Margaret Scott

About Margaret Scott

I am an ACTEC Fellow who concentrates my practice on estate planning, fiduciary and tax litigation, estate settlement, trust administration, charitable planning, charitable solicitation law, and exempt organizations. I provide individuals, families, and institutional and individual trustees with advice on tax issues and estate planning strategies. Routinely, I assist trustees, executors, guardians, and beneficiaries in resolving a broad range of estate and trust disputes, many of which involve complex and sophisticated legal and tax issues.In my capacity as a Trustee of the Charles Loridans Foundation and the Mark and Evelyn Trammel Foundation as well as my role as the secretary/treasurer of the Vasser Woolley Foundation, I enjoy participating in the grant-making process and assisting worthy charitable endeavors in our community. I serve as the chair elect of the Fiduciary Law Section of the State Bar of Georgia, the president of the Atlanta Estate Planning Council, past chair of the Nonprofit Law Section of the State Bar of Georgia and I serve on the board of the Chastain Park Conservancy and Emory University Board of Visitors. I founded the Alston & Bird’s Wills Program for emergency services personnel and indigent Atlantans and annually provide wills trainings for volunteer attorneys. In short, I love my work, and I love to give back.

Experience

1. Partner and Group Leader, Estate Planning and Exempt Organizations

   Alston & Bird

   Jan 2003 — Present

Education

• Duke University

  B.A.

  1992 — 1996

• Emory University School of Law

  Doctor of Law - JD

  2001 — 2003

Skills

• Estate Planning