Speaker for Meeting on Tuesday September 26 is Wesley E. Wright

on September 21, 2023

He will speak on George Washington. The presentation is on a sentinel moment in the life of George Washington.


Wesley is a Houston Chronicle Correspondent and a native Houstonian who has been practicing law in the Houston area since 1982. He is a graduate of the South Texas College of Law and the University of Houston.

Mr. Wright is a Board-Certified attorney in Estate Planning and Probate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and is a Certified Elder Law Attorney by the National Elder Law Foundation. His legal practice focuses exclusively in the areas of elder law, Medicaid planning, estate planning with an emphasis on the disabled and the use of special needs trusts, estate and trust administration, and guardianship.

He is an original founder of the Houston chapter of Disability and Elder Law Attorneys Association (DELAA), and served as President of that organization for its first two years. He has served as Chair for the Probate, Trusts, and Estates Section of the Houston Bar Association. He is a former President of the Texas Chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA) and served on the National Board of NAELA for two years. 

He has been listed a Texas Super Lawyer for Elder Law from 2006-2013.He co-authors a monthly column in the Houston Chronicle called Elder Law Notes and he is a regular speaker on Elder Law topics. He is a co-author of Save My Home! Saving Your Home, Farm or Ranch from Medicaid Estate Recovery in Texas, a book on Medicaid Estate Recovery; and a co-author of West's Texas Elder Law (Volume 51, Texas Practice Series) written for lawyers.