Stuart B. Dorsett
Suite 2400, Two Hannover Square
Fayetteville Street
Raleigh, North Carolina
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Mailing Address:
Post Office Box 2091
Raleigh, North Carolina
27602-2091

Phone: 919-836-4264
Fax: 919-836-4277
Email: sbd@wardandsmith.com

Mr. Dorsett is leader of the Trusts and Estates Section.  His practice experience encompasses tax planning, estate planning, estate administration, and related services to individuals, charitable organizations, and foundations.  Mr. Dorsett's practice also involves tax and business succession planning for the owners of closely-held businesses.  He is certified by the North Carolina State Bar as a Board Certified Specialist in Estate Planning and Probate Law.   Mr. Dorsett is the author of numerous manuscripts on estate planning and administration and is a frequent lecturer to civic groups and at continuing legal education seminars on these topics.  He is included in The Best Lawyers in America, has been selected as a Fellow of the American College of Trusts and Estates Counsel, and has been rated by his peers as being "preeminent" in his fields of law.  Mr. Dorsett is recognized in "Legal Elite," a list of the best attorneys in the state by Business North Carolina, and in "Super Lawyers," a list of top North Carolina attorneys by North Carolina Super Lawyers, as one of the top 100 lawyers.  He was the 2004-2005 chair of the Estate Planning and Fiduciary Law Section of the North Carolina Bar Association and is a member of the Board of Trustees for the North Carolina Community Foundation.  Mr. Dorsett was also president of the Davidson College Alumni Association and was a member of the college's Board of Trustees.

Practice Groups
Business
Trusts and Estates

Practice Specialties
Asset Protection Planning
Business Succession Planning
Estate Administration
Estate Planning
Estate and Gift Taxation
Trust and Guardianship Law
Trusts and Estates Litigation

Bar Admission
North Carolina, 1985

Court Admissions
All state courts in North Carolina
United States District Court for the Eastern and Middle Districts of North Carolina

Education
J.D., honors, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1985. Order of the Coif, Holderness Moot Court Bench, Jessup Cup International Law Moot Court Team.
A.B., cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Davidson College, 1982

Memberships
American Bar Association — Section: Real Property, Trust and Estate Law
American College of Trusts and Estates Counsel
American Counsel Association
North Carolina Bar Association — Sections: Estate Planning and Fiduciary Law; Tax Law

Publications
Business
Trusts and Estates

 

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