Current Employment Position(s)

Member, since 1980

Lawyer Overview

W.D. Masterson has practiced law in Dallas for more than 50 years and has been with Kilgore & Kilgore since 1956, when he was admitted to the State Bar of Texas.  As manager of our firm, Masterson is a highly skilled litigator in both state and federal courts, having successfully tried numerous employment and defamation suits, oil and gas suits, securities fraud class action suits, antitrust suits and general business suits.  Masterson earned a B.A. degree from Southern Methodist University, a J.D. degree from SMU School of Law and a master of science degree from the University of Texas at Dallas.  He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and served as an associate editor of the Southwestern Law Journal.

Employment Law
Executive Services 
Sexual Harassment / Employment Discrimination
Wrongful Termination / Retaliation  

Areas of Practice

• Employment Law
• Oil & Gas Law
• Shareholder Law
• Business Litigation
• General Litigation

West Practice Categories

Oil & Gas, Shareholders' Rights, Business Organizations, Litigation & Appeals, Employment Law -- Employee, Employment Law -- Employer

Bar Admissions

• Texas, 1956
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1988

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Dallas Bar Association (Member)
• American Bar Association (Member)
• State Bar of Texas (Member)

Education

• Southern Methodist University School of Law, Dallas, Texas, 1956
  J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
  Honors: cum laude
  Honors: Order of the Woolsack
  Honors: Order of Barristers
  
  Law Journal: Southwestern Law Journal, Associate Editor, 1955 - 1956
• University of Texas, Dallas, Texas, 1981
  M.S.
• Southern Methodist University, 1954
  B.A.
  Honors: Phi Beta Kappa

Fraternities/Sororities

• Delta Theta Phi

Address

3109 Carlisle
Dallas, TX 75204

Phones

(214) 969-9099
1 (866)-496-0136 (Toll Free)

Faxes

(214) 953-0133

Emails

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Websites

http://www.kilgorelaw.com