Taylor Phillip Willingham

I founded WG Law in 2009 in McKinney. Since then I have walked more than 10,000 Texas families through wills, trusts, powers of attorney, special needs planning, and Medicaid planning, and I have personally probated more than 2,000 estates across Collin County and the wider DFW metroplex. Every one of those engagements has taught me the same lesson: a great estate plan is not a stack of paper. It is a promise to the people you love.

WG Law was the first piece. Over the years I have built a connected platform for Texas families: WG Title (2011) for the real-estate side of estate work, EPFirms (2019) to help other estate planning attorneys grow stronger practices, and WG Plan (2024) to deliver financial-planning services alongside legal counsel. Together, WG Title and WG Law have employed more than 150 individuals across the DFW area.

Before any of that, I graduated from Utah State University in 2005, magna cum laude, with a Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts and Sciences. I went on to Texas Tech University School of Law, where I completed both a Juris Doctor and a Master of Science in Personal Financial Planning. Along the way I clerked at Tombs & Maxwell Estate Planning in 2007 and started a real-estate investment group in 2008. That dual training — legal and financial — and that early entrepreneurial experience shape the way I counsel clients today. I do not just draft documents. I help families look at the full picture of their wealth, their care decisions, and the relationships that will have to carry the plan forward when they are no longer in the room.

A great estate plan is not only about transferring assets at death. It is about preserving wealth, values, and stability for the generations that come after.
I call this approach Posterity Planning. Whether the matter is a first will for a young family, a trust to protect a child with special needs, a Medicaid plan for an aging parent, or a succession plan for a family-run business, I treat every engagement as the creation of a legacy document. The goal is never just "get the paperwork done." The goal is to leave the next generation in a position to thrive — financially, legally, and as a family.

I have also authored seven books on estate planning and elder law, all in plain language, because the families who need this work the most are usually the ones least served by legalese. The "Texas Probate Workbook" (2014), "Why Should I Care? I'll Be Dead." (2015), "Helping Your Parents With Long Term Care" (2016), "Free Long Term Care" (2018), "Do I Need a Will or a Trust?" (2020), "Ituy" (2021), and the "Ultimate Guide to Estate Planning" (2023) together form a practical library for anyone trying to understand wills, trusts, probate, or long-term care planning without a law degree. I am also a frequent guest on podcasts and television programs, where my job is the same as it is in the office: translate complicated estate and elder law topics into guidance families can actually use.

My work and community involvement have been recognized in several ways. Super Lawyers selected me to its Rising Stars list from 2019 through 2022, Living Magazine named me Best Attorney, and I am a graduate of both the Elder Law College and Leadership McKinney's class of 2016. In 2025 I ran for Mayor of McKinney, the community where I built this firm, because I care deeply about the place my clients call home. None of that recognition matters as much as the work itself. If you are a Texas family with something worth protecting — whatever the size — I would be honored to meet you.