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SARAH L. CLINGMAN focuses her practice exclusively in the areas of elder law, estate planning, including trust and special needs planning, probate and fiduciary representation, real estate and corporate law. Ms. Clingman has been a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA) since 1992 and currently serves on the Board of Directors of the SC NAELA Chapter. She also is a member of the Elder Law Committee and the Probate, Estate and Trust Section of the South Carolina Bar. Ms. Clingman is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of South Carolina, the Court of Appeals of Maryland, the U.S. Federal District courts for the districts of South Carolina and Maryland, the U.S. Federal Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court. She also is a member of the American, Richland and Lexington County bar associations, the South Carolina Women Lawyers Association and the Maryland State Bar Association. Ms. Clingman also is a Certified Elder Law Attorney (CELA), as certified by the National Elder Law Foundation, the only certification in disability and special needs planning recognized by the South Carolina Supreme Court. She also is a Certified Circuit Court Mediator. Ms. Clingman is an active volunteer for the South Carolina Bar Pro Bono program and serves as counsel to several non-profit organizations serving the elderly and disabled. She previously served on the Board of Directors of the Alzheimer's Association, Palmetto Chapter and the Citizens Advisory Boards of the C.M. Tucker Center. Ms. Clingman currently serves on the Advisory Board to the Rice Home and the Board of the South Carolina Mayflower Society. (Charleston and Columbia locations) DAN A. COLLINS is a senior partner of Collins & Collins, P.A., where his practice is limited to estate planning and tax and personal planning for the preservation, control and transfer of wealth. Mr. Collins is a certified specialist in probate and estate planning. He frequently speaks on tax and estate planning and trust administration, with special emphasis in the areas of estate planning, drafting wills and trusts, estate taxation and post mortem administration. Mr. Collins is a contributing author of “Drafting the Living Trust in Estate Planning in South Carolina,” published by the South Carolina Bar - CLE Division. He is a fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC) and he served as a member of the Estate Planning and Probate Law Specialization Advisory Board of the South Carolina Bar. Mr. Collins also is a member of the North Carolina State Bar and the American Bar Association (member, Real Property, Probate and Trust sections), WealthCounsel, LLC (member, Editorial Oversight Board) and of e.Planners, Inc., a select national group of tax and estate planning lawyers. He earned his B.A. degree from the University of South Carolina and his J.D. degree from the School of Law of the University of South Carolina. (Greenville location) JULIE M. COLLINS is an attorney with Collins & Collins, P.A. She practices in the areas of estate planning and personal planning for the preservation, control, and transfer of wealth, and post-mortem administration. Ms. Collins is a member of the North Carolina State Bar and South Carolina Bar, and e.Planners, Inc., a select national group of tax and estate planning lawyers. She earned her B.A. degree from the University of South Carolina and her J.D. degree from Campbell University School of Law. (Greenville location) RICHARD E. CONNER JR. is an attorney with the Conner Law Firm. He practices in the areas of estate planning, estate administration, trusts, real estate, and elder law. Mr. Conner earned his B.S. degree from The Citadel, his M.A. and J.D. degrees from Regent University, and his LL.M. degree from Villanova University. (Charleston and Columbia locations) 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 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. Mr. Diminich is past president of the Charleston Tax Council, admitted to the U.S. Tax Court, and a Certified Circuit Court Mediator. 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. (Charleston location)
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