J. Stanley Atwell J. Stanley Atwell

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Phone: (336) 379-8651

Email: jsa@crlaw.com

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Biography 
J. Stanley Atwell’s areas of practice include corporate and business, estate and personal planning, estate and trust administration, limited liability companies and partnerships, and taxation. Stan often addresses specific questions regarding tax law and asset protection strategies and is a frequent lecturer in the areas of estate planning and administration. In addition, Stan is a Certified Public Accountant and a Board Certified Specialist in Estate Planning and Probate Law.

Stan was elected membership as a fellow in the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. He has served as Chair of the Estate Planning and Fiduciary Law Section of the North Carolina Bar Association, as President of the Greensboro Estate Planning Council and as Chair of the Continuing Professional Education Committee of the North Carolina Association of CPAs. He is an Elder of Guilford Park Presbyterian Church and past Chair of its Finance Committee.

Raised in the Charlotte area, Stan and his wife Jill have two daughters, Claire and Hayley. His love of music has been known to serenade attendees (with guitar in hand) at the firm's annual Business & Tax Seminar, and is shown in his support of local community arts events as a member of the board of directors for Piedmont Blues Preservation Society.

Practice Areas
  • Business, Tax, & Estates - Asset Protection Planning
  • Business, Tax, & Estates - Business Acquisitions and Divestitures
  • Business, Tax, & Estates - Corporate & Business
  • Business, Tax, & Estates - Elder Law
  • Business, Tax, & Estates - Estate & Personal Planning
  • Business, Tax, & Estates - Estate & Trust Administration
  • Business, Tax, & Estates - Estate Dispute Resolution
  • Business, Tax, & Estates - Limited Liability Companies & Partnerships
  • Business, Tax, & Estates - Taxation
  • Healthcare Professionals and Practices - Industry Team

    • Recent Matters
  • Assisted physician in establishing life insurance trust to protect assets from claims of creditors and to prevent includibility of life insurance in physician’s estate for estate tax purposes.
  • Assisted in the formation of limited partnerships designed to preserve (a) capital gains treatment upon sale of subdivided real estate, (b) avoid creditor’s claims against real estate contributed to the partnership and, (c) permit gifting of partnership interests to family members without causing a loss of control of the partnership operations.
  • Resolution of estate dispute involving multi-million dollar family business interest and split- up of same.

    Awards/Honors
    Recognized in the following publications: Best Lawyers in America (2007-2011); North Carolina Super Lawyers (2006-2010); Business North Carolina Legal Elite (2007)

    Community Involvement
    Board of Directors, Piedmont Blues Preservation Society; Board of Directors, Crescent Rotary and Crescent Rotary Foundation

    Education
    Wake Forest University School of Law, 1984

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, B.A., Business Administration, 1978

    Memberships
    Greensboro, North Carolina, and American Bar Association; North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants; American Association of Certified Public Accountants; Editorial Board, Wake Forest Law Review; Moot Court Board

    Admitted to Practice in
    North Carolina, 1984

    • Publications/Presentations
      Estate Disputes - How they start and what a CPA can do to avoid them.

    Additional Publications/Presentations
  • Use of Revocable Trusts
  • Elder Law Planning

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