Professor Gerry W. Beyer 2 posts 0 comments

Professor Beyer is nationally recognized expert in estate planning and holds the Governor Preston E. Smith Regents Professorship at Texas Tech School of Law.  He researches, writes, and teaches in the areas of estate planning, wills & trusts and property, and has authored more than 22 books, 35 law review articles, 30 other significant works, and 300 continuing legal education articles. A few of his current scholarship interests include (1) planning for the transfer of and access to a person’s digital assets, both when the person is disabled and upon death, (2) studying the impact of legalized recreational and medical marijuana on estate planning, (3) exploring the potential of including photographs of items a person wishes to give away in his or her will, (4) helping communication challenged clients plan their estates, and (5) investigating professional responsibility and ethical concerns that arise in estate planning.

Prof. Beyer is currently the Editor-in-Chief of the REPTL Reporter, the official journal of the largest section of the State Bar of Texas, the Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section with distribution to over 9,000 members. He is also an Academic Fellow and Regent of the American College of Trust & Estate Council, a member of the American Law Institute, and has been inducted into the Estate Planning Hall of Fame. From 2010 through 2017, Prof. Beyer has made more than 200 presentations coast-to coast by accepting invitations to share the results of his research at seminars and symposia for national, state and local bar associations, universities, and civic groups. On almost a daily basis, Prof. Beyer provides free advice to attorneys working on pro bono or reduced-fee cases.