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C. Michael Adams, Jr.  JD, LLM

C. Michael Adams, Jr., is an estate planning attorney in Memphis, Tennessee.  Mr. Adams began providing tax and accounting advice to clients in 1990 as a tax accountant and was a Certified Public Accountant until going inactive in 2020.  He has practiced law since 1998, primarily in the areas of estate planning, taxation, wills and trusts, and probate administration.  Mr. Adams is one of 7 attorneys in Memphis who are certified as specializing in Estate Planning by the National Association of Estate Planners and Councils. He routinely advises clients on matters of estate tax and income tax planning, asset protection, fraud protection, special needs trusts, probate avoidance, and probate and trust administration. He is a frequent lecturer on these topics to legal, accounting and financial professionals in greater Memphis area and has been featured in The Memphis Business Journal and The Memphis Daily News discussing estate planning. He has also served as an adjunct professor at the University of Memphis School of Law.  

Licenses and Professional Designations

  • Attorney at Law (JD,  and LLM in Estate Planning)

  • Estate Planning Law Specialist 

  • Listed in Best Lawyers in America

Education

  • 1998 – LL.M., Estate Planning, University of Miami

  • 1997 – J.D. University of Memphis School of Law 

  • 1990 – B.S., Accounting, Spring Hill College 

Memberships

  • Memphis Bar Association, Board Member 2018-2019

  • Estate Planning Council of Memphis, Board Member 2020-2021

  • Estate Law Specialist Board, President, 2020-2021

  • Planned Giving Council of the Mid-South, Board Member 2019-2021

  • Spring Hill College, Memphis Alumni Chapter President, 2010-2014

  • Memphis Bar Foundation Fellow

  • Memphis and Tennessee Bar Associations

  • Estate Planning & Probate Section: Memphis Bar Assoc., President 2009-10

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This Is Us In Numbers

$355M

Clients’ Income during the Last Quarter

10+

Business Partners in Over 30 Countries

27

Years of Experience

5

Industry Awards

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