Practice Areas
Founding partner Ed Deery’s practice encompasses a myriad of private client services including wealth transfer planning, tax planning, charitable planning and estate and trust administration. Representing wealthy families, individual clients and closely-held businesses, Ed advises them with respect to tax, estate planning and business succession planning matters.
Ed also represents individual and corporate fiduciaries and beneficiaries of estates and trusts, as well as charitable and other non-profit entities, advising them with respect to planned-giving programs and assisting with donor relationships.
Career
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
Ytterberg Deery Knull LLP, 2008-Present
Partner, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, 2004-2008
Associate, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, 1994-2003
Work Highlights
Chambers High Net Worth, Band 3 (2016-Present)
The Best Lawyers in America, Trusts and Estates and Non-Profit/Charities Law (2008-present), Litigation – Trusts & Estates (2012-present)
Texas Super Lawyer in estate planning/trusts, Texas Monthly magazine (2004, 2006-present)
AV Preeminent Peer Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
Board Certified in Estate Planning and Probate Law—Texas Board of Legal Specialization
Catholic Endowment Foundation of Galveston-Houston, Board of Directors (2020-present); UTHealth, Development Board Member (2012-Present); Crossroads School, Board of Directors (2017-Present); Texas Woman’s University Foundation, Board of Directors (2014-2017); University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Advance Team (2003-2012)