Erica Messimer practices in the areas of estate and tax planning (including charitable planning for families and individuals and succession planning for family and closely-held businesses), tax-exempt/nonprofit organizations and fiduciary administration.
Erica primarily represents individuals and families in comprehensive charitable and wealth planning strategies and charitable organizations in formation and compliance matters.
Publications
- State Enacts Tax Simplification and Reduction Act; How Will it Impact Business Growth?, Journal of Multistate Taxation and Incentives, December 2013
- The Decline of Linguistic Plurality: Bottom-up Solutions to Protect Languages in the United States, 15.1 Wash. & Lee J. Civil Rts. & Soc. Just 259, 2008
Education
- J.D., Washington and Lee University School of Law, 2009
- Editor-in-Chief, Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice
- Randall P. Bezanson Diversity Award
- B.A. (Dual), Asian Studies and Political Science, Furman University, cum laude, 2003
Bar Admissions
- North Carolina
- South Carolina
- U.S. Tax Court
Professional Associations
- Mecklenburg County Bar Association
- North Carolina Bar Association
- Estate Planning and Fiduciary Law Section
- South Carolina Bar Association
- Probate Section