David A. Merline, Jr.
Recognized since 2011
Greenville, South Carolina
Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
Corporate Law
Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Litigation - ERISA
Litigation - Trusts and Estates
Litigation and Controversy - Tax
Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Nonprofit / Charities Law
Tax Law
Trusts and Estates











www.merlineandmeacham.com
Contact & Links
Location
- 812 East North Street
P.O. Box 10796
Greenville, SC 29603
Languages
- English
Education
- University of Miami , LL. M Taxation, graduated 1985
- University of South Carolina-Columbia, J.D., graduated 1983
- Furman University, Economics and Business, graduated 1980
Affiliations
- American Bar Association - Member
- South Carolina Bar - Corporate Section - Member
- South Carolina Bar - Probate Trust and Estate Section - Member
- South Carolina Bar - Tax Section - Member
- Greenville County Bar Association - Member
- American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC) - Fellow
State Clerkships
- South Carolina - Court of Appeals
- South Carolina - Supreme Court
- South Carolina - Trial Courts
6 The Best Lawyers in America® awards
2 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America awards










Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
- Litigation - ERISA, Greenville (2022)
- Corporate Law, Greenville (2021)
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Greenville (2020)
- Litigation - ERISA, Greenville (2019)
- Trusts and Estates, Greenville (2018)
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Greenville (2017)
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Greenville (2016)
- Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law, Greenville (2014)
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Greenville (2013)
- Tax Law, Greenville (2010)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2022 for work in:
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Litigation - ERISA
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
- Corporate Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Nonprofit / Charities Law
- Litigation - Trusts and Estates
- Litigation and Controversy - Tax
- Tax Law
- Trusts and Estates
Special Focus
- Audits
- Business and Succession Planning
- Business Planning
- Closely-Held Businesses
- Corporate and Partnership Transactions
- Corporate Finance
- Criminal
- Emerging Business
- Employee Benefits
- ERISA
- ESOPS
- Estate Planning
- Executive Compensation
- Exempt Organizations
- Family Businesses
- Fiduciary Responsibility
- Financial Institutions
- Gift Planning
- Insurance Planning
- Intra-Company Disputes
- Investment Management
- Joint Ventures
- Leveraged Buyouts
- Limited Liability Companies
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Partnerships
- Pension, Health and Welfare
- Private
- Probate
- Qualified Plans
- Real Estate
- Strategic Alliances
- Succession Planning
- Tax
- Tax Disputes
- Tax-Exempt Organization
- Transactions
- Wealth Management
- Wills
Awards:
- Co-Author SC Limited Liability Companies
- Co-Author SC Corporate Practice
- Certified Specialist Taxation Law
- Certified Specialist Estate Planning & Probate Law
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