Wesley E. Wright

Education

Bar Admissions

Licenses and Certifications

Professional Memberships

Professional Awards And Honors

Newspaper, Textbooks and Online Articles and Quotes

• Houston Chronicle Columnist, “Elder Law Notes,” Monthly, Senior Living Section
• Houston Chronicle Columnist, “Elder Law Notes,” Monthly, 50+ Section
• Online Column, “Elder Law,” Monthly, mysanantonio.com
• “Proper Planning is the Key to Passing Wealth to Beneficiaries,” Houston Chronicle, Legacy
  Section, Co-Authored with Stanley M. Johanson, April 2000
• Quoted in online column, “Selling Your Parent’s Home When They Have Alzheimer’s,”
  by Lori Johnson, March 2012
• Quoted in USA Today, “Sorry, Savers: Interest Rates Set New Lows,” by John Wagner,
  July 2012
• “Elder Law: How will you pay for long-term care?” lmtonline.com, 2017
• “Elder Law: How will you pay for long-term care?” facebook.com/national-elder-lawfoundation,
  2017
• Quoted in Begley, Thomas D, and Angela E Canellos. Special Needs Trust Handbook. Aspen
  Publishers, 2008.
• Quoted in Beyer, Gerry W. Teaching Materials on Estate Planning. 4th ed., West
  Academic Publishing, 2012.
• Quoted in Beyer, Gerry W. Teaching Materials on Estate Planning. 5th ed., West
  Academic Publishing, 2020.
• Multiple re-prints of Houston Chronicle Column by Professor Gerry Beyer in the online blog,
  “Wills Trust & Estates Prof Blog”.
• Acknowledged cited in Gerry W. Beyer, Teaching Materials on Estate Planning (American
  Casebook Series) XII,457 (West 3rd ed. 2005).

Magazine Articles

• “Planning Effectively to Cope with Medicaid Estate Recovery,” Estate Planning Magazine, 2005
• “Section 8: Housing in the 21st Century Age of the Voucher,” NAELA News, 2006
• “Section 8: Affordable Housing for Exceptional Families,” Exceptional Parent Magazine, 2009
• Featured in full page article by Texas Super Lawyers for special interest of a lawyer regarding
  portrayal of George Washington, 2016

Books

• Guardianship Alternatives, State Bar of Texas, 2016-2017, Co-author
• Save My Home! Saving Your Home, Farm or Ranch from Medicaid Estate Recovery in Texas,
  Co-author
• West’s Texas Elder Law, Volume 51, Texas Practice Series, Co-author

TV And Radio

• CBS Radio – Interview Regarding Estate Recovery in Texas, 2004
• PBS Channel 8, Richard Alderman’s “Know Your Rights,” 2004

