MEMBERS OF FIRM
G. Boone Smith, III (Partner) born Macon, Georgia, October 26, 1947; admitted to bar, 1972, Georgia. Education: Georgia Institute of Technology (B.S., 1969); University of Georgia (J.D., cum laude, 1972). Phi Delta Phi. Decisions Editor, Georgia Law Review, 1971-1972. Adjunct Professor, Pension & Profit Sharing Plans, Mercer University School of Law, 1983. Member: Macon and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Taxation; Corporate Law; Employee Benefits; Wills; Trusts and Estates.Email: G. Boone Smith, III
J. René Hawkins, Jr. (Managing Partner) born Macon, Georgia, January 28, 1954; admitted to bar, 1978, Georgia. Education: University of Georgia (B.B.A., in Accounting, summa cum laude, with general honors, 1975; J.D., cum laude, 1978); New York University (LL.M. in Taxation, 1979). Phi Eta Sigma; Beta Gamma Sigma; Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Delta Phi. Adjunct Professor, Estate Planning, Mercer University Law School, 1986-1997. Member: Macon Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates; Taxation; Corporate Law; Business Law.
David S. Hollingsworth (Partner) born Sylvania, Georgia, April 23, 1957; admitted to bar, 1982, Georgia. Education: University of Georgia (B.B.A., in Accounting, cum laude, 1979); Mercer University (J.D., 1982); Southern Methodist University (LL.M. in Taxation, 1983). Beta Alpha Psi; Phi Delta Phi. Member: Macon Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia (Board of Governors, 2005). Practice Areas: Real Estate; Corporate Law; Wills; Business Law.Email: David S. Hollingsworth
John D. Reeves (Partner) born Macon, Georgia, November 14, 1949; admitted to bar, 1975, Georgia. Education: Georgia Institute of Technology (B.I.E., cum laude, 1972); University of Georgia (J.D., cum laude, 1975). Phi Kappa Phi; Alpha Pi Mu. Member, Georgia Law Review. Author: "A Case for Tavernkeeper Liability in Georgia," 9 Georgia Law Review 239 (1974). Member: Macon Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Business Law; Wills; Probate; Trusts and Estates; Employee Benefits; Taxation.Email: John D. Reeves
Robert Hammock Wall (Partner) born Macon, Georgia, November 2, 1975; admitted to bar, 2002, Georgia. Education: Wake Forest University (B.A., 1998); University of Alabama School of Law (J.D., 2002); University of Denver (LL.M., Taxation, 2003). Worrell Scholar, 1997. Recipient, Bethea McAll Scholarship. Member: State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Taxation; Corporate Law; Wills; Trusts and Estates; Tax Exempt Organizations; Employee Benefits.Email: Robert Hammock Wall
ASSOCIATE
G. Boone Smith, IV (Associate) born Macon, Georgia, March 14, 1982; admitted to bar, 2007, Georgia. Education: Wake Forest University (B.A., 2004); Mercer University (J.D., 2007); Georgetown University (L.L.M., Taxation, 2008). Phi Delta Phi. Recipient, Outstanding Tax Student Award, Mercer University School of Law, 2006-2007. Student Member, William Augustus Bootle American Inn of Court, 2006-2007. Member: State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Taxation; Federal Estate and Gift Taxation; Estate Planning; Business Planning; Tax Exempt Organizations; Pension and Profit Sharing Plans.
OF COUNSEL
Alan H. Rumph (Of Counsel) born Montezuma, Georgia, December 9, 1957; admitted to bar, 1985, Georgia and District of Columbia. Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.S., 1980); University of Virginia (J.D., 1984). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Senior Executive Editor, Virginia Tax Review. Attorney-Advisor to Hon. Mary Ann Cohen, United States Tax Court. Co-Author: "Federal Self-Referral Law," BNA Health Law and Business Series. Member: State Bar of Georgia (Member, Executive Committee, Health Law Section 2007); American Health Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Health Care; Taxation; Business Law.Email: Alan H. Rumph