dmerlinejr@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 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 • Listed in the book The Best Lawyers in America® in the fields of Corporate Law, Employee Benefits Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law, Tax Law, and Trusts and Estates Law • Best Lawyers "Lawyer of the Year 2010" for Tax Law in Greenville, South Carolina • Listed in Super Lawyers magazine in the fields of Business/Corporate, Estate Planning & Probate, and Employee Benefits/ERISA for Greenville, South Carolina • Past Chairman of the South Carolina Estate Planning and Probate Law Specialization Advisory Board • Past Member of the Board of Directors of the University of South Carolina Law School Association • Past President of the Greenville County Taxation, Estate Planning, Probate and Trust Law Section • Past President of the Greenville Young Lawyers Association
Education • University of Miami, (LL.M) Taxation (1985) • University of South Carolina School of Law, (J.D.) (1983) • Furman University, (B.A.) magna cum laude (1980)
Publications • Co-author of the bookSouth Carolina Corporate Practice Manual, South Carolina Bar CLE Division (2d Edition, 2005) • Co-author of the book South Carolina Limited Liability Companies & Limited Liability Partnerships, South Carolina Bar CLE Division (4th Ed. 2012) • The Expanded Scope of the IRS Summons Power After United States v. Arthur Young & CompanySouth Carolina Law Review 265 (1986)
