Current Employment Position(s)

Partner, Trusts & Estates Practice Group Leader

Year Joined Organization: 1976

Lawyer Overview

Areas of Practice

• Estate & Gift Taxation
• Estate Planning
• Foundations & Charitable Tax Planning
• Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations
• Partnerships
• Probate & Estate Administration
• Taxation Law
• Trade Associations
• Trusts

Representative Clients

• Arkansas Children's Hospital and Foundation
• Arkansas Symphony Orchestra and Foundation
• Baptist Health Foundation
• Entergy Foundation
• Fayetteville Community Foundation
• Share Foundation
• Regions Bank/Regions Morgan Keegan Trust
• University of Arkansas Foundation

West Practice Categories

Taxation Law, Estate Planning, Probate & Estate Administration, Estate & Gift Taxation, Partnerships, Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations, Trade Associations

Bar Admissions

• Arkansas, 1972
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Arkansas, 1972
• U.S. Tax Court, 1985
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, 1973

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Pulaski County Bar Association (Member)
• Arkansas Bar Association (Member, Sections on Taxation, Probate and Trust Law)
• American Bar Association (Member, Sections on Taxation and Real Property, Probate and Trust Law)

Honors and Awards

• Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (Arkansas State Chair 2001 - 2006)
• Listed in The Best Lawyers in America under two categories: Trusts and Estates and Nonprofits/Charity Law

Pro Bono Activities

• P.A.R.K. Foundation Board Member, 2007 - Present
• Baptist Health Board of Trustees, Chairman 2004 - 2005
• Arkansas Coalition for Excellence, Chairman, 2003 - 2004
• Chapter Chairman, Central Arkansas Chapter, American Red Cross, 1999 - 2001
• American Red Cross, Chapter Board Development Group 2000 - 2001
• Arkansas Christian Charitable Foundation, Vice-Chair, 2001 - Present
• Arkansas Symphony Orchestra Society, Past Board Member
• Metropolitan YMCA, Past Board Member
• U.A.L.R. Center for Nonprofit Organizations Advisory Board

Education

• Boston University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts, 1975
  LL.M. Tax, Master of Law(s) in Taxation
• University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Leflar Law Center, Fayetteville, Arkansas, 1972
  J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
  
  Law Review: Arkansas Law Review, 1970 - 1972
• Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 1969
  B.S.E.E., Bachelor of Science Electrical Engineering
  Honors: Distinguished Military Graduate

Published Works

• Level Five Philanthropy: Designing a Plan for Strategic, Effective, Efficient Giving, University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review, Volume 26, No. 1, 2003
• Estate Planning for Forest Landowners Under the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997, Forest Landowner, Vol. 56, No. 5, 1997
• The Nonprofit Corporation Act of 1993: Considering the Election to Apply the New Law to Old Corporations, U. Ark. Little Rock L. J., 1994
• Valuation of Closely Held Partnerships and Corporations: Recent Developments Concerning Minority Interest and Marketability Discounts, Arkansas Law Review (reprinted in Corporate Practice Commentary and Probate & Property), Volume 42, No. 3, 1989

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Little Rock, AR 72201-3522

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