Roger Q Beck / Shareholder /

Roger is a shareholder with FizerBeck, and his practice focuses primarily on trust and estate matters, including estate planning, taxation, probate, trust and estate administration, the preparation of wills and trusts, and assisting clients with charitable giving. Roger also advises clients on related matters involving fiduciary law and estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes. Roger is Board Certified in Estate Planning and Probate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and is named as a Texas Super Lawyer (Estate Planning and Probate) and as one of The Best Lawyers in America (Trusts and Estates). Prior to founding what is now FizerBeck in 1979, Roger was an attorney in the Trusts & Estates Section of Fulbright & Jaworski.

Educational Background

Southern Methodist University (B.B.A., Quantitative Analysis, 1970)
Southern Methodist University (J.D., 1974) – Editor, Southwestern Law Journal; Order of the Coif; Member of Barristers

Professional Organizations & Memberships

Member, State Bar of Texas (Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section and Tax Section); Former Probate Editor of the Newsletter of the Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section of State Bar of Texas
Member, Houston Bar Association (Probate, Trust, and Estate Section and Taxation Section)
Member, American Bar Association (Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section and Taxation Section)
Member, Houston Business and Estate Planning Council
Member, Houston Estate and Financial Forum

Professional Awards & Specializations

Board Certified in Estate Planning and Probate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization
Fellow of the America College of Trust and Estate Counsel
Fellow of the America Bar Foundation
Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation
Fellow of the Houston Bar Foundation
Former Adjunct Professor, University of Houston Law Center
Named to: The Best Lawyers of America (Trusts and Estates) and the Texas Super Lawyers (Estate Planning and Probate)
Named 2014 and 2017 Lawyer of the Year – Trusts and Estates, Houston, by The Best Lawyers of America