Background
Winn, Edward Burton was born on September 23, 1920 in Dallas, Texas, United States. Son of Edward Frost and Verdie Catherine (Robbins) Winn.
Winn, Edward Burton was born on September 23, 1920 in Dallas, Texas, United States. Son of Edward Frost and Verdie Catherine (Robbins) Winn.
University of Texas (Bachelor of Arts, 1942). Yale Law School (Bachelor of Laws, 1948). Recipient of the Annual Treat Award by the National College of Probate Judges for Excellence in Probate Law.
Worked at Winn, Beaudry & Winn, Limited Liability Partnership (Dallas, Texas) specializing in General Civil Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Estate Planning, Tax Planning, Probate, Trusts and Estates, Estate and Trust Litigation, Real Estate, Family, Corporation, Oil and Gas and Military Law. Federal and State Taxation and Administrative Practice.
Admitted to the bar, 1948, Texas.
Recipient of the Annual Treat Award by the National College of Probate Judges for Excellence in Probate Law, 1985. Company-Author: "Texas Estate Administration," State Bar of Texas, 1975.
"The Estate Lawyer," Annual Joe Trachtman Lecture of American College of Probate Counsel, 1983. "How to Live and Die With Texas Probate," Gulf Publishing Company, 1968.
President: Dallas Junior Bar Association, 1951.
Texas Young Lawyers Association, 1953. Dallas Estate Council, 1954-1955. Accredited Estate Planner, National Association of Estate Planning Councils, 1995.
Member, Board of Governors, 1980-1984.
United Nations Association, United States of America, Director, 1968-1990. Vice President, 1959-1965 and Director, 1957-1975, Dallas Council on World Affairs.
Chairman: Institute on Wills and Probate, Southwestern Legal Foundation, 1964 (Board of Trustees, 1986, Chairman, Research Fellows, 1994-1995 ), Estate Planning and Probate Law Advisory Commission, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 1982. Member: Dallas (Director, 1959-1960.
Chairman, Probate Committee, 1970-1971) and American (Section of Real Property, Probate and Trust Law: Member of Council, 1955-1966, 1978-1984.
Director, Probate Division, 1959-1961. Section Vice-Chairman, 1961-1963 and Chairman, 1963-1964. Section Delegate to House of Delegates, 1965-1966, 1978-1984.
Chairman, Conference of Section and Division Delegates, 1982-1984.
Member, Board of Governors, 1985-1988) Bar Associations. State Bar of Texas (Chairman, Real Estate, Probate & Trust Law Section, 1962-1963).
Fellow: American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (President, 1974-1975). International Academy of Estate and Trust Law.
Texas Bar Foundation.
American Bar Foundation. Dallas Bar Foundation. Military: Lieutenant, United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1946.
Firm originally formed in 1946.
Foreign several years until 1957, it was known as Lane and Savage, then briefly as Lane, Savage & Counts. In 1958 and for 22 years thereafter it was known as Lane, Savage, Counts & Winn.
In 1981 it was reorganized under a new name, Winn, Beaudry & Virden under which it has practiced to 1992, when it changed to its present name.
Chairman Dallas County Professional and Business Men for Kennedy-Johnson, 1960. Vice chairman Dallas County Democratic Executive Committee, l964-66. Board of directors Operation LIFT, 1962-1982.
Trustee National Pollution Control Foundation, Southwestern Legal Foundation, since 1986. Served to Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1946, European Theatre of Operations. Fellow American College Probate Counsel (president 1974-1975), American College of Trust and Estate Council.
Member American Bar Association (Board of Governors 1985-1988, council 1955-1984, section chairman 1963-1964, section real property probate and trust law, house of deals 1965-1966, 78-84, 85-90, conference of section and division delegations 1982-1984), Dallas Bar Association (director) 1959-1961), Dallas United Nations Association (president), United Nations Association of the United States (governor 1980-1984, director, president Texas division 1967-1971), State Bar Texas (chairman of the section real estate, probate and trust law 1962-1963), American Bar Foundation, Texas Bar Foundation, Dallas Council World Affairs (president young executives group 1959-1960, board directors 1958-1973), Yale Law School Alumni Association N. Texas(president 1962-1966, regional representative 1966-1972), University Texas Ex-Students Association Dallas (president 1963-1964), Dallas Club, Dallas Knife and Fork Club (president elect 1994-1995, board directors), Calyx Club, Rotary (Park Cities club, president elect since 1995), Phi Kappa Sigma (president Sigma chapter 1941-1942), Phi Eta Sigma.
Married Conchita Elisa Hassell, June 1, 1945. Children— Edward Arthur, David Burton, William Hassell, Richard Wellington, Alan Randolph.