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.
Before joining the firm in 1986, Alan was a Certified Public Accountant at Knight, Vale & Gregory and he served as corporate counsel for Alaska Airlines from 1976-80. He is the author of “An Estate Planner’s Alaskan Adventures,” about the creation of Alaska asset protection trusts.
Alan is a member of the Tacoma Estate Planning Council and was chair of the Estate and Gift Tax Committee of the Washington State Bar Association from 2008 to 2010. He is married, with two grown daughters and sons in law and five grandchildren, and he feels extremely lucky to be related to every one of them. He enjoys gardening, jogging, and music, singing bass in the church choir.
Representative Matters
Estate planning and administration with an emphasis on taxation.
Professional History
EDUCATION
J.D., University of Washington School of Law, 1976
B.A., English Literature, Indiana University, 1973
Phi Beta Kappa
JURISDICTIONS ADMITTED TO PRACTICE
Washington State Courts
U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington
PROFESSIONAL & BAR ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIPS
Washington State Bar Association
Committee on Estate and Gift Tax, Section on Taxation, and Section on Real Property, Probate and Trust
Tacoma Estate Planning Council
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
Joined firm in 1986
Certified Public Accountant, Knight, Vale & Gregory, 1980-86
Corporate Counsel, Alaska Airlines, 1976-80
HONORS & AWARDS
Selected for inclusion in the 2010-2021 Washington Super Lawyers lists
Best Lawyers of America, Trusts and Estates, 2012 and 2015-2018
Rated AV Preeminent by Martindale Hubbell
Chair, Estate and Gift Tax Committee of Washington State Bar Association, 2008-2010.
Best Lawyers, Pacific Northwest 2016
Best Lawyers – Seattle, 2015 Trusts & Estates
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
Presbyterian Church, Elder, Deacon, and Clerk
Past member of Charles Wright Academy Board of Trustees
Rated by Super Lawyers
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