Private Wealth Law - Georgia
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What the Team is Known For
The team at Alston & Bird advises wealthy individuals and families, businesses and family offices on wealth management strategies including tax planning and charitable planning.
Strengths
The wealth planning team at Alston & Bird excels in trust and estate law and related state and federal taxation. The team's pragmatic and comprehensive approach to legal and business problem-solving is second to none. They are exceedingly creative, diligent, responsive and collaborative in achieving excellent outcomes for their clients.
Alston & Bird are very timely, responsive, proactive and available. The firm has a robust group of people working with us who have been very creative in tackling issues.
Alston & Bird have a wealth of knowledge on a broad range of issues and opportunities for us. They do a great job and their work is appreciated. Their concise and efficient solutions are also appreciated.
Reputationally, there are certain law firms in this town that are known to have top-tier clients, and Alston & Bird is one of them.
Notable practitioners
Benjamin White is senior counsel at Alston & Bird and an experienced tax and estate planning specialist.
I know Benjamin White very well. We have a solid relationship and he's a strong attorney.
Mark Williamson is a highly respected attorney who focuses his practice on estate planning and tax matters. He is senior counsel at Alston & Bird.
Mark Williamson has deep expertise in estate tax matters and was helpful in working through some drafting issues.
Mark Williamson is the best lawyer we have ever had the privilege to work with. He always makes himself available to us and is creative and intelligent with solutions to our problems.
Robert Edge has over five decades of experience in wealth planning, advising ultra-wealthy families and closely held business owners. He is well regarded for the depth of his knowledge and his stellar client base. Edge is senior counsel at Alston & Bird.
Margaret Scott is highly esteemed in the trust and estate community. Scott frequently advises wealthy clients on charitable planning and estate planning.
Margaret Scott is very proactive, extremely responsive and takes complete ownership of a project. I can't say enough good things about her as she has done an unbelievably good job in an unbelievably complex situation.
Simply stated, Margaret Scott is one of the finest trust and estate lawyers I've ever worked with.
Margaret is a top-notch, go-to attorney when we have high net worth clients. Her name is one of the very first names we think about. She is incredibly professional and cares about clients and peers.
Margaret Scott is well regarded in the charitable planning space. She is approachable and very gracious with her time.
Jake Kaplan is a partner at Alston & Bird. He is adept at advising clients on estate planning and other wealth transfer matters.
Jake Kaplan is very professional and knowledgeable about the issues we need him for. He is engaging and shows interest in our planning.
Jake Kaplan has been very easy to work with. He is effective at networking and connecting people within our ecosystem who can help the client.
