Legal Elite – Tax/Estate Planning 2013

ANDREW H. VEACH, Edwards Craver Veach PLLC, Winston-Salem

My first class at Davidson College was English 101 with Gill Holland. That began my course of study as an English major and my focus on learning to write well and analyze a subject clearly. I was not an ivory-tower academic, flowery writer or poet. Dr. Holland and several other excellent professors taught me to write clearly, concisely and in a style that addressed a topic in a logical, straightforward manner. Learning that type of writing — and the necessary analytic process that leads to it — was invaluable training for law school and practice that focuses on drafting legal documents, communicating complex estate-planning techniques to clients and arguing in support of a particular stance on complex tax laws.

Vita: Born May 29, 1975, in Kernersville; bachelor’s from Davidson College and law degree from Wake Forest University.
What he’d be if not a lawyer: Real-estate developer.
Memorable case: In my first year of practice, I met with a commercial tenant who was in default under a lease. They basically had become a squatter and refused to vacate a building held in an estate we were administering. We finally had to change the locks and threaten to donate the property to the fire department for full-burn training. Estate administration is far from mundane.
Passions: Good food and wine, socializing with friends and playing bridge.
Favorite place: Vacation home in Blowing Rock.
Favorite book: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Don’t ask him to: Cut corners, miss a fun event with friends or cook.

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TAX/ESTATE PLANNING

Andrew H. Veach, Edwards Craver Veach PLLC, Winston-Salem;
Elizabeth K. Arias, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC, Raleigh;
Mary Kay Baynard, James, McElroy & Diehl PA, Charlotte;
Anne Boyd, United Technologies Corp., Charlotte;
R. Daniel Brady, Brady Morton PLLC, Raleigh;
Jillian E. Brevorka, Brevorka Law Firm PC, Greensboro;
Joshua D. Bryant, Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jernigan LLP, Raleigh;
Madison E. Bullard Jr., Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP, Raleigh;
David A. Burns, Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP, Raleigh;
John J. Carpenter, Culp Elliott & Carpenter PLLC, Charlotte;
Jean Gordon Carter, Hunton & Williams LLP, Raleigh;
Christian P. Cherry, Grier, Furr & Crisp, Charlotte;
Andrea C. Chomakos, Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP, Charlotte;
John A. Cocklereece Jr., Bell, Davis & Pitt PA, Winston-Salem;
Michael A. Colombo, Colombo, Kitchin, Dunn & Ball LLP, Greenville;
Thomas H. Cook Jr., Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP, Raleigh;
David D. Dahl, Manning, Fulton & Skinner PA, Raleigh;
Ralph J. DiLeone, The DiLeone Law Group PC, Raleigh;
Stuart B. Dorsett, Ward and Smith PA, Raleigh;
John C. Dorsey, Manning, Fulton & Skinner PA, Raleigh;
Debra L. Foster, Debra L. Foster PA, Charlotte;
Elinor J. Foy, Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP, Raleigh;
I. Allan From, Howard, Stallings, From & Hutson PA, Raleigh;
Lemuel H. Gibbons, Poyner Spruill LLP, Raleigh;
James N. Greene III, Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP, Charlotte;
Robert H. Haggard, The Van Winkle Law Firm, Asheville;
Tanya Denton Hervey, Hervey & Hervey PA, Cary;
James E. Hickmon, Hickmon Law PC, Charlotte;
C. Gray Johnsey, White & Allen PA, Kinston;
Warren P. Kean, K&L Gates LLP, Charlotte;
Jennifer L.J. Koenig, Schell Bray PLLC, Greensboro;
David Lewis, Johnston, Allison & Hord PA, Charlotte;
Erik C. Lincoln, Moore & Van Allen PLLC, Charlotte;
Paul H. Livingston Jr., Schell Bray PLLC, Greensboro;
William McNairy, Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard LLP, Greensboro;
Michael L. Miller, Ward and Smith PA, Asheville;
Jared Daniel Mobley, K&L Gates LLP, Charlotte;
Marcus L. Moxley, Edwards Craver Veach PLLC, Winston-Salem;
R. Donavon Munford Jr., Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jernigan LL P, Raleigh;
Charles B. Neely Jr., Williams Mullen, Raleigh;
Andrew L. Nesbitt, Nesbitt Law PLLC, Charlotte;
Rudy L. Ogburn, Young Moore and Henderson PA, Raleigh;
Gregory T. Peacock, Ward and Smith PA, New Bern;
George A. Ragland, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC, Winston-Salem;
Russell M. Reed, Kirk Palmer & Thigpen PA, Charlotte;
Larry Rocamora, McPherson, Rocamora, Nicholson & Nordgren PLLC, Durham;
Heidi E. Royal, Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson PA, Charlotte;
Lucy Siler, Johnston, Allison & Hord PA, Charlotte;
John R. Sloan, Ward and Smith PA, Wilmington;
Amy K. Smith, Bell, Davis & Pitt PA, Winston-Salem;
Herman Spence III, Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson PA, Charlotte;
Charles L. Steel IV, Williams Mullen, Durham;
Kimberly H. Stogner, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC, Winston-Salem;
Sarah Sparboe Thornburg, McGuire, Wood & Bissette PA, Asheville;
Keith A. Wood, Carruthers & Roth PA, Greensboro.