Gregory R. Davis
Biography
Greg has an extensive real estate practice that includes zoning and land use. He also works regularly with clients on estate planning and administration, business, corporate, and real estate matters.
Practices
Recognition & Honors
- Best Lawyers in America, 2022-2025
- Top Lawyers; CoVaBIZ, 2024
- Virginia’s Legal Elite, Trust & Estates Law; Virginia Business Magazine, 2006, 2008-2009, 2011-2016, 2018-2023
- Top 40 Under 40; Inside Business Magazine, 2000
- School Board Member of the Year; Concilium for Catholic Education, Diocese of Richmond, 2005
Associations
- Williamsburg Bar Association; Past President
- American Bar Association
- American Planning Association; Member, Virginia Chapter; Member
- James River Association; Board Member, 2010-2019
- Walsingham Academy; former Chairman of Board of Trustees
- Historic Virginia Land Conservancy; Board of Directors, 2009-2015; current volunteer
- 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
Education
- University of Virginia; B.A., with distinction, 1983
- William & Mary Law School; J.D., 1986
Press & Publications
- 55 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named Best Lawyers in America 2025, 7 Named “Lawyer of the Year,” and 13 Named “Ones to Watch”
- Kaufman & Canoles Names Dustin H. DeVore Managing Director of the Firm’s Williamsburg Office
- 36 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named as Top Lawyers 2024 in CoVaBIZ Magazine
- 53 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named Virginia Business Magazine’s “Legal Elite” 2023
- 54 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named Best Lawyers in America© 2024, 6 Named “Lawyer of the Year,” and 10 Named “Ones to Watch”
- 53 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named Virginia Business Magazine’s “Legal Elite” 2022
- 48 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named Best Lawyers In America© 2023, 5 Named “Lawyer of the Year” and 8 Named “Ones to Watch”
- 52 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named Virginia Business Magazine’s “Legal Elite” 2021
- 48 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named Best Lawyers in America© 2022, 4 Named “Lawyer of the Year” and 8 Named “Ones to Watch”
- 53 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named to Virginia Business Magazine’s “Legal Elite” 2020
- 48 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named Virginia Business Magazine’s “Legal Elite” 2019
- 48 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named Virginia Business Magazine’s “Legal Elite” 2018
- 48 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named to Virginia Business Magazine’s Legal Elite 2016
- 44 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named Virginia Business Magazine’s Legal Elite 2015
- Private Client Services Update – Hindsight is 20-20: Simple Estate Planning Steps We Wish Clients Would Take Before Death
- Private Client Services Update – Transfer of Residence to Living Trusts: Insurance Issues
- 45 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named to Virginia Business Magazine’s Legal Elite 2014
- Private Client Services Update – Virginia Has Authorized Asset Protection Trusts – But Do They Work?
- 54 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named to Virginia Business Magazine’s Legal Elite 2013
- 55 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named to Virginia Business Magazine’s Legal Elite 2012
- Private Client Services Update – Taxation of Corporate-Owned Life Insurance: Traps for the Unwary
- 53 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named Virginia Business Magazine’s Legal Elite 2011
- Private Client Services Update – Protecting Your Estate Planning Documents and Ensuring They are Accessible When Needed
- Private Client Services Update – What’s the Latest on Estate Taxation?
- Information for Kaufman & Canoles Clients in Light of Estate Tax Repeal
- Private Client Services Update – Asset Protection