Vester Hughes

• Private Clients
• Tax
• Tax-Exempt Organizations/Nonprofit Institutions

Bar of Texas

Texas

K&L Gates

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Harvard Law School

J.D.

1952

cum laude, Editor, Harvard Law Review

Rice University

B.A.

1949

with distinction

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Activities: American Bar Association, Council, Taxation Section; Chairman, Taxation Section Committee on Affiliated and Related Corporations

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Activities: State Bar of Texas, Chairman, Section of Taxation; Chairman, Section of Taxation Committee on Specialization of Tax Practice

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Activities: Dallas Bar Association

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Activities: The American Law Institute, Advisory Group, rewrite of Federal Estate and Gift Tax Law; Council Member; Advisory Group, rewrite of Subchapter C of the Internal Revenue Code, 1976 to 1980 and 1986 to 1988

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Activities: Chairman, Southwestern Regional Commissioner's Tax Lawyers Internal Revenue Service Liaison Committee

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Activities: The Center for American and International Law (formerly Southwestern Legal Foundation), Institute Chairman, Taxation Division; Chairman, Taxation Division

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Activities: Trustee, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children

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Activities: Vice President, Executive Committee, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children

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Activities: Tax Counsel, Communities Foundation of Texas, Inc., 1959 to present

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Activities: Board of Directors, Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, 1982 to present

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Activities: Board of Directors, LX Cattle Company (Amarillo, Texas)

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Activities: Board of Directors, Exell Cattle Company (Amarillo, Texas)

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Activities: Board of Directors, Austin Industries, Inc., 1974-2004 (Dallas, Texas)

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Activities: Board of Directors, Murphy Oil Corporation, 1973-2000 (El Dorado, Arkansas)

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Activities: Board of Directors, Sammons Enterprises, Inc. (Dallas, Texas)

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Activities: Board of Directors, Goodwill Industries of Dallas, Inc. (Dallas, Texas)

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Activities: Visiting Professor of Law at Southern Methodist University Law School lecturing in Federal Taxation

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Activities: Secretary, Harvard Law School Association

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Activities: Advisory Committee, Texas Supreme Court

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Activities: Member of Board of Overseers, Visiting Committee, Harvard Law School

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Activities: Commissioner, Internal Revenue's Small Business Advisory Group