Milford B. Hatcher Jr. (Mil)
Of Counsel
Atlanta
Tel: +1.404.581.8510
Fax: +1.404.581.8330
Email:
mbhatcher@jonesday.com
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Mil Hatcher deals in all areas of U.S. tax law, including partnership, corporate, and transfer tax. He specializes in business- and valuation-oriented estate planning and business succession and income tax planning for high net worth individuals. He has principal responsibility in the Firm for family limited partnerships and estate freezes and valuation issues. He also has extensive experience representing taxpayers in tax controversies.
Mil's background includes real estate development and ownership of a private business, which gives him a unique perspective as both a businessman and a practicing attorney. He also has served as chair of the Investment Committee of the Medical College of Georgia Foundation.
Mil is a Fellow of The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (chair, Estate and Gift Tax Committee; chair and lead counsel, Ad Hoc Committees for Kimbell and Strangi Amicus Briefs; and Georgia State chair) and a member of the American Bar Association (Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section and Tax Section), the State Bar of Georgia (chair, Tax Section, 1990-1991), and The Florida Bar. He oversaw the Atlanta tax practice for the Firm from 1989 through 1997, and he has served as an adjunct professor of taxation and estate planning at the Walter F. George School of Law at Mercer University. He is a frequent speaker at seminars and educational presentations, including those sponsored by the University of Miami Philip E. Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning, the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section of the American Bar Association, The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, the National Association of Estate Planning Councils, the Tulane Tax Institute, and the Notre Dame Tax and Estate Planning Institute. He has written articles appearing in the University of Miami Philip E. Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning, the Journal of Taxation, Valuation Strategies, West Group's Estate and Personal Financial Planning, and the CLU Journal. Mil is listed in Georgia Super Lawyers and The Best Lawyers in America.
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Georgia and Florida
Education
New York University (LL.M. in Taxation 1975); The University of Georgia (J.D. cum laude 1973; Phi Kappa Phi); Washington and Lee University (B.A. magna cum laude with exceptional honors 1970; Phi Beta Kappa)