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