Education
Washington and Lee, B.S. with Honors (1971).
University of Texas School of Law, J.D. with Honors (1974).
Employment
Baker & Botts, L.L.P., Houston, Texas:
1. Associate 1974-1981
2. Partner 1982-Present
3. Member of Business and Estate Planning Practice Group of the Tax
Section
4. Co-chairman of the Family Business Practice Group
Professional Associations
Member of the International Academy of Estate and Trust Law
Fellow of American College of Trust and Estate Counsel:
1. Regent for the 1992-1998 term;
2. Chairman of the Transfer Tax Study Committee (1988-92);
3. Member of the Business Planning Committee
4. Member of Estate and Gift Tax Study Committee; and
5. Member of Task Force on Chapter 14 of the Internal Revenue Code.
Member of the American Bar Association:
1. Supervisory Council Member of the Real Property, Probate and Trust
Law Section (1990-1998);
2. Supervisory Council Member for Business Planning Group (1996-1998);
3. Publications Coordinator, Probate and Trust Division (1992-93);
4. Member, Bylaws and Handbook Committee (1992-95);
5. Section Advisor, Revision Uniform Partnership Act (1987-95);
6. Leadership Development Initiative Task Force (1994-95);
7. Member, Publications Committee (1992-93);
8. Member, Budget and Finance Committee (1991-92);
9. Member, Planning Committee (1989-91);
10. Member, Membership Committee (1990-91);
11. Chair, Estate Planning and Drafting: Partnerships (1989-90);
12. Member, Continuing Legal Education Committee (1988-90);
13. Chair, Estate Planning and Drafting: Inter Vivos Transfers and Property
Ownership (1984-89);
14. Chair, Division Coordinator for Annual Meeting Programs (1987-89);
Member of the Texas Bar Association:
1. Texas Bar Foundation Fellow;
2. Board Certified Special-ist in Estate Planning and Probate Law; and
3. Course Director of the 1992 Advanced Estate Planning and Probate
Course.
Member of the Houston Bar Association:
1. Houston Bar Foundation Fellow; and
2. Past member of the Long Range Planning Committee, Houston Bar Association
Fellow.
Member of the Houston Estate and Financial Forum:
1. Past member of the Board of Directors of Houston Estate and Financial
Forum.
Honors
Listed in Who`s Who in America
Listed in Who`s Who of American Law
Listed in The Best Lawyers in America (Woodward, White)
Other Biographical Information
S. Stacy Eastland is a native Houstonian who graduated from Robert E.
Lee High School in 1967. Stacy Eastland is married to Tara Gardner Eastland
and they have two children, Tara Doran Eastland (age 23) and S. Gardner
Eastland (age 21).
S. Stacy Eastland is currently Chairman of the Board of Directors of
the Kelsey-Seybold Foundation of Houston, Texas (a non-profit charitable
corporation).
S. Stacy Eastland is serving, or has served, as a Director of the following
nonprofit organizations: St. John`s Memorial Endowment Fund, St. John the
Divine Church (Associate Vestry), Depelchin Children`s Center, Institute
for Child and Family Services, the Neuhaus Education Center, and Kelsey-Seybold
Foundation.
S. Stacy Eastland is a Director and part owner of Natural Fountains Properties,
Inc. (its primary business is the leasing of property to a corporation which
operates a girls camp located in Hunt, Texas).
S. Stacy Eastland is on the Advisory Council on Planned Giving for the
University of Texas, Texas Children`s Hospital and the Longhorn Foundation.
S. Stacy Eastland is a member of the following social organizations and/or
clubs: Houston Country Club, Bayou Club, Allegro, Coronado Club and Metropolitan
Racquet Club.
Published Material in Books, Law Reviews, Law Magazines and Legal
Treatises
Co-author of "Review by Certiorari," in Appellate Procedure
in Texas (State Bar of Texas, 2d Ed. 1979);
Author of "Texas Inheritance Tax," in Texas Estate Administration,
1980 Cumu-lative Supplement (State Bar of Texas 1980);
Co-author of "Estate Planning for the Real Estate Developer,"
in Nineteenth Annual Philip E. Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning
(1985);
Co-author of "Using Partnerships in Lieu of Trusts," in Ninth
Annual UCLA-CEB Estate Planning Institute (1987);
Co-author of "Partnerships Solve Problems," in Trust &
Estates (Volume 126, No. 9, September, 1987);
Co-author of "The Real Estate Partnership as an Estate Planning
Device," in Twenty-Second Annual Philip E. Heckerling Institute
on Estate Planning (1988);
Author of "Saving The Closely-Held Business After Congress Made
Enterprise A Dirty Word - The Legacy Of IRC §2036(c)," in 47th
New York University Annual Institute on Taxation (1989);
author of "Saving the Closely-Held Business After Congress Made
Enterprise a Dirty Word: The Legacy of IRC §2036(c)," in the
1989 Fall issue of Real Property Trust and Probate Journal;
author of "Why My Algebra Teacher Rolls in Her Grave: The Mathematics
of Estate Planning," in Twenty-Fourth Annual Philip E. Heckerling
Institute on Estate Planning (1990);
Co-author of Congress` New Attack On Closely-Held Businesses - The Legacy
of IRC 2704 in Trust and Estates (March, 1991 issue);
"Proposed Regulations Address Section 2704 and Adjustments Under
Sections 2701 and 2702" - Journal of Taxation (December, 1991);
"Estate Planning for Closely-Held Businesses," Commerce
Clearing House (1992);
author of "Using Partnerships to Plan for Life Insurance (Part 1),
in The Practical Tax Lawyer, Volume 7, Number 3, Spring 1993;
author of "Using Partnerships to Plan for Life Insurance (Part 2),
in The Practical Tax Lawyer, Volume 7, Number 4;
author of "Family Limited Partnerships: Non-Transfer Tax Benefits,
in Probate & Property, March/April 1993 issue;
author of "Family Limited Partnerships: Transfer Tax Benefits,"
in Probate & Property, July/August 1993 issue;
Program Lectures
Nineteenth, Twenty-Second, Twenty-Fourth and Thirtieth Annual University
of Miami Institute of Estate Planning (January, 1986, January, 1988, January,
1990, and January 1996) in Miami, Florida.
