Legal Elite – Tax/Estate Planning 2014

Robert H. Haggard
The Van Winkle Law Firm, Asheville

At 15, I landed a prestigious position in the kitchen at Camp Sequoyah near Weaverville, serving campers and washing pots and pans.

Vita: Born Aug. 12,1949, in Alexandria, Va.; bachelor’s degree from Davidson College and law degree from Florida State University; two children and one grandson.

Why he chose to specialize in this field: A trust and estate practice affords frequent opportunities to be creative and to not only help solve problems but, through effective planning, prevent them.

Memorable case: The validity of a will executed by a man who had been administered a frontal lobotomy. A hint regarding the outcome: The frontal lobes are the site of all volitional behavior.

Passions: Sailing, boating, service projects, antique tractors and college football.

What he’d be if not a lawyer: Charter-boat captain.

Favorite place: Shroud Cay, Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park in the Bahamas.

Hero: Ronald Reagan.

Recent reading: South, written by Sir Ernest Shackleton.

Don’t ask him to: Wash someone else’s pots and pans!

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TAX/ESTATE PLANNING

WINNER – Robert H. Haggard, The Van Winkle Law Firm, Asheville

Michael R. Abel, Schell Bray PLLC, Greensboro
Elizabeth K. Arias, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice LLP, Raleigh
Mary Kay Baynard, James, McElroy & Diehl PA, Charlotte
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. “Jody” Carpenter, Culp Elliott & Carpenter PLLC, Charlotte
Jean G. Carter, Hunton & Williams LLP, Raleigh
Christian P. Cherry, Grier Furr & Crisp PA, Charlotte
Andrea C. Chomakos, Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP, Charlotte
Michael A. Colombo, Colombo Kitchin Attorneys, Greenville
David D. Dahl, Manning, Fulton & Skinner PA, Raleigh
Stuart B. Dorsett, Ward and Smith PA, Raleigh
Debra L. Foster, Debra L. Foster PA, Charlotte
I. Allan From, Howard, Stallings, From & Hutson PA, Raleigh
C. Wells Hall III, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, Charlotte
John Randolph Hemphill, John Hemphill Law PC, Raleigh
James E. Hickmon, Hickmon & Perrin PC, Charlotte
Mark R. Horn, Moore & Van Allen PLLC, Charlotte
Clarence G. Johnsey, White & Allen PA, Kinston
Ronald P. Johnson, Johnson, Peddrick & McDonald PLLC, Greensboro
Morry Johnston, Johnston, Allison & Hord PA, Charlotte
Joseph D. “Jody” Joyner, Moore & Van Allen PLLC, Morrisville
Warren Kean, K&L Gates LLP, Charlotte
Amy H. Kincaid, Schell Bray PLLC, Greensboro
Amy S. Klass, Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP, Greensboro
Jennifer L.J. Koenig, Schell Bray PLLC, Greensboro
Angela R. Kreinbrink, The McAllister Firm PLLC, High Point
Tom Lenfestey, NC Planning, Adams, Howell, Sizemore & Lenfesty PA, Raleigh
Paul H. Livingston Jr., Schell Bray PLLC, Greensboro
W. Thomas McCuiston, McCuiston Law Offices PLLC, Cary
William McNairy, Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard LLP, Greensboro
Jared D. Mobley, K&L Gates LLP, Charlotte
William H. Moore, Moore & Van Allen PLLC, Charlotte
Marcus L. Moxley, Winston-Salem
Charles B. Neely Jr., Williams Mullen, Raleigh
Rudy L. Ogburn, Young Moore and Henderson PA, Raleigh
Gregory T. Peacock, Ward and Smith PA, New Bern
Abigail E. Peoples, Connors Morgan PLLC, Greensboro
George A. Ragland, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice LLP, Winston-Salem
Jill Raspet, Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP, Greensboro
Larry H. Rocamora, McPherson, Rocamora, Nicholson & Nordgren PLLC, Durham
Daire Roebuck, Roebuck Law PLLC, Raleigh
Amy K. Smith, Bell, Davis & Pitt PA, Winston-Salem
Adam B. Snyder, Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP, Raleigh
Sue A. Sprunger, Sprunger Law PLLC, Raleigh
Kimberly H. Stogner, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice LLP, Winston-Salem
Kimberly Q. Swintosky, Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jernigan LLP, Raleigh
Adam Tarleton, Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard LLP, Greensboro
Keith A. Wood, Carruthers & Roth PA, Greensboro
Louis E. Wooten III, Wooten Law Firm, Raleigh