Brown, Anne Greenwood

Herbert E. "Chip" Browder, born Montgomery, Alabama, September 11, 1953; admitted to bar, 1991, Alabama; U.S. Tax Court, U.S. Court of Federal Claims and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Education: University of Alabama (B.S. in Accounting, magna cum laude, 1975; M.A. in Accounting, 1977; J.D., 1991); New York University (LL.M. in Taxation, 1992). Outstanding Third Year Editorial Board Member, Senior Lead Articles Editor, Alabama Law Review. Recipient: Richard S. Manley Local Government Law Award; American Bar Association Section Urban, State and Local Government Law Certificate of Recognition; University of Alabama Federal Tax Clinic Award; Prentice-Hall Federal Tax Award. Member: Tuscaloosa County (Member, Executive Committee, 1995-1997), Alabama, and American Bar Associations (Sections on: Closely-Held Businesses; Taxation; and, Real Property, Probate & Trusts). Chip is a frequent lecturer on Estates, Trusts and Will Drafting at the University of Alabama School of Law, as seminar Speaker on estate and asset protection planning, elder law and "special needs" trusts.

Concentrations: Choice of Entity; Corporate, Individual and Partnership Taxation; Employee Benefits and Retirement Planning; Estate Tax and Business Succession Planning; Elder Law; IRS Dispute Resolution; Mergers and Business Acquisitions/Sales and Disputes; and, State and Local Tax Planning.

Chip also has a family business background, having managed his family's hardwood veneer business and timber investments in South Alabama for over ten years, from 1977 through 1987 before returning to law school.