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    Estate Planning

    Benjamin T. "Ben" White

    Alston & Bird LLP

    Atlanta, GA

    About

    Named by Best Lawyers in America as the ”2012 Atlanta Lawyer of the Year“ in the exempt organizations area and as the ”2013 Atlanta Lawyer of the Year“ in the trusts and estates litigation area, Ben White's practice emphasizes exempt organizations of all kinds, as well as estate and tax planning. As a partner in the largest and most comprehensive exempt organizations practice in the Southeast, Mr. White is widely known for his successful representation of exempt organizations with intractable tax problems. His clients include international, national, regional and local tax-exempt organizations, public and private, located throughout the United States and in other countries. Mr. White counsels extensively with both exempt organizations and lawyers, accountants and other professionals representing exempt organizations; and he provides strategic advice on the array of tax, business, cultural and political issues that are distinct to exempt organizations. Mr. White also maintains an extensive wealth planning practice, representing some of the wealthiest individuals and families in the Southeast and providing counseling to individual and institutional trustees, executors, personal representatives and other fiduciaries throughout the region.

    Overview

    Practice focus

    Estate Planning

    Firm

    Alston & Bird LLP

    Office details

    Location

    One Atlantic Center, 1201 West Peachtree Street, Suite 4900
    Atlanta, GA 30309

    Services

    Practice areas

    Estate PlanningBusiness Law

    Languages

    English

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    Credentials

    Bar admissions

    • Georgia, State Bar of Georgia

    Education

    • Harvard University, graduated 1973
    • The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, AB, graduated 1969

    Affiliations

    • Alliance Theatre Company - Past President
    • American Bar Association - Member of the Section of Real Property, Probate and Trust Law, Exempt Organizations Committee
    • American College of Trust and Estate Counsel - Fellow
    • American Institute for Philanthropic Studies - Founding Member
    • Faculty
    • Atlanta Estate Planning Council - Former member of the Board of Directors
    • Atlanta Tax Forum - Member
    • David, Helen, and Marian Woodward Fund - Current Chair
    • Fiduciary Law Section of the State Bar of Georgia - Past Chairman
    • Harvard Law School Association of Georgia - Past President
    • Mark and Evelyn Trammell Foundation - President
    • Metropolitan Atlanta Arts Fund - Past Chair
    • Woodruff Arts Center - Trustee