Alan Davis is Board Certified in Estate Planning and Probate Law and is an American College of Trust and Estates Counsel Fellow (ACTEC). He maintains his CPA license. He represents clients in all phases of business planning, estate planning, and probate. Alan’s expertise is focused on designing and implementing plans to accomplish his clients’ objectives regarding the disposition of their estate, as well as taking maximum advantage of the credits and exemptions provided under the Internal Revenue Code for federal estate and gift taxes.  His estate planning practice is devoted to creatively reducing the extent to which an estate is subject to estate taxes. 

Mr. Davis’s business planning practice includes counseling clients with respect to establishment, operation and tax reporting requirements of their business transactions.  Primary emphasis is placed on the most tax efficient manner of transferring business interests to family members while also providing second (and third) generations with the best chance of family business continuance.

Mr. Davis also counsels clients in all aspects of their charitable planning and charitable entities as to their formation and operation.

In the area of probate law, Mr. Davis represents executors in the administration and settlement of estates, in addition to preparing estate and inheritance tax returns on both the federal and state level.

Mr. Davis frequently speaks on numerous federal tax matters involving businesses, individuals, and estates.

Mr. Davis was admitted to practice in Texas in 1988.

  • Best Lawyers in Dallas, D Magazine for Tax: Trusts & Estates, 2009, 2022-2026
  • The Best Lawyers in America® for Trusts and Estates, 2020-2026
  • Meadows Collier July Monthly Webinar (Link)
  • Meadows Collier March 2024 Monthly Webinar (Link)
  • Alan Davis – 2023 Graduate Texas Trust School (Link)
  • Meadows Collier July Webinar (Link)
  • Estate Income Tax Review (Link)
  • Texas Management Group (TMG) Conference ( Day Two) (Link)
  • Armanino Presentation (Link)
  • 2022 Graduate Texas Trust School (Link)
  • Cryptocurrency: A Tax and Estate Planning Perspective (Link)
  • June 2022 Meadows Collier Free 1-Hour Monthly Webinar (Link)
  • Meadows Collier March 2022 One-Hour Free Monthly Webinar (Link)
  • Texas Management Group (TMG) Conference (Link)
  • Texas Bankers Association Wealth Management & Trust Conference (Link)
  • 2021 (MPMG) Metroplex Practice Management Group (Link)
  • 2022 Texas Bankers Association Graduate Trust Schools (Link)
  • ACPEN-Estate and Gift Tax Alert (Link)
  • Meadows Collier Monthly Webinar March 2021 (Link)
  • Meadows Collier Monthly Webinar December 2020 (Link)
  • ACPEN Signature: 2020 Tax Planning Ideas (Link)
  • Meadows Collier Monthly Webinar September 2020 (Link)
  • Texas Bankers Association Texas Trust School Virtual Program (Link)
  • Meadows Collier Monthly Webinar June 2020 (Link)
  • Meadows Collier Monthly Webinar March 2020 (Link)
  • 21st Annual Meadows Collier Tax Conference (Link)
  • 2019 Graduate Texas Trust School (Link)
  • ACPEN Broadcast – Planning for Small Businesses After Tax Reform (Link)
  • 2018 Meadows Collier Annual Tax Conference (Link)
  • The Texas Family Office & High Net Worth Annual Conference (Link)
  • International Society of Appraisers (Link)
  • The Practice Management Group (Link)
  • 2nd Annual Trust Audit & Operations seminar sponsored by the Texas Bankers Association, Wealth Management & Trust (Link)
  • 45th Annual Estate Planning Seminar sponsored by the Corpus Christi Estate Planning Council (Link)
  • Amarillo Area Estate Planning Council (Link)
  • Panhandle Chapter/TSCPA and Amarillo EP Council (Link)
  • State Bar of Texas Advanced Tax Law (Link)
  • TBA’s Annual Graduate Trust School (Link)
  • First Bank & Trust Seminar (Link)
  • 18th Annual Meadows Collier Tax Conference (Link)
