We are fourth generation Texas lawyers. Our roots reach back to 1877 when our great grandfather, William Benjamin Wynne, hung his shingle to practice law in Wills Point, Texas. Both our grandfathers were lawyers: Ben Monning in Amarillo, Texas and Buck Wynne in Wills Point, Texas. Our father, Ben Monning, Jr., practiced law in Amarillo until his father’s death in 1970, at which time he moved his practice to Wills Point. Upon our father’s death in 2002, we added the Wills Point office as a satellite to our principal office in Dallas. Stories about the Wills Point office have been told in the Texas Bar Journal and local print media.

Heritage alone is not sufficient reason to hire a lawyer to undertake a serious matter. We have spent our professional careers working with and against lawyers of the highest caliber. We have faced adversaries who employed a wide variety of strategies, from hard-nosed professionalism to outright, multi-fronted hostility. Our experience has reinforced what our heritage disposed us to believe. The law is a noble calling that can be practiced in a grand manner. Although injustices do occur in an imperfect system, the rules of law and procedure, when applied with thoughtful preparation, resourcefulness, perseverance and honesty are usually more than enough to overcome whatever the adversary tries. Texas Ranger Captain Bill McDonald said long ago, “No man in the wrong can stand against a fellow in the right that keeps on coming.” Resolute belief in the truth of that statement is the heritage we believe we have received that adds value to our services.