“SIGNING” WITHOUT SIGNING What Estate Planners Should Know About the Federal E-Sign Act and The Texas Uniform Electronic Transactions Act WILLIAM D. PARGAMAN, Austin Saunders, Norval, Pargaman & Atkins State Bar of Texas 28TH ANNUAL ESTATE PLANNING & PROBATE DRAFTING COURSE October 26-27, 2017 Houston CHAPTER 14 © 2017, William D. Pargaman, All Rights Reserved 10/16/2017 3:09 PM WILLIAM D. (BILL) PARGAMAN SAUNDERS, NORVAL, PARGAMAN&ATKINS, LLP 2630 Exposition Boulevard, Suite 203 Austin, Texas 78703-1763 512.617.7328 (direct) ∞ 512.472.7790 (fax)
[email protected] ∞ www.snpalaw.com Legal Experience Bill Pargaman has been a partner in the Austin law firm of Saunders, Norval, Pargaman & Atkins since July of 2012. He has been certified as a specialist in Estate Planning and Probate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization (since 1986) and has been a Fellow in the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (since 1994). He is very active in the Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section of the State Bar of Texas, having served as REPTL’s Chair for the 2015-2016 bar year, as chair of its Estate and Trust Legislative Affairs Committee for the 2009, 2011, and 2013 legislative sessions, and as a Council member and chair of REPTL’s Trusts Committee from 2004 to 2008. Bill’s practice involves the preparation of wills, trusts and other estate planning documents, charitable planning, and estate administration and alternatives to administration. He advises clients on the organization and maintenance of business entities such as corporations, partnerships, and limited liability entities. He represents nonprofit entities with respect to issues involving charitable trusts and endowments.