William S. Painter, managing shareholder of the Jackson office, concentrates his practice in the areas of corporate, tax and health care restructuring. His experience includes corporate, employee benefits and deferred compensation, federal, state and local taxation, securities, and trusts and estates.
Publications & Speaking Engagements
- Co-author – Mississippi Corporations - Formation and Operation (1992)
Professional Honors & Activities
- Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® in Corporate Law, Health Care Law and Tax Law
- Listed in Chambers USA: America's Leading Business Lawyers as a leading lawyer in Mississippi
- Named an Outstanding Healthcare Transaction Lawyer by Nightingale's Healthcare News (2006)
- Fellow – American College of Trust and Estate Counsel
- Fellow – American College of Tax Counsel
- Former Chair – Mississippi Secretary of State's Task Force on Business Law Reform, which revised in their entirety Mississippi's statutes governing for-profit and not-for-profit corporations and limited partnerships (1986)
- Former Chair – Secretary of State's Business Law Advisory Group, which has the ongoing responsibility of improving the state's business laws (1987-1996)
- Listed as among top 50 attorneys in Mississippi by Mid-South Super Lawyers since 2006
- Member – American, Mississippi and Hinds County Bar Associations
Admissions
- U.S. Tax Court, 1975
- Mississippi, 1974
Education
- University of Mississippi School of Law, J.D., 1974, with honors
- New York University, LL.M. in Taxation, 1975
- Vanderbilt University, B.A., 1971
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