ALI-ABA Conference on Planning Techniques for Large Estates (November,
1986, November, 1987, July, 1988, May, 1989, November, 1990, May 1991, November,
1991, May, 1992, April, 1993, November, 1993, April, 1994, April, 1995,
November 1995, April 1996, November 1996, and April 1997) in New York, New
York and San Francisco, California.
ALI-ABA Satellite Video Conference on Chapter 14 (November, 1990, June,
1991).
State Bar of Texas Advanced Estate Planning and Probate Course (1985,
1986, 1987, 1989, 1992 (Director in 1992), 1994, 1995, and 1997).
State Bar of Texas Advanced Tax Course (1990, 1992, 1994).
Annual Tax Conference at University of Texas Law School (1986, 1988 and
1990, 1993) in Austin, Texas.
National AICPA Tax Institute (1992, 1994, 1995, 1996 and 1997).
Texas CPA Tax Institute of 1988, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996 and 1997.
Thirteenth Annual Midwest Institute on Estate Taxes and Business Planning
(June, 1986) in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Ninth Annual UCLA-CEB Estate Planning Institute (May, 1987) in California.
14th Annual Midwest Estate Tax and Business Planning Institute (June,
1987).
New York University Annual Institute on Federal Taxation (1988, 1989,
1995) in New York, New York and San Francisco, California.
Planning Techniques for Large Estates (February, 1989) in Maui, Hawaii.
First and Second Annual Maryland Advanced Estate Planning Institute (May,
1988 and March, 1989) in Baltimore, Maryland.
Twelfth Annual American Institute on Federal Taxation (June, 1988) in
Alabama.
Advanced Estate Planning Seminar (October, 1988) in Wilmington, Delaware.
University of Montana`s Annual Tax Institute (November 1988) in Montana.
1989 ABA Video Program on IRC 2036(c) in Washington, D.C.
Queens College Estate Planning Day (January, 1989) in Charlotte, North
Carolina.
ALI-ABA Video Law Review Program on IRC §2036(c) (June, 1989 and
March, 1990) in Washington, D.C.
1990 Estate and Financial Planning Conference (July, 1990) in Houston,
Texas and Dallas, Texas.
Houston Estate & Financial Forum (February, 1993) in Houston, Texas.
Portland Oregon Estate Planning Council (February 1993) in Portland,
Oregon.
University of Texas School of Law Real Estate Transactions Conference
(June, 1993) in Houston, Texas.
AICPA Advanced Estate Planning Conference (July, 1993, July 1994, July
1995) in San Francisco, California.
Paine Webber`s Annual Premium Producers Guild Conference (July 1993)
in San Francisco, California.
M Financial Group 1993 Fall Marketing/MPRO Conference (September 1993)
in San Diego, California.
U.S. Trust Estate Planning Forum of Los Angeles (September 1993) in Los
Angeles, California.
American Society of CLU & CHFC (November 1993).
The Northern Trust Company Tax Seminar (January, 1994) in Dallas, Texas.
ABA Tax Section Agriculture Committee (January, 1994) in Houston, Texas.
Austin Tax Study Group (February, 1994) in Austin, Texas.
Trusts & Estates Annual Conference (February, 1994 and February 1995)
in San Francisco, California.
Pacific Mutual Conference (April, 1994) in New Bort Beach, California.
Thomas & Associates (April, 1994) in Tampa, Florida.
Houston Society of IAFP (May, 1994) in Houston, Texas.
Alexander Hamilton Life Insurance Company (July, 1994) in Las Vegas,
Nevada.
International Conference of IAFP (September, 1994) in Boston, Massachusetts.
Family Firm Institute (October, 1994) in Scottsdale, Arizona.
NAEPC Convention (October, 1994) in Dallas, Texas.
AICPA 1994 National Conference on Federal Taxes (November, 1994) in Washington,
D.C.
Arizona Federal Tax Institute (November, 1994) in Arizona.
Great Plains Tax Institute (December, 1994) in Lincoln Nebraska.
Estate Planning Council of St. Louis (December, 1994) in St. Louis Missouri.
Southern California Estate Planning Forum (February, 1995 and March,
1995) in Las Vegas, Nevada.
IRS Continuing Professional Education Seminar (August, 1995) in Dallas,
Texas.
Hawaii State Bar Association (September, 1995) in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Southern Methodist University Estate Planning Program (September 1995)
in South Bend, Indiana.
Southern Federal Tax Institute (September, 1995) in Atlanta, Georgia.
Washington State Bar 40th Annual Estate Planning Seminar (October 1995)
Seattle, Washington.
AICPA National Business Conference (December 1995) in New Orleans, Louisiana.