Harris “Trip” H. Barnes, III

Shareholder

Harris “Trip” H. Barnes, III

Professional Experience

Trip is a shareholder of Barnes, Bailey, Janoush & Dick, P.A., with emphasis in the areas of mergers, acquisitions, and sales of businesses; taxation; wills, trusts, and estate planning; probate administration; trust litigation and modification; qualified and non-qualified deferred compensation; civil and criminal tax controversy and trials in all courts; divorce/tax; asset protection; and the formation of captive insurance companies. His practice has been limited to matters of taxation since 1980.

Trip has tried approximately 200 cases in civil courts and 40 cases in the United States Tax Court, and has planned hundreds of estates, including preparing for and litigating numerous estate tax returns (Form 706). He has conducted over 300 seminars for professional, academic, and civic groups on taxation, business, and estate planning, many for the Mississippi Society of Certified Public Accountants.

Professional Memberships & Affiliations

  • Member of Mississippi State Bar Association; Past Chairman of the Taxation Section; Past Chairman of the Professionalism Committee; Member of the Trusts and Estates and Business Law Sections
  • Member of Tennessee Bar Association and Arkansas Bar Association
  • Past President (1999-2000) of the Hinds County Bar Association; Past President of the Mississippi Tax Institute, Inc.
  • AV Preeminent Rated Lawyer for 41 years, Martindale Hubbell (top 5% in Taxation and Estates & Trusts)
  • Marquis Who’s Who in America; Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Top 50 Mississippi Super Lawyers® (2010, its inaugural edition)

Areas of Specialty

  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Business Planning
  • Estate & Trust Planning/Administration
  • Estate & Trust Litigation
  • Federal & State Tax Audit/Litigation
  • Asset Protection
  • Tax Planning

Admissions

  • Admitted to practice before the State Courts of Mississippi, U.S. District Courts, U.S. Tax Court, and U.S. Supreme Court. He’s also admitted in TN and Arkansas

Education

  • University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida – Master of Laws in Taxation (LL.M.), August 1980
  • University of Mississippi School of Law, University, Mississippi – J.D., June 1972 (Moot Court)
  • Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi – B.A., June 1968