Merline & Meacham, P.A.  

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)
     • Greenville Estate Planning Council (Member)


Honors and Achievements
     • Listed in the book The Best Lawyers in America® in the fields of 
       Tax Law, and Trusts and Estates Law
     • Listed in Super Lawyers magazine in the fields of Tax, Estate 
       Planning & Probate for Greenville, South Carolina


Education
     • New York University, (LL.M) Taxation (1993)
     • University of South Carolina School of Law, (J.D.) (1992)
           › Symposium Editor of the South Carolina Law Review
           › Editor's Award
           › Member of the Order of Wig & Robe 
     • University of Dayton, (B.A.) magna cum laude (1989)


Publications
     • Taxation of Family Limited Partnerships:  Breaking the Fall,
       South Carolina Lawyer (Mar. 2004)
     • Use of Family Limited Partnerships in Estate Plan­ning,
       South Carolina Lawyer (Nov./Dec. 1995)
     • Environmen­tal Claims in Bankruptcy, 
       South Carolina Environmen­tal Law Journal (1992)