Background
Looper, Donald Ray was born on September 4, 1952 in Fort Worth, Texas, United States. Son of Rudolph Winnard and Margie Lee (Nix) Looper.
Looper, Donald Ray was born on September 4, 1952 in Fort Worth, Texas, United States. Son of Rudolph Winnard and Margie Lee (Nix) Looper.
University of Texas (Bachelor of Business Administration, with honors, 1974. Master of Public Administration, tax accounting, 1976). University of Houston (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1979).
Beta Gamma Sigma.
Phi Delta Phi. Order of Barons. Editor, Houston Law Review, 1978.
Worked at Looper, Reed, Mark & McGraw, Incorporated (Houston, Texas) specializing in Business Tax Planning Law, International Law, Partnerships Law. Admitted to the bar, 1979, Colorado. 1980, United States. Tax Court.
1981, Texas.
1994, United States. District Court, Southern District of Texas. Beta Gamma Sigma; Phi Delta Phi.
Order of Barons. Listed in, Who"s Who in the World, 1990.
Editor, Houston Law Review, 1978-1979. Author: Comment, "Section 2036 Inclusions in Community Property States: Complete Interspousal Gifts Could Be Impossible," 15 Houston Law Review 632, 1978.
"Formation of Partnerships and Transactions Between Partners and Partnerships," Advanced Tax Law Course, State Bar of Texas, 1983. Member: Houston (Director, Taxation Section, 1985-1987) and American (Member, Taxation, International Sections) Bar Associations.
State Bar of Texas (Director, Texas Legal Protection Plan, Incorporated).
Coach national champion Women's Softball Team, Houston, 1981-1990. Member American Bar Association, Texas Bar Association (seminar speaker l983-85, divorce tax committee l985-86, lecturer tax section l983-86), Houston Bar Association (tax section coun.l985-87), Phi Delta Phi (province president l984-86).
Married Cara Shoen, October 17, 1992. Children: Scott Aaron, Cory Michael, Jonathan Reed, L. Quinn.