November 3, 2022
Merline & Meacham, P.A. recognized in The Best Law Firms in America© for 2023
Merline & Meacham, P.A. is pleased to announce their inclusion in the 2023 Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms”. The firms’ practice areas are being awarded at the Metropolitan Tier 1 level in Greenville, SC.
The following areas are being recognized in The Best Law Firms in America© for 2023: Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law, Corporate Law, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Litigation – Tax, Litigation – Trusts & Estates, Mergers & Acquisitions Law, Nonprofit and Charities Law, Tax Law, and lastly Trusts & Estates Law.
The firm’s Columbia office was also awarded at the Metropolitan Tier 1 level for Tax Law and Trust & Estates Law. The firms’ main concentrations are tax, estate planning, trusts and estates, corporate and business transactional law. With over a century of shared experience, Merline & Meacham still prides themselves on the fact that they can provide well-equipped attorneys who have all earned a Master of Law degree in Taxation.
The U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” rankings are based on an extensive evaluation process that includes the collection of not only client and lawyer evaluations, but also peer reviews from leading attorneys in the field. The firm also had to submit general demographic and background information. Combined, all this data contributed to the recognition at the Metropolitan Tier 1 level.
August 22, 2022
2 Merline & Meacham, P.A. Lawyers Named to 2023 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America™
Merline & Meacham, P.A. is pleased to announce that 2 lawyers have been included in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America.
Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America recognizes associates and other lawyers who are earlier in their careers for their outstanding professional excellence in private practice in the United States.
“Best Lawyers was founded with the purpose of recognizing extraordinary lawyers in private practice through an exhaustive peer-review process,” said CEO of Best Lawyers Phillip Greer.
Lawyers recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America are divided by geographic region and practice areas. They are reviewed by their peers on the basis of professional expertise and undergo an authentication process to make sure they are in current practice and in good standing.
Merline & Meacham, P.A. would like to congratulate the following lawyers recognized in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America:
- Phillip Martin – Nonprofit / Charities Law, Tax Law, and Trusts and Estates
- Andrew D. Merline – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law, Corporate Law, and Trusts and Estates
August 19, 2022
Merline & Meacham, P.A. has 5 Named 2023 Best Lawyers® “Lawyer of the Year” in the Greenville Area.
Merline & Meacham, P.A. recently had 5 lawyers recognized by Best Lawyers® as the 2023 “Lawyer of the Year” in Greenville, South Carolina.
Only a single lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area is honored as the “Lawyer of the Year,” making this accolade particularly significant. These lawyers are selected based on particularly impressive voting averages received during the peer review assessments. Congratulations to the following lawyers on being selected “2023 Lawyer of the Year” in their respective practice area:
· Robert E. August – Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
· Keith G. Meacham – Litigation – Trusts and Estates
· David A. Merline, Jr. – Litigation and Controversy – Tax
· Marie Monroe – Nonprofit / Charities Law
· Douglas B. O’Neal – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
Receiving this designation reflects the high level of respect a lawyer has earned among other leading lawyers in the same communities and the same practice areas for their abilities, their professionalism and their integrity.
August 18, 2022
6 Merline & Meacham, P.A. Lawyers Named to 2023 Best Lawyers® List
Merline & Meacham, P.A. is pleased to announce that 6 lawyers have been included in the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence.
Best Lawyers has earned the respect of the profession, the media and the public as the most reliable, unbiased source of legal referrals. For the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America, more than 12.2 million votes were analyzed to identify the top legal talent, as identified by their peers.
Lawyers on The Best Lawyers in America list are divided by geographic region and practice areas. They are reviewed by their peers based on professional expertise and undergo an authentication process to make sure they are in current practice and in good standing.
