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 | John J. ScrogginShareholder
Scroggin & Company, P.C. The Brannon House, 647 Mimosa Boulevard Roswell, Georgia
30075 (Fulton Co.)
Telephone: 770-640-1101 Fax: 770-518-4124 http://www.scrogginlaw.com
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| Practice Areas | Probate; Ancillary Probate; Probate Taxation; Probate Administration; Trusts and Estates; Decedents Estates; Estate Administration; Estate Planning; Estate Planning for Parents of Handicapped Children; Estate Planning for the Disabled; Estate Planning for the Elderly; Estate Planning for Unmarried Couples; Estate Settlements; Family Trusts; Family Wealth Transfer; Fiduciary Law; Fiduciary Liability; International Estate Planning; International Trusts; International Trusts and Estates; Living Trusts; Personal Planning; Powers of Attorney; Retirement Planning; Special Needs Trusts; Trust Administration; Trust Law; Trust Planning; Wealth Preservation; Asset Protection; Business Law; Business Associations Law; Business Development; Business Dissolutions; Business Enterprises; Business Estate Planning; Business Formation; Business Organization; Business Planning; Business Regulation; Business Reorganization; Business Start-Ups; Business Succession Planning; Business Successions; Business Taxation; Business Transactions; Business Transfers; Business Trusts; Buy-Sell Agreements; Buying and Selling of Businesses; Closely Held Business Estate Planning; Closely Held Business Law; Closely Held Business Taxation; Cooperative Taxation; Emerging Growth Companies; Entrepreneurial Business Law; Family Business Law; Family Business Successions; Joint Ventures; International Joint Ventures; Limited Liability Company Law; Pass-Through Entities; Private Business Law; Professional Practices; Small Business Law; Sole Proprietorships; Strategic Alliances; Commercial Law; Commercial Transactions; Commercial Transfers; Commercial Trusts; Contracts; Commercial Contracts; Corporate Law; Corporate Commercial Law; Corporate Contracts; Corporate Fiduciary Law; Corporate Formation; Corporate Governance; Corporate Income Tax; Corporate Organization; Corporate Partnerships; Corporate Planning; Corporate Real Estate; Corporate Reorganization; Corporate Successions; Corporate Taxation; Corporate Trusts; Family Corporations; Incorporation; Professional Corporations; S Corporations; Small Business Corporations; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Business Acquisitions; Business Divestitures; Merger Reorganization; Mergers and Acquisitions; Mergers and Acquisitions Taxation; Spin-Offs; Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations; Charitable Giving; Charitable Organizations Law; Charitable Trusts and Foundations; Nonprofit Organizations Law; Nonprofit Tax Law; Private Foundations; Tax Exempt Organizations; Public Charities; Partnership Law; Family Limited Partnerships; Family Partnerships; Limited Liability Partnerships; Limited Partnerships; Partnership Dissolution; Partnership Formation; Partnership Organization; Partnership Taxation; Employment Tax; Estate and Gift Taxation; Expatriate Tax; Federal Estate and Gift Taxation; Federal Income Tax; Federal Tax Controversies; Federal Taxation; Fiduciary Income Tax; Generation Skipping Tax; Individual Taxation; Inheritance Tax; International Income Tax; International Taxation; Interstate Tax; Like Kind Exchanges; State Income Tax; State Taxation; Tax Controversies; Tax Planning; Transfer Tax; Trusts and Estates Taxation; Contested Trusts and Estates; Trust and Estate Collections; Wills; Contested Wills; Living Wills; Missing Heir Searches | | | University | University of Florida, B.S.B.A., Accounting, 1974 | | | Law School | University of Florida (J.D., 1978; LL.M., Tax, 1979) | | | Admitted | 1978, Florida; 1980, Georgia; 1989, U.S. Tax Court | |
| Memberships | The Florida Bar; State Bar of Georgia; Atlanta Estate Planning Council; Estate Planning Council of North Georgia (President, 2001-2004); Board of Directors, National Association of Estate Planners and Councils, 2002-2010. American Revenues Society; American Tax Token Society; Atlanta Estate Planning Council; Buckhead Study Group; Georgia Planned Giving Council; Estate Planning Council of North Georgia (President, 2002-2005). Board of Directors of the National Association of Estate Planners and Councils, 2002—2010 (Co-Chairman, Long Range Planning Committee); Board of Directors of the Historic Roswell Convention and Visitors Bureau, 2004—. | | | Born | Tullahoma, Tennessee, 1952 | | | Biography | Certified Public Accountant, 1981. Listed, Best Planning Articles, 2000. Quoted: Wall Street Journal, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007; CHH Headline News (on the Terri Schavio case); MSN Lifestyle; The Atlanta Journal/Constitution; National Public Radio Marketplace Radio; National Public Radio Talk of the Town; Fortune Magazine; Money Harvest; Dow Jones Investment Advisor; Worth Magazine; Registered Representative Magazine; Leads Magazine; Image Magazine; Financial Advisor; The Practical Accountant; National Underwriter; Bloomberg Wealth Management; Life