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Alan D. Macpherson
Gordon Thomas Honeywell LLP
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Biography
Alan Macpherson’s primary area of practice at GTH is estate planning and taxation. He particularly enjoys working on projects that combine financial and tax as well as legal aspects, such as establishing and monitoring investment LLCs and generation-skipping trusts and helping clients build specific themes into their estate plans, like helping with the education of grandchildren.
Practice Areas
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Estate Planning
- Guardianship & Conservatorship Estate Administration, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills
- Probate
- Probate Administration, Probate Litigation, Will Contests
- Tax Law
- Business Taxes, Criminal Tax Litigation, Estate Tax Planning, Income Taxes, International Taxes, Payroll Taxes, Property Taxes, Sales Taxes, Tax Appeals, Tax Audits, Tax Planning
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
- Washington
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington
- U.S. Tax Court
Languages
- English
Professional Experience
- Partner
- Gordon Thomas Honeywell LLP
- Current
Education
- University of Washington School of Law
- J.D. | Law
- Indiana University
- B.A. | English Literature
- Honors: Phi Beta Kappa
Awards
- Super Lawyer
- Washington Super Lawyers
- Included from 2010-2018
- Best Lawyers of America - Trusts and Estates
- Best Lawyers
- 2012, 2015-2018
- AV Preeminent Rated
- Martindale Hubbell
Professional Associations
- Washington State Bar  # 7046
- Member
- Current
- Tacoma Estate Planning Council
- Member
- Current
- Charles Wright Academy
- Member, Board of Trustees
- Current
Speaking Engagements
- Studies in Compensation: The Business Owner, the Key Employee, and the Professional Firm
- Family Partnerships and LLCs
- Nine Things You Could Suggest to your Wealthy Clients
- 21 Bullets - Ammunition for Guardianships, Estate Planning and Probate
- An Introduction to Estate Planning for Accountants
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