Mickey R. Davis

Mickey is a partner with Davis & Willms, PLLC. He received his undergraduate degree (B. B. A. with high honors) from the University of Arizona and his law degree (J. D. with high honors) from the University of Texas. Mickey is Board Certified in Estate Planning and Probate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, and is a Fellow and Past Regent of The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC), where he is a former chair of the Estate and Gift Tax Committee and served as the Editor of The ACTEC Law Journal. He is a member of ACTECs Business Planning, Estate and Gift Tax, and Fiduciary Income Tax Committees, and served on the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusivity Committee. Mickey is the recipient of the 2023 Texas Real Estate, Probate, and Trust Law Sections (REPTL) Distinguished Probate Attorney Lifetime Achievement Award. He has also received the Jim D. Bowmer Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Profession by the Texas Bar College (2017) and was a recipient of the Standing Ovation Award by Texas Bar CLE staff (2017). He is listed in Best Lawyers in America (Trusts and Estates), and is also a licensed CPA (retired). In addition to his law practice, Mickey is a frequent speaker on trust and estate planning and administration topics at state and national conferences, such as the Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning, ALI CLE Planning Techniques for Large Estates, Southern Federal Tax Institute, Notre Dame Tax and Estate Planning Institute, Federal Tax Institute of New England, and The University of Texas School of Law Annual Tax Conference. Mickey also served for 30 years as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Houston Law Center, where he taught Income Taxation of Trusts and Estates, and Postmortem Estate Planning. Mickey is also a member of the Board of the Texas Real Estate and Probate Institute, which is involved in monitoring and drafting Texas legislation relating to probate, trust, estate, and related issues.