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August 9 - Mobile CAROLYN DOHN is an associate with Stone, Granade & Crosby, P.C., where her main areas of practice are estate and lifetime planning, wills (simple and complex), charitable giving, living trusts, irrevocable trusts, powers of attorney, living wills, business planning, small business planning and organization, family limited partnerships, family limited liability companies, business succession planning, probate assistance and trust administration. Ms. Dohn is admitted to practice law in the state courts of Alabama, Florida and Mississippi. She also is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Circuit Court for the 11th Circuit, and the U.S. District Courts for the Northern District of Florida and the Southern District of Mississippi. Ms. Dohn is a member of the American Bar Association (Taxation, and Real Property, Probate and Trust Law sections); the Alabama State Bar (Taxation, Probate and Trust Law sections (officer - 2008-2009)); The Florida Bar (Taxation Section); and the Gulf Coast Estate Planning Council. She earned her B.A. degree from Cleveland State University, her J.D. degree from Cleveland State University, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law and her LL.M. degree from the University of Alabama. KYLA GROFF KELIM is an attorney in the Mobile office of Davis & Neal, where she practices in the areas of probate, guardianship, conservatorship, constitutional issues, consumer fraud and insurance disputes, and many similar areas that involve the predatory practices of unscrupulous businesses and individuals against older citizens. She is admitted to practice in Florida and Alabama. Ms. Groff Kelim earned her B.S. degree from the University of New Orleans and her J.D. degree from Cumberland School of Law at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama. She is a member of the Alabama State Bar, The Florida Bar, the American Bar Association and is frequently a cooperating attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union. August 23 - Montgomery JOSEPH C. DENISON is a partner in the law firm of Denison and Denison, P.C., where his practice focuses on estate, tax and business planning, including revocable, irrevocable and charitable trusts, family limited partnerships, private foundations, asset protection and tax reduction methods. Mr. Denison was a law professor at Regent University School of Law in Virginia Beach, Virginia, where he taught in the areas of income tax, estate and gift wills, wills, trusts, estates and estate planning. He also has taught charitable trust techniques to a national audience of estate planning attorneys and estate planning and asset protection techniques to professional groups and the general public throughout the country. Mr. Denison earned his B.S. degree in marketing from the University of Alabama, his M.B.A. degree from Samford University, his J.D. degree from Oral Roberts University School of Law and his LL.M. degree in taxation jointly from the University of Alabama and the University of Florida. He is a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, the Christian Legal Society, the National Network Estate Planning Attorneys, The Florida Bar (member, Elder Law Section), Virginia Bar Association (member, Trusts and Estates Section) and the Alabama State Bar (member, Real Property, Probate and Trust Section). MARK M. GIBSON is a sole practitioner in Birmingham, Alabama. Mr. Gibson practices extensively in the areas of estate planning, probate, taxation and corporate and business planning. He also specializes in the representation of minority owned businesses for purposes of obtaining Section 8(a) and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise certifications. Mr. Gibson earned his B.A. degree from the University of Georgia, his J.D. degree, magna cum laude, from Cumberland School of Law at Samford University, and his LL.M. degree in taxation from the University of Florida. RICHARDSON B. McKENZIE III is a shareholder with Kaufman Gilpin McKenzie Thomas Weiss, PC. Mr. McKenzie has a sophisticated and wide-ranging estates and trusts practice. He is leader of the estates and trusts practice group, and counsels individuals and families in all aspects of estate planning, asset protection and business succession, including the design and drafting of legal documents to achieve both tax and non-tax motivated objectives. Mr. McKenzie also represents closely-held businesses. Among the estate planning instruments he prepares are wills, revocable trusts (living trusts), irrevocable trusts, dynasty or "perpetual" trusts (GST exempt trusts), family limited partnerships, grantor retained annuity trusts (GRATs), qualified personal residence trusts (QPRTs), charitable remainder trusts and charitable lead trusts. He also assists clients with charitable gift agreements, premarital agreements, powers of attorney for property and for healthcare, and living wills. For closely-held business clients he structures corporations, partnership agreements, limited liability company agreements, shareholder agreements, management succession plans and buy-sell agreements. When necessary, Mr. McKenzie represents clients in estate and gift tax disputes with the Internal Revenue Service. He advises fiduciaries (executors and trustees) on all aspects of estate and trust administration, including probate administration, preparation of state and federal estate tax returns, preparation of accountings, and termination and distribution of estates and trusts. Mr. McKenzie also represents fiduciaries and individual clients in a variety of trust and estate litigation, including controversies over will and trust construction, and alleged breaches of fiduciary responsibilities. He also has significant experience and expertise in the tax aspects of real estate transactions and the tax aspects of executive compensation plans, equity-based compensation arrangements and qualified employee benefit plans. Mr. McKenzie is a member of the Montgomery County Bar Association and American Bar Association (Taxation, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law, Corporation, and Banking and Business Law sections. He earned his B.A. degree from Davidson College, his J.D. degree from the University of Alabama and his LL.M. degree in taxation from the University of Miami.
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