  • Partnership for Philanthropic Planning (Link)
  • Corpus Christi 58th Annual Tax Conference (Link)
  • 2015 Meadows Collier Taxation Conference (Link)
  • Texas Bankers Association (Link)
  • Estate Planning – Navigating the Potholes and Speed Bumps (Link)
  • Family Limited Partnerships (Link)
  • The Importance of and Requirements for Portability (Link)
  • Planning for Same-Sex Couples after Windsor (Link)
  • Income Taxation of Estates and Trusts (Link)
  • Planning with Employer Funded Life Insurance (Link)
  • What’s New in the World of Private Foundation Excise Taxes (Link)
  • Family Limited Partnerships (Link)
  • Same-Sex Marriages – The Quagmire Continues After Windsor (Link)
  • Same-Sex Marriages – The Quagmire Continues After Windsor (Link)
  • Income Taxation of Estates and Trusts (Link)
  • Dysfunctional Family Limited Partnerships (Link)
  • Planning with Buy-Sell Agreements (Link)
  • Income Taxation of Estates and Trusts (Link)
  • Using Family Limited Partnerships and What to Expect from the IRS (Link)
  • Life Insurance Issues and Estate Planning (Link)
  • Litigating FLP’s: The Keller Decision (Link)
  • Life Insurance Issues and Estate Planning (Link)
  • Life Insurance Issues and Estate Planning (Link)
  • Judicial Update: What’s Happening in the Courts? (Link)
  • “Judicial Update: What’s Happening in the Courts?” “Estate Planning Update and Year-End Planning” (Link)
  • “Federal income Tax Update–Planning in an Uncertain Climate” “Estate Planning Update and Year-End Planning” “Evolution of an IRS Fraud Case” (Link)
  • “Exploring Criminal/Civil Overlap Issues” “Employment Tax Law” “Federal Estate and Gift Tax Examinations and Case Updates” (Link)
  • “Transfer Tax Controversies: Current and Future” “Estate Planning Update and Year-End Planning” (Link)
  • “Transfer Tax Litigation and the Keller Decision” “No Estate Tax – Now What?” “Evolution of an IRS Fraud Case”- Longview (Link)
  • Differences Between Aggressive Tax Planning and Tax Fraud (Link)
  • “Transfer Tax Litigation and the Keller Decision” “No Estate Tax – Now What?” “Evolution of an IRS Fraud Case”- Tyler (Link)
  • “Litigating FLP’s: The Keller Decision” “No Estate Tax – Now What?” (Link)
  • Estate Taxes (Link)
  • Current Status of IRS Examinations of Estate and Gift Tax Returns (Link)
  • Same-Sex Marriages – The Quagmire Continues After Windsor (Link)
  • 2018 Meadows Collier Annual Tax Conference (Link)
  • ACPEN Broadcast – Planning for Small Businesses After Tax Reform (Link)
  • Dysfunctional Family Limited Partnerships (Link)
  • Family Limited Partnerships (Link)
  • Family Limited Partnerships (Link)
  • Planning with Buy-Sell Agreements (Link)
  • Using Family Limited Partnerships and What to Expect from the IRS (Link)
  • 2019 Graduate Texas Trust School (Link)
  • Same-Sex Marriages – The Quagmire Continues After Windsor (Link)
  • 21st Annual Meadows Collier Tax Conference (Link)
  • The Texas Family Office & High Net Worth Annual Conference (Link)
  • Income Taxation of Estates and Trusts (Link)
  • Income Taxation of Estates and Trusts (Link)
  • Meadows Collier Monthly Webinar March 2020 (Link)
  • Income Taxation of Estates and Trusts (Link)
  • Meadows Collier Monthly Webinar June 2020 (Link)
  • Texas Bankers Association Texas Trust School Virtual Program (Link)
  • Meadows Collier Monthly Webinar September 2020 (Link)
  • ACPEN Signature: 2020 Tax Planning Ideas (Link)
  • Meadows Collier Monthly Webinar December 2020 (Link)
  • Meadows Collier Monthly Webinar March 2021 (Link)
  • The Importance of and Requirements for Portability (Link)
  • 18 Meadows Collier Lawyers Recognized by D Magazine Best Lawyers in Dallas (Link)
  • 18th Annual Meadows Collier Tax Conference (Link)
  • First Bank & Trust Seminar (Link)
  • Partnership for Philanthropic Planning (Link)
  • Corpus Christi 58th Annual Tax Conference (Link)
