Phil McCrury

Phil McCrury


Kelly Hart & Hallman LLP

Recognized since 2025

Fort Worth, Texas

Practice Areas

Elder Law

Trusts and Estates

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Phillip W. McCrury is the chair of the firm’s Estate, Trust, Probate, and Asset Protection section. He assists individuals, families, and family offices with all varieties of estate planning, generational wealth transfer strategies, trusts, life insurance strategies, and asset protection planning. In addition, he is involved in probate matters throughout Texas, including contested probate matters. Mr. McCrury is an active member of a number of bar sections involving estate and probate matters and is a frequent CLE speaker on the topics of trusts and fiduciary liability.

Mr. McCrury is well-known to many lawyers, ad litems, and judges across Texas for a niche specialty of his practice, which is providing tax and trust advice to lawyers and their clients regarding the tax consequences of judgments, settlements and structured settlements, and assisting them with the preparation of Special Needs Trusts, Qualified Settlement Funds, and other trust vehicles to hold and protect settlements.

Mr. McCrury also has a broad range of experience as a business and tax lawyer and has been involved in a variety of business transactions, including acquisitions, mergers, franchising, and the formation of joint ventures, corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships and professional associations. His clients have ranged from mature businesses to start-ups, which he has advised in contractual and legal matters.

Location
  • 201 Main Street, Suite 2500
    Fort Worth, TX 76102
Education
  • Southern Methodist University, Southern Methodist University, Dedman School of Law, LL.M., Taxation, 1978, graduated 1978
  • The University of Texas, J.D., graduated 1968
  • The University of Texas, B.A., graduated 1966
Bar Admissions
  • Colorado, Colorado Bar Association
  • Oklahoma, Oklahoma Bar Association
  • Texas, State Bar of Texas
Affiliations
  • Accredited Estate Planner® (AEP®), The National Association of Estate Planners & Councils (NAEPC) - Member
  • State Bar of Texas - Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law, Tax Section - Member
  • Texas Bar Foundation - Sustaining Life Fellow
  • Tarrant County Bar Foundation - Sustaining Life Fellow
  • North Texas Community Foundation - Chair Emeriti, 2014-Present
  • National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys - Member
  • Fort Worth Business and Estate Council - Member
  • Tarrant County Bar Association - Member

Kelly Hart & Hallman LLP
Headquarters: Fort Worth, Texas

57 The Best Lawyers in America® awards

25 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards

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Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
  • Elder Law
  • Trusts and Estates
Awards:
  • Best Lawyers in America®, 2025

  • Top Attorney, 360 West magazine, 2017-2024

    • Wills, Trusts, Estates, Probates
    • Nonprofit Law
    • Elder Law
    • Tax Law
  • Top Attorney, Fort Worth Magazine

    • Wills, Trusts, Estates, and Probates, 2000-2019, 2022
  • Professionalism Award, Tarrant County Bar Association, 2016

  • North Texas Community Foundation Lifetime Achievement Recipient, 2016

  • Martindale-Hubbell® Rating: AV® Preeminent™ (5.0)

    • Top Rated Lawyer in Taxation Law

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