Merline & Meacham, P.A. would like to congratulate the following lawyers named to 2023 The Best Lawyers in America list:
- Robert E. August – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law, Corporate Law, Litigation and Controversy – Tax, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Tax Law, and Trusts and Estates
- W. Verne McGough, Jr. – Litigation – Trusts and Estates, Tax Law, and Trusts and Estates
- Keith G. Meacham – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law, Litigation – Trusts and Estates, Litigation and Controversy – Tax, Nonprofit / Charities Law, Tax Law, and Trusts and Estates
- David A. Merline, Jr. – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law, Corporate Law, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Litigation – ERISA, Litigation – Trusts and Estates, Litigation and Controversy – Tax, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Nonprofit / Charities Law, Tax Law, and Trusts and Estates
- Marie Monroe – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Nonprofit / Charities Law, and Trusts and Estates
- Douglas B. O’Neal – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Tax Law, and Trusts and Estates
August 2, 2022
Merline and Meacham, P.A. congratulates the firm attorneys who were named to the “2022 Legal Elite” by Greenville Business Magazine and Columbia Business Monthly
Merline & Meacham, P.A. is pleased to announce the firm attorneys who were recognized as “2022 Legal Elite”. Greenville Business Magazine, Columbia Business Monthly and Charleston Business Magazine have honored attorneys from around the state in their Legal Elite section. This section highlights the top vote-getters in the Upstate, Midlands and Lowcountry in 26 categories, solely voted on by area attorneys. The Merline & Meacham, P.A. lawyers recognized as “2022 Legal Elite” include:
David A. Merline, Jr. (Upstate)
• Corporate Law – Mergers & Acquisitions – Top Vote Recipient in the Upstate
• Tax and Estate Planning – Top Vote Recipient in the Upstate
Keith G. Meacham (Upstate)
• Estate & Trust Litigation
• Estate & Trust Planning
• Tax and Estate Planning
Robert E. August (Upstate)
• Corporate Law – Mergers & Acquisitions
• Corporate Law – Business Organizations
• Estate and Trust Planning
• Tax and Estate Planning
Marie Monroe (Upstate)
• Estate and Trust Planning
Douglas O’Neal (Upstate)
• Corporate Law – Mergers & Acquisitions
• Corporate Law – Business Organizations
• Tax and Estate Planning
Phillip J. Martin (Upstate)
• Estate and Trust Planning
• Tax and Estate Planning
Andrew D. Merline (Upstate)
• Corporate Law – Mergers & Acquisitions
• Corporate Law – Business Organizations – Top Vote Recipient in the Upstate
• Estate and Trust Planning
• Tax and Estate Planning
Jonathan Colao (Upstate)
• Tax and Estate Planning
W. Verne McGough, Jr. (Midlands)
• Corporate Law – Mergers & Acquisitions – Top Vote Recipient in the Midlands
• Corporate Law – Banking & Finance
• Corporate Law – Business Organizations
• Estate & Trust Planning
• Tax and Estate Planning
July 18, 2022
File Clerk, Henry Dambach, joins Merline & Meacham, P.A.
Please welcome our new file clerk, Henry Dambach! Henry is a native of Franklin, Tennessee and recently graduated Magna Cum Laude from Furman University with degrees in English Literature and History (class of 2022). He was a member of the Furman University Pauper Players, a musical theatre group on campus, and is an aspiring law student who plans to enroll in the Fall of 2023. Outside of the office, Henry enjoys running, reading books, especially poetry, and watching movies, particularly comedy, horror, and westerns.
July 14, 2022
Merline and Meacham, ranked in Chambers High Net Worth 2022 Guide
Merline & Meacham is proud to announce that David A. Merline, Jr. is ranked in the 2022 Chambers High Net Worth Guide in Band 1 and Keith G. Meacham is ranked in Band 2. Every year Chambers & Partners conducts in-depth interviews with clients in order to assess the reputations and expertise of leading lawyers and law firms worldwide who are rated as Top Professional Advisers to High Net Worth Individuals. Those ranked in the guide have an understanding of the complex needs of High Net Worth individuals and provide specialized advice and legal services.
“They are a respected firm,” remarks a market insider, who adds: “They have decades of experience.” “They have a very positive reputation state-wide in the private wealth law space,” says another source.
Merline & Meacham PA, Private Wealth Law | Chambers High Net Worth Profile
May 27, 2022
Middleton selected as Merline & Meacham, P.A. Law Clerk
Merline & Meacham is pleased to welcome our summer Law Clerk, Chalmers Middleton, II! Chalmers is from Charlotte, North Carolina and graduated cum laude from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington with a degree in History. He is preparing for his third year of Law School at the University of South Carolina, where he is a member and Associate Editor-in-Chief of the South Carolina Law Review. Chalmers will be clerking in both our Greenville and Columbia offices. Outside of the office, Chalmers enjoys cooking, watching the Carolina Hurricanes, hiking, swimming, and Kayaking.
May 20, 2022
Annette Lazzaro joins Merline & Meacham, P.A.
Merline & Meacham is pleased to welcome our new Paralegal, Annette Lazzaro, to the firm! Recently relocated from Carmel, New York, Annette has more than 15 years of Family Law experience in the State of Connecticut. Annette is excited for the opportunity to apply her skills within the legal field of Merline & Meacham. Prior to her legal career, Annette served as a Health and Physical Education teacher for a nonprofit organization for children and their families. Outside the office, Annette enjoys bass fishing, hiking, biking and running her small online craft business. Annette and her husband Anthony reside in Simpsonville with their Boxer, Shelbi and their Boston Terrier, Layla. They have four grandchildren.