Frank Sommerville
Frank Sommerville is a shareholder in the law firm of Weycer, Kaplan, Pulaski & Zuber, P.C. in Houston and Dallas, Texas. He received his Bachelor's degree in business from Texas Wesleyan University. He received his Masters in Professional Accounting with an emphasis on taxation from the University of Texas at Arlington. His law degree is from the University of Houston Law Center. He holds a license as a Certified Public Accountant. He is also Board Certified in Tax Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. He is rated AV (highest possible) by Martindale-Hubbell Legal Directory.
Frank has served nonprofit institutions of all sizes as a bookkeeper, accountant, auditor, tax advisor and advocate, litigator and legal advisor. He has presented seminars on nonprofit taxation since 1981. He has spoken at three annual nonprofit organizations conferences presented by the Houston Chapter on the TSCPA. He presented lectures on nonprofit litigation at the University of Texas Law School's 8th Annual Nonprofit Organizations Conferences. He regularly assists churches in preventing litigation, including those that originate with accusations of sexual misconduct. He advised Texas Gov. George W. Bush regarding nonprofit legislative issues and assisted Gov. Rick Perry regarding Texas' new organization for encouraging volunteers, the One Star Foundation.
He is a member of the American Bar Association (Litigation and Tax Sections, member of the Exempt Organizations Committee), The State Bar of Texas (Litigation and Tax Sections, 2002-2006, Chairman of the Nonprofit Corporation Subcommittee), Dallas Bar Association (Litigation and Tax Sections), Christian Legal Society and the TSCPA. For TSCPA, he served on the Relations with IRS Committee for three years. He currently serves on the Texas Tax Institute Committee (Chairman in 2000) and the Nonprofit Conference Committee. He was a member of the National Board of Directors for Christian Management Association ("CMA") from 1993 to 1999. He has spoken at numerous CMA national conventions. Due to his significant contributions to the church administration profession, he was inducted into the National Association for Church Business Administration Hall of Fame in 2003. In 2005 and 2006, The Church Report, a magazine serving larger churches, named Frank as one of the 50 most influential Christians in America.
Frank resides in Dallas, Texas area and has served on the boards of various nonprofit organizations. At various times, he has acted as Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer for nonprofit organizations. His volunteer activities have served a wide range of organizations from United Way agencies to the Dallas Center for Nonprofit Management, and his local church.