  • TBA’s Annual Graduate Trust School (Link)
  • State Bar of Texas Advanced Tax Law (Link)
  • 2015 Meadows Collier Taxation Conference (Link)
  • Texas Bankers Association (Link)
  • Estate Planning – Navigating the Potholes and Speed Bumps (Link)
  • ACPEN-Estate and Gift Tax Alert (Link)
  • Panhandle Chapter/TSCPA and Amarillo EP Council (Link)
  • Amarillo Area Estate Planning Council (Link)
  • Planning for Same-Sex Couples after Windsor (Link)
  • Planning with Employer Funded Life Insurance (Link)
  • 45th Annual Estate Planning Seminar sponsored by the Corpus Christi Estate Planning Council (Link)
  • What’s New in the World of Private Foundation Excise Taxes (Link)
  • 2nd Annual Trust Audit & Operations seminar sponsored by the Texas Bankers Association, Wealth Management & Trust (Link)
  • The Practice Management Group (Link)
  • International Society of Appraisers (Link)
  • 2022 Best Lawyers in America (Link)
  • Estate Income Tax Review (Link)
  • “Judicial Update: What’s Happening in the Courts?” “Estate Planning Update and Year-End Planning” (Link)
  • Meadows Collier July Webinar (Link)
  • Differences Between Aggressive Tax Planning and Tax Fraud (Link)
  • Alan Davis – 2023 Graduate Texas Trust School (Link)
  • Litigating FLP’s: The Keller Decision (Link)
  • Meadows Collier March 2024 Monthly Webinar (Link)
  • Meadows Collier July Monthly Webinar (Link)
  • Current Status of IRS Examinations of Estate and Gift Tax Returns (Link)
  • Communities Foundation of Texas (CFT)/Southern Methodist University (SMU) (Link)
  • Estate Taxes (Link)
  • Meadows Collier Congratulates 12 Firm Lawyers Recognized by The Best Lawyers of America™ (Link)
  • Meadows Collier Congratulates 14 Firm Lawyers on being named D Magazine’s 2024 Best Lawyers (Link)
  • 15 Meadows Collier Lawyers Recognized by The Best Lawyers in America® (Link)
  • Meadows Collier Congratulates Sixteen Firm Lawyers Named to 2025 Best Lawyers in Dallas by D Magazine (Link)
  • Proposed Regulations under I.R.C. Section 2704 (NOTE: Treasury Withdrew these Regulations in October 2017) (Link)
  • Divorce Final? Not So Fast. (Link)
  • Wealth Transfer Planning: What Your Investment Banker Didn’t Tell You (Link)
  • Estate Tax and the New Tax Act (Link)
  • Three Questions (Link)
  • Cryptocurrency: A Tax and Estate Planning Perspective (Link)
  • 2022 Texas Bankers Association Graduate Trust Schools (Link)
  • 2021 (MPMG) Metroplex Practice Management Group (Link)
  • Life Insurance Issues and Estate Planning (Link)
  • Life Insurance Issues and Estate Planning (Link)
  • Life Insurance Issues and Estate Planning (Link)
  • Texas Bankers Association Wealth Management & Trust Conference (Link)
  • Texas Management Group (TMG) Conference (Link)
  • Judicial Update: What’s Happening in the Courts? (Link)
  • Meadows Collier March 2022 One-Hour Free Monthly Webinar (Link)
  • June 2022 Meadows Collier Free 1-Hour Monthly Webinar (Link)
  • Proposed Changes to Gift and Estate Tax Provisions (Link)
  • “Federal income Tax Update–Planning in an Uncertain Climate” “Estate Planning Update and Year-End Planning” “Evolution of an IRS Fraud Case” (Link)
  • 2022 Graduate Texas Trust School (Link)
  • “Exploring Criminal/Civil Overlap Issues” “Employment Tax Law” “Federal Estate and Gift Tax Examinations and Case Updates” (Link)
  • Armanino Presentation (Link)
  • “Transfer Tax Controversies: Current and Future” “Estate Planning Update and Year-End Planning” (Link)
  • “Transfer Tax Litigation and the Keller Decision” “No Estate Tax – Now What?” “Evolution of an IRS Fraud Case”- Longview (Link)
  • “Transfer Tax Litigation and the Keller Decision” “No Estate Tax – Now What?” “Evolution of an IRS Fraud Case”- Tyler (Link)
  • “Litigating FLP’s: The Keller Decision” “No Estate Tax – Now What?” (Link)
  • Texas Management Group (TMG) Conference ( Day Two) (Link)