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Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Memphis, Tennessee
Phone: 901.577.2307
Fax: 901.577.0714

Ben C. Adams, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Firm and a shareholder in the Memphis office, concentrates his practice in the areas of corporate and estate planning. Mr. Adams has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, corporate, partnership and limited liability company formations, shareholder agreements and business contracts. In estate and financial planning, his experience includes drafting wills and trusts, working with families and closely held entities, and implementing sophisticated planning techniques.

Professional Honors & Activities

• Recipient – Best 101 Lawyers in Tennessee, Business Tennessee, 2004 and 2005 Editions – Corporate
• Named to Business Tennessee magazine's "Best 150 Lawyers 2007" in the area of corporate law
• Listed in The Best Lawyers in America®; Corporate, Trusts & Estates
• Listed in Mid-South Super Lawyers, 2006 & 2007
• Trustee – Memphis University School (Chairman, 1997-2004)
• Director – Memphis Tomorrow
• President – Elmwood Cemetary (2004 - Present)
• Senior Warden – Church of the Holy Communion (Episcopal), 2003-2004
• Managing Partner of the Firm – June 1993 - April 1998
• Member – Memphis Estate Planning Council
• Fellow – Memphis Bar Foundation
• Member – Tennessee, Memphis and American Bar Associations
• Member – Baker Donelson Diversity Committee

Publications & Speaking Engagements

• Presenter – "Valuation Discounts, GRATs and Sales to Defective Grantor Trusts - Part II," Financial Planners of the Midsouth, February 4, 2004
• Presenter – "Valuation Discounts, GRATs and Sales to Defective Grantor Trusts - Part I," Financial Planners of the Midsouth, September 9, 2003
• Presenter – "How to Reduce Estate Taxes for the High Net Worth Family: A Case Study," The Dixon Gallery and Gardens, October 4, 2002
• Presenter – "How to Significantly Reduce Estate Taxes for the High Net Worth Family: A Case Study," Brooks Museum of Memphis The Art of Good Taste, April 4, 2002
• Presenter – "Current Trends in Estate Planning Strategies," Memphis Bar Association, October 9, 2001
• Presenter – "Current Trends in Estate Planning Strategies," Morgan Keegan State of the Art in Family Office, September 24, 2001

Admissions

• Tennessee, 1981

Education

• Vanderbilt University School of Law, J.D., 1981, Order of the Coif, Vanderbilt Law Review
• University of North Carolina, B.A. in Economics, 1978, Phi Beta Kappa

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