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About
Provided by Stephen Dyer
Practice Areas
Stephen Dyer is the chair of the private clients section of the tax department at Baker Botts. His practice emphasizes estate and business planning for extraordinarily high net worth individuals (many of whom have family-owned businesses) and representation of fiduciaries and beneficiaries in estate and trust administration. The principal focus of his practice is the design, implementation and defense of advanced asset transfer and business succession strategies. Mr. Dyer also advises clients in divorce cases (along with lead divorce counsel) when substantial trusts and family entities are involved.
Professional Memberships
Mr. Dyer is widely recognized for his work representing clients in Texas and throughout the country in transfers of hard-to-value assets, family limited partnerships, business valuation issues and family business succession planning. He has been a fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel since 2008 and a member of ACTEC’s Estate and Gift Tax Committee since 2011. He has been Board Certified in Estate Planning and Probate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization since 2002 and was the Chairman of the Houston Bar Association’s Probate, Trusts, and Estates Section for 2017-2018. Most recently, Stephen has co-chaired the Steering Committee for the Cambridge Forum on Private Wealth Law.