Professional Presentations

• HBA, Wills & Probate Institute, “Drafting for Medicaid,” 1999
• Texas NAELA Conference, “New & Cutting Edge Medicaid Strategies,” 1999
• HBA, Guardianships & Ad Litem Certification & Elder Law Institute, “Drafting Special Needs Trusts,” 1999
• Attorneys in Tax & Probate, “Testamentary Supplemental Needs Trusts,” 1999
• State Bar of Texas, Advanced Tax Law Course, “Protecting Family Assets With Medicaid
  Planning,” 1999
• University of Texas, Intermediate Estate Planning, Guardianship and Elder Law Conference,
  “Recognizing & Responding to Inappropriate or Illegal Estate Planning,” 2000
• State Bar of Texas, Elder Law Course, “Abuse, Neglect and Financial Exploitation of the
  Elderly,” 2000, 2001
• Attorneys in Tax & Probate, “Current Developments in Medicaid,” 2001
• State Bar of Texas, Advanced Estate Planning & Probate Institute, “Report on Medicare After
  the HMO Retreat, What’s New in Advanced Medicaid Planning Techniques and
  Prospective Dilemmas in Medicaid Planning,” 2001
• HBA, Health Law Section, “Medicaid Qualification for Nursing Home Care,” 2001
• South Texas College of Law, Wills & Probate Institute with Guardianship Certification Course,
  “Medicaid Rules and Planning,” 2001
• Texas NAELA Conference, “UPL & Effect on Elder Law Attorneys and Clients, and What is
  Being Done,” 2001
• HBA, Wills & Probate Institute, “Practical Considerations in Medicaid Planning: Twelve Things
  to Avoid,” 2002
• State Bar of Texas, Elder Law Course, “Basic Medicaid and Long-Term Care Planning,” 2002
• Children’s Case Management Coalition Conference, “Planning Special Needs Trusts for the
  Disabled,” 2002
• South Texas College of Law, Representing the Elderly Client: Estate Planning, Special Needs
  Trusts & Guardianships, “Fifteen Misrepresentations Made by Nursing Homes,” 2002
• Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants, Advanced Estate Planning Conference, “To
  Spend Down or Not to Spend Down on the Nursing Home,” 2002
• Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants, Annual CPE Expo, “Medicaid and Disability
  Issues,” 2002
• Texas Weslayan Law School and Stetson Law School, Special Needs Trusts Seminar, “Top Ten
  Tips for SNTs,” 2003
• NAELA, Institute, “Delivering Ritz-Carlton Legendary Service Practices in an Elder Law Firm,”
  2003
• State Bar of Texas, Elder Law Institute, “Estate Recovery: Foundation & Strategy,” 2004
• HBA, Elder Law Institute, “Estate Recovery: Planning Considerations,” 2004
• University of Houston, Wills and Probate Institute, “Medicaid, Medicare and Estate Recovery:
  Can You Get the Benefits Without Losing Everything?,” 2004
• State Bar of Texas, Advanced Estate Planning and Probate Seminar, “Medicaid Estate
  Recovery,” 2004
• State Bar of Texas, State Bar College Summer School, “Medicaid Estate Recovery: When the
  Government Wants Your Homestead,” 2004
• South Texas College of Law, Wills & Probate Institute, “Medicaid Estate Recovery,” 2004
• NAELA, Institute, “Puttin’ on the Ritz: Does it Really Work?,” 2004
• State Bar of Texas, Advanced Elder Law & Guardianship Courses, “Medicaid Estate Recovery
  Program (MERP) Final Rules, Including the Expanded Estate, Gifting, and Unmarried
  Adult Children,” 2005
• State Bar of Texas, Advanced Estate Planning and Probate Seminar, “Medicaid Estate Recovery
  Update,” 2005
• State Bar of Texas, Annual Meeting, “Medicaid Estate Recovery,” 2005
  State Bar of Texas, Representing Older Adults Living with Disabilities: The Nuts & Bolts of
  Aging Issues, “Medicaid Estate Recovery,” 2005
• University of Houston, Wills & Probate Institute, “Medicaid, Medicare & Estate Recovery,”
  2005
• State Bar of Texas, Summer School, “Saving the Family Homestead: The Final Rules for the
  Texas Medicaid Recovery Act,” 2005
• State Bar of Texas Advanced Estate Planning Conference, “Medicaid Changes and Strategies,”
  2006
• University of Houston, Wills & Probate Institute, “The Government Wants It Paid Back! Estate
  Recovery, Monthly Gifting and The Deficit Reduction Act,” 2006
• State Bar College, Summer School, “Medicaid Update: Estate recovery, Gifting and The Deficit
  Reduction Act,” 2006
• University of Texas Elder Law Conference, “Save My Home! Saving the Home, Farm or Ranch
  from Medicaid Estate Recovery in Texas,” 2006
• South Texas College of Law, Wills & Probate Institute, “Significant Changes to Medicaid,” 2006
• Texas Chapter of NAELA, Annual Conference, “Q&A With Three Recent Past Presidents,” 2006
• University of Texas, Special Needs Trusts Conference, “Sole-Benefit Trusts,” 2007
• State Bar of Texas, Advanced Elder Law and Advanced Guardianship Courses, “A Survey of
  Non-Institutionalized Medicaid Programs for Persons Who are Elderly/Disabled,” 2007
• State Bar of Texas, Advanced Estate Planning Conference, “Medicaid Changes and Strategies,”
  June 2007
• University of Texas, Estate Planning, Elder Law and Guardianship Conference, “Agency
  Perspective on Public Benefits,” Panel Moderator, August 2007
• State Bar of Texas, Advanced Family Law Course, “Looking Ahead: Long-term Financial
