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February 22, 2012 

The South Carolina Bar recently published the Fourth Edition of South Carolina Limited Liability Companies & Limited Liability Partnerships ©2012.  David A. Merline, Jr. is a co-author of the book, and three additional lawyers from Merline & Meacham (Robert E. August, W. Verne McGough, Jr. and Douglas B. O’Neal) are recognized in the book for their efforts in revising the Fourth Edition.  South Carolina Limited Liability Companies & Limited Liability Partnerships provides practical insights to forming and operating LLCs and LLPs in South Carolina, along with commentary and analyses of essential tax and securities law issues.  



 

January 31, 2012

Merline & Meacham, P.A. is pleased to announce that David A. Merline received the South Carolina Bar Foundation’s 2011 DuRant Distinguished Public Service Award for meritorious service to the law and the community. The annual recognition is the most prestigious statewide award members of the Bar can bestow on a fellow attorney. The award was presented during the S.C. Bar’s Annual Convention plenary luncheon on Friday, January 20th, at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center.


http://www.scbarfoundation.org/durant%202011%20Merline.asp




November 3, 2011

Merline & Meacham, P.A.
is pleased to announce that our firm has been selected for inclusion in the 2012 edition of “Best Law Firms” published by U.S. News Media Group and Best Lawyers®.  In Greenville, the firm earned nine first-tier rankings in the areas of:  Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law, Corporate Law, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Litigation - Tax, Litigation - Trusts & Estates, Mergers & Acquisitions Law, Non-Profit/Charities Law, Tax Law, and Trusts & Estates Law.




October 5, 2011


              

Merline & Meacham, P.A. is pleased to announce that Best Lawyers®, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession, has named David A. Merline, Sr. as the “Greenville Best Lawyers Tax Law Lawyer of the Year” for 2012 and Keith G. Meacham as the “Greenville Best Lawyers Non-Profit/Charities Law Lawyer of the Year” for 2012 .

After more than a quarter of a century in publication, Best Lawyers is designating “Lawyers of the Year” in high-profile legal specialties in large legal communities. Only a single lawyer in each specialty in each community is being honored as the “Lawyer of the Year.”

Best Lawyers® compiles its lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. The current, 18th edition of The Best Lawyers in America (2012), Copyright 2011 by Woodward/White, Inc., Aiken, SC  is based on more than 3.9 million detailed evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers.

The lawyers being honored as “Lawyers of the Year” have received particularly high ratings in our surveys by earning a high level of respect among their peers for their abilities, professionalism, and integrity. 



 
August 30, 2011

Merline & Meacham, P.A. is pleased to announce four of its seven attorneys have been selected by their peers to be included in “The Best Lawyers in America®” 2012 edition (Woodward/White: The Best Lawyers in America® 2012.  Copyright 2011 by Woodward/White, Inc., Aiken, SC) in the following practice areas:  David A. Merline (Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Litigation & Controversy - Tax, Litigation - Trusts & Estates, Mergers & Acquisitions Law, Non-Profit/Charities Law, Tax Law, and Trusts and Estates Law), David A. Merline, Jr. (Corporate Law, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Tax Law, and Trusts and Estates Law), Keith G. Meacham (Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Litigation & Controversy - Tax, Litigation - Trusts & Estates, Non-Profit/Charities Law, Tax Law, and Trusts and Estates Law) and Robert E. August (Litigation & Controversy - Tax, Tax Law, and Trusts and Estates Law).
 


 
October 11, 2010

Merline & Meacham, P.A.
is pleased to announce inclusion by U.S. News Media Group and Best Lawyers® (Woodward/White: The Best Lawyers in America® 2012.  Copyright 2011 by Woodward/White, Inc., Aiken, SC) in the inaugural edition of "Best Law Firms".  The firm received a Tier 1 ranking in Corporate Law, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law, Non-Profit/Charities Law, Tax Law and Trusts & Estates Law.



September 27, 2010

                      
Merline & Meacham, P.A. is pleased to announce  four of its six attorneys have been selected by their peers to be included in “The Best Lawyers in America®” 2011 edition (Woodward/White: The Best Lawyers in America® 2012.  Copyright 2011 by Woodward/White, Inc., Aiken, SC) in the following practice areas:  David A. Merline (tax law, trusts and estates law, and non-profit/charities law), David A. Merline, Jr. (corporate law, employee benefits law, mergers and acquisitions law, tax law, and trusts and estates law), Keith G. Meacham (tax law, trusts and estates law, and non-profit/charities law) and Robert E. August (tax law, and trusts and estates law).
 



April 30, 2010
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Memorandum Regarding 2010 Tax Law Changes


Merline & Meacham, P.A. is proud to announce that the firm is Top Listed in Greenville, South Carolina, in the fields of both Tax Law and Trusts and Estates Law, and Top Listed in the State of South Carolina in the field of Trusts and Estates Law by Best Lawyers®.


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