Jim Willi focuses on estate planning, elder law, asset protection, and probate. Having been licensed to practice law since 1996, Mr. Willi has extensive experience in wills, trusts, and estates. He has represented clients at all levels of federal courts including District Courts, Courts of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court, and at all levels of Texas courts.

Mr. Willi is licensed to practice law in Texas and Colorado, registered to practice law in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and admitted to practice law before the United States Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and the United States District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Texas. Mr. Willi is a member of the College of the State Bar of Texas and the Austin Bar Association. He was recognized as a Texas Super Lawyer by his attorney peers in 2014, 2015, and 2016.

Before practicing law, he was an electrical engineer from 1986 to 1996 involved in system operations and planning of electrical power distribution and transmission systems at Houston Lighting & Power Company. Mr. Willi has been a Licensed Professional Engineer in Texas since 1990.  

Education

Master of Laws in Intellectual Property and Information Law, University of Houston Law Center (2005)

Doctor of Jurisprudence, Cum Laude, South Texas College of Law (1995)

Master of Business Administration, University of Houston (1989)

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin (1985)

Publications

James N. Willi, Proposal for a Uniform Federal Common Law of Attorney-Client Privilege for Communications with U.S. and Foreign Patent Practitioners, 13 Texas Intellectual Property Law Journal 279 (Spring 2005)