William H. Davis
Trusts and Estates
William H. Davis, who has an LLM in taxation and is a Certified Specialist in Estate Planning, is a longtime shareholder with Trainor Fairbrook, having been with the firm since 1986. His practice is focused on high net worth estate and tax planning, trust administration and trusts and estates litigation. With over thirty years of experience including business and litigation matters, Mr. Davis is suited to analyze and recommend estate planning avenues to help achieve the personal and financial objectives of his clients.
His trusts and estates litigation practice involves trust disputes, probate litigation, breach of fiduciary duty claims, business and asset valuation disputes, undue influence claims and trust formation proceedings. He brings the proper sensitivity required when disputes arise among family members or professional fiduciaries, and is seasoned to recommend and implement alternative dispute resolutions, if appropriate, in lieu of trial. Mr. Davis also acts as a mediator and arbitrator in trust administration and trust litigation matters.
Recognitions
Publications
HONORS
- Rated BV Distinguished – Martindale-Hubbell
- Best of the Bar – Sacramento Business Journal:
2016-2019 - Top Lawyer Estate Planning & Probate, Tax – Sacramento Magazine: 2015-2021
- Northern California Super Lawyer – Super Lawyers: 2021-2022
- Honoree – Sacramento Region Community Foundation: 2016
- Outstanding Student, LL.M. – Golden Gate University, School of Law
MEMBERSHIPS
- Certified Legal Specialist – Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law – State Bar of California
- Member – State Bars of California (Trusts & Estates Section) & Pennsylvania
- Member – Sacramento County Bar Association, Probate & Estate Planning Section
- Judge Pro Tem – Sacramento & Placer County Superior Courts
- Admitted to Practice – Northern & Eastern U.S. District Courts
- Admitted to Practice – 9th Circuit Court of Appeals
- Member – Philanthropic Advisors’ Forum of Greater Sacramento, Sacramento Region Community Foundation
- Member – Sacramento Estate Planning Council
- Member — Salvation Army Sacramento Metro Advisory Board
EDUCATION
- LL.M., Golden Gate University, School of Law
- J.D., University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
- B.A., University of Oregon
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