dmerline@merlineandmeacham.com Phone: 864-242-4080 Fax: 864-242-5758 Office: 812 E. North Street P.O. Box 10796 Greenville, South Carolina 29603
Professional Qualifications • Certified Specialist Tax Law • Certified Specialist Estate Planning and Probate Law
Professional Associations and Memberships • American College of Trust and Estate Counsel(ACTEC) (Fellow) • American College of Tax Counsel (ACTC) (Fellow) • American Bar Association (Member) • South Carolina Bar - Probate Trust and Estate Section (Member) • South Carolina Bar - Tax Section (Member) • Greenville County Bar Association (Member)
Honors and Achievements • 2011 DuRant Distinguished Public Service Award Recipient • Past President of the South Carolina Bar for the year 1996-1997
• Best Lawyers "Lawyer of the Year 2010" for Trusts and Estates in Greenville, South Carolina • Listed in Super Lawyersmagazine in the fields of Tax, Estate Planning & Probate for Greenville, South Carolina • Past Chairman of the South Carolina Taxation Law Specialization Advisory Board • Past Chairman if the Supreme Court of South Carolina Commission on Continuing Legal Education and Specialization • Fellow of the South Carolina Bar Foundation • Fellow of the American Bar Foundation • Past Member of the Board of Directors of the Clemson University Foundation • Past President of the Greenville County Bar Association • Past Chairman of the South Carolina Bar Tax Section, • Past Delegate to the Southeast Region Special Liaison Tax Committee • Past Member to the South Carolina Bar Board of Governors and the House of Delegates • Past Secretary, Treasurer, and President-Elect to the South Carolina Bar
Education •University of South Carolina, (LL.B) (1962) › Member of the Order of Wig & Robe › Editor-in-Chief of the SC Law Quarterly at the University of South Carolina Law School •University of South Carolina, (B.S.) (1956)
