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H.
L. Stephenson, III
120 West Fire Tower Road
Greenville, North Carolina
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Mailing Address:
Post Office Box 8088
Greenville, North Carolina
27835-8088
Phone: 252-215-4004
Fax: 252-215-4077
Email: hls@wardandsmith.com
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Mr. Stephenson's
practice experience encompasses business law (including formations, transfers and acquisitions), tax planning and controversies,
estate planning, and
business and corporate management counseling. His practice is focused on
advising business owners and the representation of their companies,
negotiation of contracts and agreements, and advising high net worth
individuals on complex matters including business succession planning. Mr.
Stephenson has lectured extensively in continuing legal education programs
on business organizations and transactions and estate and tax planning,
and has co-authored manuscripts including "Minimizing Estate and
Gift Taxes While Transferring the Family Business" and "Estate
Liquidity for the Owners of Closely Held Businesses." He has been an
officer and member of the boards of directors of numerous civic and
charitable organizations. Mr. Stephenson has been rated by his peers
as being "preeminent" in his fields of law and is recognized in "Super Lawyers," a list of top North Carolina attorneys by North Carolina Super Lawyers.
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Practice
Groups
Business
Tax
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Practice Specialties
Closely Held
Businesses and Owners
High Net Worth Individuals
Mergers and Acquisitions
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Bar
Admission
North
Carolina, 1982
Court
Admissions
All
state courts in North Carolina
United States Tax Court
Education
LL.M.,
Taxation, College of William and Mary, 1983
J.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1982
A.B., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1979
Memberships
American
Bar Association Sections: Business Law; Taxation
East Carolina Estate Planning Council (past president)
ECU Medical Foundation, Inc. (board member)
North Carolina Bar Association Sections: Business Law; Estate
Planning and Fiduciary Law; Tax Law
North Carolina Economic Developers Association
Publications
Business
Tax
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