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A lifelong Houston area resident, Bill Frazier entered Rice University on a football scholarship, graduating in 1954 with a B.A. in Economics.  He served in the United States Army Corp of Engineers at Ft. Belvoir, Virginia from 1955 to 1957.

Mr. Frazier has been in the trust and estate planning business since 1957 when he joined Houston Bank and Trust Company while attending the University of Houston School of Law.  He was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1961 and received his J. D. in 1963.  He attended the Southwestern Graduate School of Banking at Southern Methodist University from 1962 to 1964 and was, from 1967 to 1969, a trust officer at Commercial National Bank in Peoria, Illinois before returning to Houston to enter the private practice of law.

Professional associations have included Houston Bar Association, Corporation, Probate, Tax and Estate Planning Sections.  Continuing a special interest in Rice athletics, Mr. Frazier is a Lifetime Member and Past President of the R Association, member of Rice University Quarterback Club, RBI Club, and has served on the Rice University Annual Fund Committee.

Residing in the Houston-Galveston Bay area since 1969, Mr. Frazier has served on the Taylor Lake Village City Council and was Municipal Court Judge in 1978.  He has served in several capacities at Seabrook United Methodist Church , including Chairman of the Administrative Board, Pastor-Parish, and Finance Committees and the Ed White Youth Center Board.

Areas of Practice

• Tax and Estate Planning
• Probate
• Administration of Trusts and Estates
• Business Organizations
• Real Estate
• Estate and Gift Tax Settlement Negotiations

Litigation Percentage

• 5% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions

• Texas, 1961
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas, 1963
• U.S. Tax Court, 1985

Education

• University of Houston Law Center, Houston, Texas, 1963
  Doctor of Jurisprudence
  
  
• Rice University, Houston, Texas, 1954
  Bachelor of Arts
  Major: Economics
  
  
• Southwest Graduate School of Banking, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, 1964
  
  

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Houston Bar Association
  Member
  
  
• State Bar of Texas
  Member
  
  
• Houston Bar Association, Probate, Tax and Estate Planning Section
  
  
• Rice University "R" Association
  Member & Past President
  
  
• Rice University Quarterback Club
  Member
  
  
• City of Taylor Lake Village, 1972 - 1977
  Councilman
  
  
• City of Taylor Lake Village, 1978
  Municipal Court Judge
  
  
• Seabrook United Methodist Church
  Board of Trustees, Chairman, Pastor-Parish Committee
  
  
• Seabrook United Methodist Church
  Finance Committee
  
  
• Rice University RBI Club
  Member
  
  

Past Employment Positions

• United States Army, 1955 - 1957
• Houston Bank & Trust Company, Trust Officer, 1957 - 1967
• Commercial National Bank, Peoria, Illinois, Trust Officer, 1967 - 1969

Birth Information

• July 31, 1931, Walnut Springs, Texas, United States of America