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F. Gerald Burnett

Cabaniss, Johnston, Gardner, Dumas & O'Neal, LLP
  • Recognized Since:
    2009
  • Recognized in:
    Corporate Law
    Real Estate Law...
  • Law School:
    University of Mississippi
  • Website:
    http://www.cabaniss.com
  • Firm's Phone Number:
    (205) 716.5200
  • Location:
    2001 Park Place North, Suite 700
    P.O. Box 830612
    Birmingham, AL 35283-0612

Gerald Burnett practices on a multi-regional basis in all areas of commercial real estate, tax-free exchanges, tax law and disputes, commercial transactions, timber law and wealth transfer planning. He has had substantial experience in the litigation of tax controversies, having tried jury and non-jury tax cases in eight states. He has served as lead counsel in, negotiated and closed commercial real estate transactions in eighteen states. Some of his out-of-state work includes commercial projects in Jacksonville, Kay Biscayne, Miami, Orlando and Tampa, FL; Atlanta and Columbus, GA; Chicago, IL; Louisville, KY; Minneapolis, MN; Jackson, MS; Reno, NV; New Jersey; Charlotte, NC; Charleston, SC; Knoxville, Memphis, and Nashville, TN; Dallas, Houston and San Antonio, TX; and Oshkosh, WI.

Gerald was formerly a trial attorney in the Tax Division of the United States Department of Justice. He received the Tax Division Outstanding Attorney Award while in the Justice Department. He is the co-author of the treatise Litigation of Federal Tax Controversies, originally published by Shepard’s/McGraw Hill (1st edition). He is the author of the Tax Management Portfolio entitled Timber Transactions (1st edition) and has served as a Special Tax Advisor for Tax Management, Inc. Gerald is listed in the Best Lawyers in America for Corporate and Tax Law. He is a member of the Birmingham and American (Member: Sections of Litigation; Taxation; Real Property, Probate and Trust Law) Bar Associations.

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Gerald Burnett practices on a multi-regional basis in all areas of commercial real estate, tax-free exchanges, tax law and disputes, commercial transactions, timber law and wealth transfer planning. He has had substantial experience in the litigation of tax controversies, having tried jury and non-jury tax cases in eight states. He has served as lead counsel in, negotiated and closed commercial real estate transactions in eighteen states. Some of his out-of-state work includes commercial projects in Jacksonville, Kay Biscayne, Miami, Orlando and Tampa, FL; Atlanta and Columbus, GA; Chicago, IL; Louisville, KY; Minneapolis, MN; Jackson, MS; Reno, NV; New Jersey; Charlotte, NC; Charleston, SC; Knoxville, Memphis, and Nashville, TN; Dallas, Houston and San Antonio, TX; and Oshkosh, WI.

Gerald was formerly a trial attorney in the Tax Division of the United States Department of Justice. He received the Tax Division Outstanding Attorney Award while in the Justice Department. He is the co-author of the treatise Litigation of Federal Tax Controversies, originally published by Shepard’s/McGraw Hill (1st edition). He is the author of the Tax Management Portfolio entitled Timber Transactions (1st edition) and has served as a Special Tax Advisor for Tax Management, Inc. Gerald is listed in the Best Lawyers in America for Corporate and Tax Law. He is a member of the Birmingham and American (Member: Sections of Litigation; Taxation; Real Property, Probate and Trust Law) Bar Associations.

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Education:

  • University of Mississippi , B.B.A.
  • University of Mississippi , J.D.

Bar Admissions:

  • Alabama, Alabama Bar Association

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for work in:

  • Corporate Law
  • Real Estate Law
  • Tax Law
  • Timber Law

Special Focus:

  • Transactions
 

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Cabaniss, Johnston, Gardner, Dumas & O'Neal, LLP
http://www.cabaniss.com
 
Headquarters
2001 Park Place North, Suite 700
P.O. Box 830612
Birmingham, AL 35283-0612
(205) 716.5200
2 Office Locations
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United States

United States

Alabama

Alabama

Mobile, AL

63 South Royal Street, Suite 700

P.O. Box 2906

Mobile, AL 36652-2906

United States

(251) 415.7300

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