Update, State Bar of Texas Annual Guardianship Law Course, April 2005, Speech
• Legislative Update, Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section Annual Meeting, June 2003, Speech
• Legislative Update, Travis County Bar Association Estate Planning and Probate Section Seventeenth Annual Probate and Estate Planning Seminar, March 2003, Speech
• Estate Planning for Physicians, presented to the Austin Chapter of the University of Texas Medical Branch (Galveston) Alumni Association, November 2002, Speech
• Recent Developments in Estate Planning, Corpus Christi Estate Planning Council, September 2002, Speech
• Recent Developments in Estate Planning, Travis County Bar Association Estate Planning and Probate Section Sixteenth Annual Probate and Estate Planning Seminar, April 2002, Speech
• Disability Planning, presented to the SAGE Group at the University of Texas, March 2002, Speech
• Recent Developments in Estate Planning, Travis County Bar Association Estate Planning and Probate Section Fifteenth Annual Probate and Estate Planning Seminar, March 2001 and April 2002, Speech
• What You Absolutely, Positively Have to Know About QualifiedPlan Benefits and IRA's, State Bar of Texas 24th Annual Advanced Estate Planning and Probate Course, June 2000, Speech
• Using the Statutory Disability Planning Forms, Travis County Bar Association Estate Planning and Probate Section Tenth Annual Probate and Estate Planning Seminar, March 1996, Speech
• Alternative Administration Procedures, Travis County Bar Association Estate Planning and Probate Section Eighth Annual Probate and Estate Planning Seminar, November 1993, Speech
• Independent Administration, University of Houston Law Foundation, General Practice Institute, August 1993, Speech
• Going Beyond the Basics, Tools Used in Business Situations and Taxes, Foundations of Estate Planning, Austin Association of Life Underwriters, June 1993, Speech
• Recent Developments in Estate Planning, Austin Chapter, Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants, Annual Tax Update, January 1993, Speech
• Independent Administration, South Texas College of Law, Wills and Probate Institute, September 1992, Speech
• Independent Administration, University of Houston Law Foundation, Wills and Probate Institute, August 1991, Speech
• Legal Malpractice Problems in the Probate and Estate Planning Area, Travis Bar Association and Austin Young Lawyers Association Legal Malpractice Seminar, December 1990, Speech
• Selected Topics in Generation-Skipping, State Bar of Texas 13th Annual Advanced Estate Planning and Probate Course, June 1989, Speech
• Ethics and the Terminally Ill Client, Texas Bar Journal, Co-Author, February 1989, Article

Professional Memberships and Activities

• American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, Fellow
• State Bar of Texas
• Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section, Member
  • Trust Code Committee, Member, 2000-2010 (Chair, 2004-2008)
  • Uniform Trust Code Study Project, Articles 7–9 & UPIA, Subcommittee Member, 2000-2003
  • Real Estate, Probate, and Trust Law Council, Member, 2004-2008
  • Probate Code Codification Committee, Legislative Liaison Subcommittee Member, 2007-2009
  • Legislative Committee – Probate, Member, 2001-2008, Co-Chair, 2008-2009, Chair, 2010-Present
• Course Director, State Bar of Texas, 32nd Annual Advanced Estate Planning and Probate Course, June 2008
• Texas Board of Legal Specialization (Estate Planning and Probate Law), Examiner, 1995-1997
• Estate Planning Council of Central Texas, Member (President, 1991-1992)
• Austin Bar Association, Member
  • Estate Planning and Probate Section, Member (Chair, 1992-1993, Board Member, 1997-1999)

Honors

• AV® Preeminent ™ Peer Review Rated
  • AV® Preeminent ™ and BV® Distinguished™ are certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies.
• Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America
  • Trusts and Estates, 2003-2011
  • Litigation - Trusts & Estates, 2010-2011
• Super Lawyers, Estate Planning & Probate Law, named by Law and Politics Media, Inc., published by Texas Monthly, 2003 - 2011
• Recognized in The Best Lawyers in Austin, Austin Monthly

Community Involvement

• St. Stephen’s Episcopal School Professional Advisory Council, Past Member
• City of Austin, XERISCAPE Advisory Board, Past Member
• Volunteer Guardianship Program of Family Eldercare, Inc. of Austin, Past Member, Advisory Board