Overview
Greg Davis has been practicing law in the greater Williamsburg area for 40 years, building long relationships with clients, their families, and businesses.
Greg's clients are business owners, executors, landowners, family farmers and retirees across Eastern Virginia. Because of his focus on wealth transfer planning, trusts and estates, clients often turn to Greg for expertise in multiple areas of the law.
Drawing on these decades of legal experience, Greg has built his practice on developing long-term relationships with clients, their families, and their businesses. A Member at the firm, he brings both deep local knowledge and sophisticated legal expertise to complex business, real estate, and estate planning matters.
His real estate background leads to regular representation of landowners in zoning and land use matters. This multifaceted practice allows Greg to serve as a comprehensive legal advisor, addressing the interconnected needs of families and businesses who require counsel on estates, tax, business succession, real estate transactions, and land development or conservation issues.
Recognized consistently in Best Lawyers in America, Virginia's Legal Elite, and other professional rankings, Greg combines legal excellence with deep community roots, having served on numerous boards and committees throughout the region. His clients benefit from both his technical expertise and his understanding of local governments, markets, real estate questions, and family dynamics that his clients confront.
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Recognition & Honors
Honors & Recognitions
Best Lawyers in America, 2022-2026
Top Lawyers; CoVaBIZ Magazine, 2024
Virginia’s Legal Elite, Trust & Estates Law; Virginia Business Magazine, 2006, 2008-2009, 2011-2016, 2018-2025
Top 40 Under 40; Inside Business Magazine, 2000
School Board Member of the Year; Concilium for Catholic Education, Diocese of Richmond, 2005
Press & Publications
News
Community & Professional
Associations
Williamsburg Bar Association; Past President
American Bar Association
American Planning Association; Member, Virginia Chapter; Member
James River Association; Former Board Member
Walsingham Academy: volunteer and former Chairman of Board of Trustees
Historic Virginia Land Conservancy: Board of Directors, 2009-2015
Adjunct Professor; College of William & Mary School of Law, 1988-1998
Monarch Bank; Former Chairman, Williamsburg Advisory Board
James City County Strategic Planning Committee, 2016
Virginia State Bar: District Disciplinary Committee Chairman, 1992–2000, Trusts & Estates Section; Real Property Section
Credentials
Education
University of Virginia; B.A., with distinction, 1983
William & Mary Law School; J.D., 1986
Beyond the Law
When not engaged with clients, Greg is an outdoorsman who enjoys land management on his tractor, birding, and the James River.