  Planning in Connection with Divorce,” August 2007
• North American Brain Injury Society Conference on Brain Injury,” Application of Special Needs
  Trusts and Long Term Planning,” September 2007
• University of Texas, Special Needs Trusts Conference, “Amending the Special Needs Trust,”
  January 2008
• Victoria Regional Area Estate Planning Council, “Guardianships and Planning for Disability,”
  May 2008
• University of Texas Estate Planning, Guardianship and Elder Law Conference, Panel Moderator:
  “Agency Perspective on Public Benefits,” August 2008
• University of Texas, Special Needs Trusts Conference, “Changes and Trends Affecting Special
  Needs Trusts,” February 2009
• University of Texas, Estate Planning, Elder Law and Guardianship Conference, “Elder Law
  Overview” and “Agency Perspective on Public Benefits,” Panel Moderator, August 2009
• HBA, Guardianship Institute, “Introduction to VA Benefits,” January 2010
• University of Texas, Special Needs Trusts Changes and Trends Affecting Special Needs Trusts,
  “Life Care Plans and Approaches to Life Care Planning,” February 2010
• University of Texas Estate Planning, Guardianship and Elder Law Conference Panel Moderator:
  “Tricare for Life and Extended Care Benefits,” August 2010
• University of Texas, Special Needs Trusts Changes and Trends Affecting Special Needs Trusts,
  Panel Moderator, February 2011
• State Bar of Texas, Advanced Elder Law, “Sole Benefit Trusts,” Speaker, Houston, April 2011
• University of Texas, Estate Planning, Guardianship and Elder Law Conference, “Public Benefit
  Planning for the Blended Family,” Speaker, Galveston, August 2011
• San Antonio Estate Planners Council, “Elder Law Overview and Medicaid Administration,”
  November 2011
• Midland Odessa Business and Estate Council Meeting, “Elder Law Overview, Public Benefits
  Planning, Medicaid and VA,” Speaker, Midland, January 2012
• University of Texas, Changes and Trends Affecting Special Needs Trusts, “The ‘Dirty Dozen’:
  Blatant Mistakes in Special Needs Trusts,” Speaker, Austin, February 2012
• Special Needs Alliance, Spring 2012 Meeting, “Life Care Plans and Approaches to Life Care
  Planning,” Co-Speaker, Phoenix, March 2012
• State Bar of Texas, Advanced Elder Law Conference, “The Bear Traps of Planning-10 Ways to
  Win (or Lose) Your Case,” Speaker, Dallas, April 2012
• Elder Law Lecture Series, “Life Care Planning and Costs of Long-Term Care,” Speaker,
  Houston, June 2012
• University of Texas, Estate Planning, Guardianship and Elder Law Conference, “The Bear-Traps
  of Medicaid Planning-10 Ways to Win (or Lose) Your Case,” Galveston, August 2012
• Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants, Estate Planning Conference, “Elder Law
  Overview and Update,” Speaker, San Antonio, August 2012
• Houston Bar Association, “The ‘Dirty Dozen’ Blatant Mistakes in SNTs,” Speaker, Houston,
  October 2012
• University of Texas, 9th Annual Changes and Trends Affecting Special Needs Trusts, “The
  ‘Dirty Dozen,’ Part II: Blatant Drafting Mistakes, Nos. 13-24,” Speaker, Austin,
  February 2013
• Austin County Bar Association, “Elder Law Overview, Medicaid and MERP,” Speaker,
  Bellville, March 2013
• State Bar of Texas, Advanced Elder Law CLE Course, “Elder Law Overview,” and “The
  Complexities of Tragedy, Fundraising, Special Needs Trusts, Medicaid, and Tax
  Deductions,” Speaker, Houston, April 2013
• State Bar of Texas, Advanced Estate Planning and Probate CLE Course, “The Complexities of
  Tragedy, Fundraising, Special Needs Trusts, Medicaid, and Tax Deductions,” Speaker,
  Houston, June 2013
• University of Texas, 10th Annual Changes and Trends Affecting Special Needs Trusts, “POMS
  Update,” Speaker, Round Rock, February 2014
• University of Texas, 11th Annual Changes and Trends Affecting Special Needs Trusts, “Special
  Needs Trusts Overview,” Austin, February 2015
• University of Texas, 17th Annual Estate Planning, Guardianship and Elder Law Conference,
  “Elder Law Overview,” Speaker, Galveston, August 2015
• University of Texas, 20th Annual Estate Planning, Guardianship and Elder Law Conference,
  “Malpractice Claims, A Review of the American Bar Association’s Profile of Legal
  Malpractice Claims” Co-Speaker, Galveston, August 2018
• American Leadership Forum, “Avoiding Caregiver Burnout,” Panelist, February 2019
• National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA) Annual Conference “Malpractice Claims,
  A Review of the American Bar Association’s Profile of Legal Malpractice Claims”
  Speaker, Fort Worth, May 2019
• University of Texas 23rd Annual Estate Planning, Guardianship and Elder Law Conference,
  “Business Property Exclusions in Medicaid Cases.” Co-Speaker, Online, August, 2021
• University of Texas 24th Annual Estate Planning, Guardianship and Elder Law Conference,
  “Business Property Exclusions in Medicaid Cases.” Co-Speaker, Galveston, Texas,
  August, 2022
• State Bar of Texas, Advanced Elder Law, “Medicaid for the Middle Class & Business Exempt
  Property”, 2022

