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Holman Law LLP: The Dallas Estate Planning Attorney With a Boston University Tax LL.M.

Holman Law LLP is a Dallas estate planning attorney practice led by a tax-trained specialist who says his family has been doing this specific work for more than 40 years combined — with a Boston University tax LL.M. layered onto a California and Texas dual license.

Holman Law LLP — Dallas Estate Planning Attorney At a Glance

Sources: holmanlawllp.com (firm website), State Bar of Texas attorney directory, Avvo. Compiled August 2026.

Origin: A Tax Specialist Inside a Family Estate Planning Practice

Steven C. Holman’s path into estate planning runs through tax law rather than litigation. After a J.D. from Whittier Law School and an undergraduate degree in Economics from Willamette University, Holman earned a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Taxation with a Certificate in Estate Planning from Boston University School of Law — a credential that puts tax-code fluency at the center of his practice rather than treating it as a side concern. Before practicing estate planning law, he worked in-house at a Southern California real estate development firm and for federal agencies, according to the firm’s own site, giving him a transactional and regulatory background before he began drafting wills and trusts directly.

The firm’s marketing describes Holman as coming “from a family of estate planning attorneys” with a combined track record the firm puts at more than 40 years in the specialty — a claim attributed to the firm’s own characterization of its founder’s background rather than independently verified against a specific named family member’s bar record for this profile. Holman is licensed in both Texas and California, per the State Bar of Texas’s own public attorney directory, and is a member of the Texas Chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA), the specialty bar organization most directly aligned with his Medicaid and long-term-care planning work.

Where the Firm Concentrates

The practice centers on the standard estate planning document set — wills, revocable and irrevocable trusts, financial and healthcare powers of attorney, and advance directives — paired with a specific elder-law lane: long-term care planning for clients before a health crisis hits, Medicaid eligibility planning, and VA Aid and Attendance pension planning for veterans and surviving spouses needing help funding custodial care. The firm also handles probate and estate administration, including Letters Testamentary, and separately advertises business entity formation services, including for businesses relocating to Texas — a less common secondary practice line for a firm this focused on individual estate planning. Readers comparing options can see how this profile fits alongside other Estate Planning & Probate attorneys covered on Awesome Attorneys.

Notable Work

As a transactional estate planning and elder law practice, Holman Law doesn’t generate reportable verdicts or settlements. The clearest evidence of standing is Holman’s community education work: his firm’s site and third-party bios note he has presented on long-term care planning at community and senior-center audiences, including a session at a senior center in Allen, Texas, and the Dallas Morning News referenced his commentary on why COVID-era isolation was “no excuse to put off conversations with older parents about long-term care.” That kind of earned press commentary, distinct from paid advertising, is a reasonable signal of standing as a source on elder-law topics specifically.

Client Voice

The firm’s reviews, concentrated on its own site and Avvo, consistently cite responsiveness and clarity around a genuinely stressful subject:

“I contacted Steven Holman to write my will and trust. He responded quickly, asked all the right questions and answered mine in detail. He led me through the process and we finished in a few days. Everything went exactly as he said it would.” — Bruce, Avvo review, December 2020

“Working with Steven Holman was a great experience. He provided our family with excellent guidance, was knowledgeable, responsive and very flexible to get us drafted documents within two days as he understood my parents were traveling out of the states soon. He also provided an interpreter so that my parents felt comfortable.” — client review, firm website

These are drawn from the firm’s own published reviews and its public Avvo page; Awesome Attorneys did not independently verify reviewer identities, a standard limitation across attorney review platforms.

Beyond the Courtroom

Holman’s community engagement runs through direct public education rather than bar-committee service: the firm’s own materials describe him presenting directly to senior centers and community groups on long-term care planning, and his Dallas Morning News commentary reached a general public audience rather than a legal-industry one. His formal professional affiliation, NAELA’s Texas Chapter, is the specialty organization most relevant to his elder-law practice specifically, distinct from the broader State Bar of Texas sections most family and estate attorneys join by default.

Recognition

Unlike several other Dallas estate planning attorneys profiled on this site, Holman does not hold Texas Board of Legal Specialization certification in Estate Planning & Probate — the strongest formal credential available in this practice area — and this profile makes no claim that he does. His strongest verifiable credential is the Boston University LL.M. in Taxation with an Estate Planning Certificate, an advanced academic credential distinct from board certification. NAELA membership is a professional-association affiliation rather than a tested certification. Readers who specifically want a TBLS board-certified estate planning specialist should compare this profile against others in this category that carry that certification; readers prioritizing tax-focused planning expertise may find Holman’s LL.M. background a more directly relevant credential for their situation.

Texas Legal Backdrop

Readers considering Texas estate planning, probate, or Medicaid/VA benefits planning should understand a few structural rules, presented as general information and not legal advice. Texas generally requires a will to be admitted to probate within four years of the testator’s death, with limited exceptions (Tex. Estates Code § 256.003). Texas allows independent administration — a streamlined probate process with minimal court supervision — when the will authorizes it or all heirs agree (Tex. Estates Code § 401.003). Powers of attorney in Texas are governed by the statutory durable power of attorney framework (Tex. Estates Code ch. 751–752). Trusts created in Texas are governed by the Texas Trust Code (Tex. Prop. Code ch. 111–115). Medicaid long-term care eligibility in Texas involves both federal Medicaid rules and Texas-specific implementation through the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, including asset and income limits and, in some cases, a five-year “lookback” period on asset transfers that can trigger a penalty period of Medicaid ineligibility — a complex federal-state interaction that is a primary reason clients seek elder-law-specific planning rather than a generic estate plan.

Awesome Attorneys Assessment

Holman Law LLP’s differentiator is the combination of tax-trained drafting (the Boston University LL.M.) with a genuinely elder-law-focused practice — Medicaid and VA benefits planning specifically, not just general estate planning that happens to serve older clients. For a family facing an active long-term-care crisis and needing both benefits-qualification strategy and updated estate documents handled together, that combination is directly useful.

The honest trade-off is the credential gap noted above: without TBLS board certification, prospective clients evaluating credentials side by side should weigh Holman’s tax LL.M. and elder-law specialty focus against a board-certified competitor’s tested, peer-evaluated certification, depending on which matters more for their specific situation. As with any founder-centered practice, clients should also ask directly about staffing and who would handle their matter if it requires ongoing attention over time.

Methodology & Sourcing

This profile was researched and written independently by Awesome Attorneys’ editorial team in August 2026. Primary sources: the firm’s own published website (holmanlawllp.com) and the State Bar of Texas’s public attorney directory, which confirmed Holman’s practice areas and dual Texas/California licensure. Secondary sources: Avvo (client reviews) and Justia’s attorney directory. The firm’s characterization of “40-plus years” of family estate planning practice is reported as the firm’s own claim and was not independently verified against a specific family member’s bar record. The firm did not commission, pay for, or pre-approve this article. All credentials and claims are attributed to their sources; past results do not guarantee or predict future outcomes. This article is general information, not legal advice.

Publisher Disclosure & Independence Notice

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