Biography

Bill Mureiko is a partner at Haynes Boone’s Dallas office. Bill’s practice focuses on estate planning, trust administration, probate, charitable giving and tax-exempt organizations. 

Bill also advises family offices on a wide range of matters, including federal taxation of trusts, family governance, trustee duties and ongoing federal transfer tax matters.

Bill is Board Certified in Estate Planning and Probate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.

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  • Plan and implement wealth transfers to family members and charity using testamentary and lifetime vehicles for high-net-worth families
  • Obtain and maintain federal and state tax exemption for nonprofit corporations and trusts; also oversee operations
  • Administrative aspects of federal tax law (including preparation of Forms 706-Federal Estate Tax Return and Forms 709-Federal Gift Tax Return, obtaining private letter rulings and technical advice)
  • Plan and draft charitable lead and remainder trusts, outright gifts to charity, gift annuities, other split-interest gifts to charity and gifts to "advise and consult" funds held by community foundations
  • American Bar Association, Section of Taxation, Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section
  • Dallas Bar Association
  • Texas Bar Foundation, Fellow
  • Southern Methodist University School of Law, Instructor in Legal Research and Writing, 1995-1996
  • American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC), Fellow, 2001
  • The Best Lawyers in America guide, Tax Law, Trusts and Estates, 2006-2025
  • The Best Lawyers in America guide, Dallas Trusts and Estates Lawyer of the Year, 2024
  • Chambers High Net Worth guide, Private Wealth Law: Texas, 2023-2025
  • Texas Super Lawyers magazine, 2003-2023
  • Best Lawyers in Dallas, D Magazine, Tax: Trusts and Estates, 2018-2025
  • Best Lawyers in Dallas Under 40, D Magazine, 2004
  • “House Ways and Means Committee Tax Plan Proposes Changes to Estate Planning,” Holland & Knight Alert, September 29, 2021
  • “IRS Wealth Squad Targets High-Wealth Taxpayers and Their Entities,” Client Alert, July 9, 2020
  • “Unique Estate Planning Opportunities Amid COVID-19,” Client Alert, April 10, 2020
  • “Estate Planning Dos and Don’ts During a Lockdown,” Client Alert, March 25, 2020
  • “IRS to Issue New Regulations on Valuation of Family Partnership Interests,” Client Alert, August 20, 2015
  • “Tax Reform Act of 2014: Potential Impact on Tax-Exempt Organizations,” Client Alert, June 30, 2014
  • “American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012,” Client Alert, January 2, 2013
  • “Estate Planning and Individual Income Tax Provisions in the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012,” Client Alert, January 2, 2013

Education

J.D., Duke University School of Law

M.A., Duke University

B.A., Austin College, with highest honors

Clerkships

Law Clerk, The Honorable Gerald B. Tioflat, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh circuit, 1989-1990

Admissions

Texas