Clark S. Willingham

Clark Willingham was born in Houston, Texas in 1944 and was reared in Dallas where he graduated from Bryan Adams High School in 1963. Mr. Willingham received an accounting degree from Texas Tech University in 1967. After a year with the Dallas accounting firm, Peat Marwick Mitchell he entered law school and received his Juris Doctor degree from the SMU School of Law in 1971.

While in law school Mr. Willingham married a rancher’s daughter and began focusing on tax and business issues in agriculture. His fairly unique combination of law, accounting and agriculture has enabled Mr. Willingham many opportunities to work nation-wide with families and companies on business transactions, as well as estate planning and document drafting.

Professional Associations and Memberships

American Bar Association, Member, Chairman of the Tax Section’s Committee on Agriculture 1984-1986

State Bar of Texas, Member, Chairman Section of Taxation, Agricultural Tax Problems Committee

Dallas Bar Association, Member

Texas Beef Industry Council, past Board Member and President

Texas Cattle Feeders Association, past Board Member and President, current member of Tax & PAC Committees

National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, past Board Member and President, current member of the Audit & Tax Committees

National Cattlemen’s Foundation, Board Member & Treasurer

US Meat Export Federation, past Board Member

Civic and Other Activities

Dallas Summer Musicals, Inc., Board Member, 1971-1996, President 1994

State Fair of Texas, Former Board Member and Heritage Hall of Honor Selection Committee Chair; current Honorary Director

Texas Agricultural Land Trust, current Board Member & Past President

Texas Ranger Law Enforcement Association, current Board Chair

Contact Clark Directly

Phone: 214.533.5103
Email: cswlaw@att.net

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Honors and Awards

Elected as a member of the AMERICAN LAW INSTITUTE

Appointed to the Texas Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners (1989-1995) President 1995

Named Progressive Farmer’s 1999 Man of the Year in Texas Agriculture

Dean’s Advisory Council, Texas Tech University, College of Agricultural Sciences, 1984-1991

Who’s Who in American Law

Education

Southern Methodist University School of Law, Dallas, Texas J.D. – 1971 LLM Tax – 1984

Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas B.B.A – Accounting – 1967