Gene Wolf
Areas of Practice
Gene Wolf is a native El Pasoan. He began practicing law at the firm as an associate in 1991 and has been a partner since 1997. Gene is a member of the Business Department with practice emphasis on tax, estate and business planning. He is a member of the firm’s Management Committee.
Professional Affiliations
- State Bar of Texas
- - Section of Taxation, Past Chair
- - Section of Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law
- - Past Editor, Texas Tax Lawyer
- - Member, Committee on Government Submissions
- - Chair, General Tax Committee
- American Bar Association
- - Section of Taxation
- El Paso Bar Association
Bars & Courts
- Texas, 1991
- Supreme Court of Texas
- United States District Court, Western District of Texas
- Unites States Tax Court
Education
- Baylor University, B.B.A., 1988
- Baylor Law School, J.D., 1991
Professional and Civic Involvement
Since 1992 - Past Director, Member, Rotary Club of El Paso,
Since 2001 - Co-Counsel, Rotary Club of El Paso Foundation
Since 1995 - Past President, Member, El Paso Estate Planning Council
2000-2006 - Past President, El Paso Chapter of Financial Service Professionals
2002-2006 - Director, El Paso Lighthouse for the Blind
2002-2005 - Director, Greater El Paso Chamber of Commerce Foundation
Since 2002 - Director, Junior League of El Paso Endowment Fund
Since 2007 - Director, El Paso Club
Since 2005 - Member, The Paso del Norte Group
1994-1997 - Director, American Red Cross, El Paso Chapter
Current - Member, Deacon (Past Chair), Long Range Planning Committee (Past Chair), Properties Committee (Past Chair), Personnel Committee (Past Chair), Pulpit Supply Committee, First Baptist Church of El Paso
Eagle Scout, Boy Scouts of America
Certifications
- Board Certified, Estate Planning and Probate Law - Texas Board of Legal Specialization
Publications
- Speaker, The Estate Tax- Where Are We Now?, El Paso Estate Planning Council, El Paso, Texas, November 18, 2009.
- Author, Family Limited Partnerships: An Estate Planner’s Guide to Understanding Basic Tax Allocation Provisions, Texas Tax Lawyer, October 2009.
- Speaker and Author, Partnership and LLC Agreement Drafting, 27th Annual Advanced Tax Law Course and Nuts & Bolts Tax Workshop, Section of Taxation of the State Bar of Texas and TexasBarCLE, Houston, Texas, August 26-28, 2009.
- Speaker, Family Business Succession Planning, El Paso Estate Planning Council, El Paso, Texas, May 20, 2009.
- Speaker and Author, Special Allocation Provisions—Are They Necessary?, 46th Annual West Texas Tax Institute, El Paso Chapter—Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants, El Paso, Texas, November 13-14, 2008.
- Speaker and Author, Special Allocation Provisions—Are They Necessary?, 17th Annual Advanced Drafting: Estate Planning and Probate Course, State Bar of Texas, Austin, Texas, October 30-31, 2008.
- Panelist, Business Exit Strategies and Business Succession Planning, 26th Annual Advanced Tax Law Course, Section of Taxation of the State Bar of Texas and TexasBarCLE, Dallas, Texas, August 28-29, 2008.
- Co-Director and Moderator, State Bar of Texas Tax Section Annual Meeting CLE Program, Section of Taxation of the State Bar of Texas, Houston, Texas, June 27, 2008.
- Speaker and Author, The Texas Margin Tax: Has the Family Limited Partnership Met Its Match?, 32nd Annual Advanced Estate Planning and Probate Course, State Bar of Texas, Dallas, Texas, June 11-13, 2008.
- Speaker and Author, IRA Beneficiary Designations, El Paso Chapter of the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants, El Paso, Texas, April 22, 2008.
- Speaker, Sales and Exchanges, Southern and Western Accounting Group, El Paso, Texas, October 22, 2007.
- Speaker and Author, IRA Beneficiary Designations, 25th Annual Advanced Tax Law Course, Section of Taxation of the State Bar of Texas and TexasBarCLE, Houston, Texas, August 30-31, 2007.
- Speaker, Bargain Sales to Charities, Nonprofit Law and Accounting, Nonprofit Enterprise Center, El Paso, Texas, May 16, 2007.
- Panelist, Representing Clients in Trust Fund Recovery Penalty Cases, Tax Controversy Toolkit, Section of Taxation of the State Bar of Texas, TexasBarCLE, and CLE Options Network, Dallas, Texas, February 16, 2007.
- Speaker and Author, The New Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Rules, El Paso Chapter of the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants, El Paso, Texas, March 28, 2006.
- Speaker and Author, The New Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Rules, Advance Tax Law Course, Section of Taxation of the State Bar of Texas, Dallas, Texas, September 29-30, 2005.
- Panelist and Author, The New Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Rules, The American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 and Circular 230, Section of Taxation of the State Bar of Texas, Dallas, Texas, April 22, 2005.
- Co-Drafter, Comments on Proposed Treasury Regulations under Section 409A (Reg-158080-04), Submitted to the Commission of the Internal Revenue Service on behalf of the Section of Taxation of the State Bar of Texas on December 30, 2005. See Tax Notes, Jan. 23, 2006, p. 347; Doc 2006-734; 2006 TNT 9-23.