Select Community Presentations

• NASA/Johnson Space Center, Total Health & Safety Day, “Elder Law Issues,” 2000
• Houston Chronicle, Managing Your Money Seminar, “Planning for Elder Care,” 2001
• Case Management Society of America Conference, “Medicaid Planning: What Is It? Who Needs
  It? and the Most Frequently Asked Questions About It,” 2001
• Richard Alderman, The People’s Law School, University of Houston, “Wills, Living Wills &
  Powers of Attorney,” 2001
• The Temple Grandin Conference, “Special Needs Trusts Overview,” Speaker, Houston,
  February 2017
• Others – too many to list

Professional Activities

• DELAA Guardianship Manual, Committee Member, 1991-1992
• Lifecare Committee Member, Foundation for the Retarded, CRI, 1992-1993
• State Bar of Texas, Elder Law Institute, Institute Director, 2002, 2003, 2004
• HBA, Family/Probate Bench Bar Conference, Planning Committee, 1996, 1998, Chair, 2000
• HBA Representative Attorney for Elder Law in Media Resource Guide, 1997-1998, 2003-2004
• State Bar of Texas, Solving Disability Issues, Institute Director, 1998
• HBA, Probate, Trusts and Estates Monthly Articles, Houston Chronicle, 50+Section,
  Co-Author, 1999-2001
• HBA, Wills and Probate Institute, Program Chair, 2000
• HBA, Administration of Justice Committee, Co-Chair, 2000-2001
• South Texas College of Law, Elder Law Conference, Program Chair, 2002, 2003
• NAELA, Texas Chapter, Elder Law Conference, Program Chair, 2002, 2003
• NAELA, Developing a Firm Culture, Co- Chair, Fort Worth, Texas, 2003
• NAELA, 16th Annual Symposium, Program Chair, 2004
• AARP, Briefing on Medicaid Asset Transfers, Committee Member, Washington, D.C., 2005
• South Texas College of Law, Wills and Probate Institute with Guardian and Ad Litem
  Certification Course, Co-Chair, 2007
• State Bar of Texas, Guardianship Manual Revision, Committee Member, 2013-2016
• NAELA, Texas Chapter, President, 2004-2005 and 2014-2015
• University of Texas, Special Needs Trusts Planning Member, 2007-2019
• University of Texas, Estate Planning, Elder Law and Guardianship Planning Member, 2008-2021
• State Bar of Texas, Advanced Elder Law and Guardianship Planning Committee, 2016
• The Temple Grandin Conference, “Planning with SNTs,” Houston, February 2017
• University of Texas 24th Annual Estate Planning, Guardianship and Elder Law Conference,
  “Business Property Exclusions in Medicaid Cases.” Co-Speaker, Galveston, Texas,
  August, 2022