Association News; Financial Planning; The New York Times; The Asian Wall Street Journal; New York Times International Herald Tribune; Planner Pavilion.com; Journal of Financial Services Professionals; Houston Chronicle; Fort Worth Star Telegram; Forbes Magazine; Redbook; Kiplinger's; Money Magazine; Austin American-Statesman; Medical Economics; Smart Money Magazine; Wall Street Magazine; Minneapolis St Paul Business Journal; Investment News; The South China Post; Secured Retirement; The LA Times; Advisor Today; Bank of America Magazine; Fortune Investor; BNA Estates Gifts & Trusts Journal; Atlanta Business Chronicle; Newsday; Chicago Sun-Times; Bankrate.com; ABA Probate & Property; The Clarion Ledger; The Miami Herald; New England Financial Journal; The Baltimore Business Journal; Physician Personal Advisory Magazine; Knight-Ridder Tribune. Founding Editor-in-Chief, NAEPC Journal of Estate and Tax Planning and the Co-Editor of Commerce Clearing House's Journal of Practical Estate Planning, 2004-2006. Columnist, Advisor Today Magazine, 1999 and Contributing Writer, National Underwriter. Instructor of Tax Law, University of Florida Law School and College of Business. Publications: Estate Planning; Taxes, Financial and Estate Planning; Practical Tax Strategies; ABA Property and Probate; ABA Practical Tax Lawyer; ABA Practical Lawyer; AICPA Tax Advisor; Journal of Estates and Trusts; Trusts and Estates; Journal of Financial Services Professionals; Journal of Financial Planning; Financial Services Professionals Newsletter; CCH Journal of Practical Estate Planning; Advisor Today; Financial Planning; Georgia Society of CPAs Bottom Line; Broker World; Life Association News; The Atlanta Journal/Constitution; Atlanta Business Chronicle; National Underwriter; Insights and Strategies; Bank Investment Marketing; NAILBA Magazine; Financial Services Advisor; Business Valuation; Utah Society of CPAs Journal; The Atlanta Bar Journal and the Georgia Bar Journal. Speaker: The University of Florida Law School Graduate Tax Program, 2004 and 2008; The Georgia State University MBA Program; The Million Dollar Roundtable, 2007; The State Bar of Georgia ICLE, 1992, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005 and 2006; The National Convention of the International Association for Financial Planning, 1997, 1998, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008; The Atlanta Bar Association; Georgia Society of CPAs; The Texas Society of CPAs; Georgia Planned Giving Council; The Philadelphia Estate Planning Council; The Estate Planning Council of Mississippi, 2000 and 2003; The Central Texas Estate Planning Council; The Wilmington Estate Planning Council; The Spokane Estate Planning Council; The Stuart Estate Planning Council; The Northern Arkansas Estate Planning Council, 2007 and 2008; The St. Louis Estate Planning Council; The Louisville Estate Planning Council; The Atlanta Estate Planning Council; The Estate Planning Council of North Georgia; Chattanooga Estate Planning Council; The Northern Michigan Estate Planning Council; Estate Planning Council of Winston Salem; The Detroit Estate Planning Council; Red River Estate Planning Council; North Alabama Estate Planning Council; The Wisconsin FPA & CPA Annual Symposium; Schwab Trust; Canada Life; Partners Financial; The Colorado Springs FPA; The San Diego FPA; The Wisconsin FPA; The College for Financial Planning; The Society of Financial Services Professionals National Convention; The National Business Institute; NAPFA National Convention; The National Convention of the U.S./Philippine Chamber of Commerce; The Annual Convention of the Southern Council of Optometrists; The Society of Senior Risk Managers; Ascensus; Financial Service Corporation; NAIFA Annual Meeting; Producers Web; First Global; Subcenters; North Carolina Society of CPAs; North Carolina SFSP Annual Meeting; AXA Advisors; The Milner Group; ChFC Georgia Chapter; IAFP Georgia Chapter; NAIFA Georgia Chapter; Mid-South Society of the Institute of Certified Financial Planners; First Colony Life Insurance; CUNA Mutual Group; Metlife; Prudential Insurance Company; Family Wealth Counselors National Convention; Willis Corroon; Guardian Life Insurance Company; American General Life Insurance; Financial Network Investment Corp; Gulf States FPA; Tri-State FPA Annual Meeting; The Houston FPA; NAILBA Annual Meeting; Atlanta Life Underwriters EXPO; A.G. Edwards; Enterprise Group of Funds; Annual Convention of National Beer Wholesalers Association, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008.(Managing Partner) | | | ISLN | 903887333 | | | Transactions | Approximately 20% of the firm's time is devoted to the sale and purchase of businesses and property. In an average year, the firm will be involved in the negotiation, tax planning, contract drafting and closing of 4-6 multi-million dollar transactions. The focus in such transactions is first providing practical advice to the client on the sale or purchase and then obtaining the highest after-tax value to the client, while reducing the risks that the client is incurring in the transaction. | |
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