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WILLIAM ARNOTT IV is a Certified Public Accountant with DuRant Schraibman & Lindsay, where he focuses primarily on income tax planning and compliance for businesses and their owners. Utilizing his extensive training and experience in technology, Mr. Arnott also assists the firm's clients with the accounting systems needs of design, setup, training and other day-to-day system issues. He earned his B.S. degree, magna cum laude, from the University of South Carolina. Mr. Arnott is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the South Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants. (Greenville, Charleston and Columbia locations) NATALIE PARKER BLUESTEIN is a partner in the Charleston law firm of Bluestein and Douglas, LLC, where she practices in the area of family law. She earned her B.A. degree from the College of Charleston, and her M.P.A. and J.D. degrees from the University of South Carolina. Ms. Bluestein is certified in family court mediation and collaborative law. She is the president of the South Carolina Women Lawyers Association and is a member of the Charleston County Bar Executive Board. Ms. Bluestein is licensed in South Carolina and Louisiana, and frequently organizes and presents at legal seminars in South Carolina. (Charleston location) G.P. DIMINICH, a member of the law firm of Clawson & Staubes, LLC, is a certified specialist in taxation law, as well as a certified specialist in estate planning and probate law. He practices in the areas of wills, trusts, probate, estate planning, mergers and acquisitions, tax law, corporate law, partnership law, tax-exempt organizations, state and local taxation, business litigation, and probate litigation. Mr. Diminich is a past legal writing instructor for the University of South Carolina School of Law. He earned his B.A. degree, with honors, from Davidson College; his J.D. degree from the University of South Carolina School of Law; his I.M.B.A. degree from the University of South Carolina Moore School of Business and his LL.M. degree from New York University School of Law. Mr. Diminich is a member of the Charleston County, Berkeley County, and American bar associations (member, Taxation, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law, and Business Law sections); the South Carolina Bar (member, Tax Law, Probate, Estate Planning and Trust Law, and Corporate, Banking and Securities Law sections); the Charleston Estate Planning Council; and the Charleston Tax Roundtable. He is past president of the Charleston Tax Council, admitted to the U.S. Tax Court, and a Certified Circuit Court Mediator. (Charleston location) GEORGE W. DuRANT, CPA/ABV, ASA, is a CPA and partner with DuRant Schraibman & Lindsay, in Columbia, South Carolina. He holds accreditations in business valuation from the American Institute of CPAs and the American Society of Appraisers. Mr. DuRant is a past president/chairman of the Columbia Tax Study Group, the South Carolina Chapter of the American Society of Appraisers and the Business Valuation & Litigation Services Committee of the South Carolina Association of CPAs. He has written and published articles in South Carolina Lawyer, The CPA Report and other publications concerning business valuation and other topics. Mr. DuRant is a frequent expert witness in commercial litigation involving accounting ethics, generally accepted accounting principles, income tax, insolvency, lost profits damages and business valuation. (Greenville, Charleston and Columbia locations) KEVEN KENISON is an attorney who started Kenison, Dudley & Crawford, LLC, which focuses its practice on construction, business, and aviation law, along with real estate and commercial transactions. The firm's attorneys are licensed to practice in South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia. Mr. Kenison is a certified mediator and arbitrator, and frequently speaks at construction and aviation seminars on varied topics. He is a member of the Greenville Bar Association (Construction Law Section), South Carolina Bar Association (Small Practice Section), Atlanta Bar Association (Construction Law Section), the State Bar of Georgia (Aviation and Bankruptcy Law sections) and the American Bar Association (Construction Law, Surety, Technology and Aviation sections). Mr. Kenison graduated, summa cum laude, from The Ohio State University and also earned his J.D. degree from The Ohio State University. (Greenville location) HALSEY O. SCHREIER is an attorney with Clawson & Staubes, LLC, where his main areas of practice are tax law, corporate law, probate and estate planning. Mr. Schreier is admitted to the South Carolina Bar. He was research editor for the American Bar Association's Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Journal (2007-2008). Mr. Schreier is a member of the South Carolina Bar (Tax Law; Probate, Estate Planning and Trust Law sections), North Carolina Bar Association, American Bar Association (Tax Law; Real Property, Trust and Estate Law sections) and Charleston Tax Council. He earned his B.S. degree, magna cum laude, from the University of South Carolina, his J.D. degree from University of South Carolina School of Law and his LL.M. degree from New York University School of Law. (Charleston location) BARBARA M. SEYMOUR is the Deputy Disciplinary Counsel to the Supreme Court of South Carolina, where she investigates and prosecutes grievances filed against lawyers. She earned her Bachelor's degree from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and her Juris Doctorate from the University of Georgia School of Law. Ms. Seymour worked as a trial lawyer from 1993 to 2000. She served as an adjunct instructor in the Professional Legal Assistants Program at Converse College and currently teaches as an adjunct professor in the Paralegal Degree Program at Midlands Technical College. Ms. Seymour's courses have included Civil Litigation, Legal Research and Writing; Business Law; Torts; Ethics; and Law Office Management. She is a member of the South Carolina Bar, the Georgia Bar (inactive), the National Organization of Bar Counsel, and the South Carolina Women Lawyers Association. Ms. Seymour currently serves on the Law Related Education Committee and the Professional Responsibility Committee at the South Carolina Bar. She was named the 2006 Law Related Education Lawyer of the Year and was a 2006 Fellow of the National Institute for the Teaching of Ethics and Professionalism. Ms. Seymour is the creator and coordinator of the Legal Ethics and Practice Program (LEAPP), the ethics and trust account school sponsored by her office and the South Carolina Bar. (Columbia location)
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