Lacey L. Bailey

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Lacey L. Bailey

Professional Experience

Lacey advises clients on estate planning, trust planning, charitable and non-charitable gift planning, business planning, asset protection, and individual and business tax planning. She also has extensive experience in the preparation of federal gift and estate tax returns, having documented the transfer of $400 million plus in generational wealth to charitable and non-charitable beneficiaries.

She advises clients in relation to the full life cycle of business and entity structures from formation through dissolution, including operation, succession of ownership and management, insurance planning, salary continuation agreements, asset protection, transfer restrictions, tax planning, dispute resolution, and mergers and reorganizations. She also advises trustees, executors, and administrators in the performance of their fiduciary duties, advises beneficiaries with respect to their rights and interests in trusts and estates, and advises and negotiates on behalf of taxpayers in relation to federal tax audits and assessments.

Areas of Specialty

  • Estate & Trust Planning/Administration
  • Charitable & Non-Charitable Gift Planning
  • Business Planning
  • Asset Protection
  • Tax Planning
  • Federal & State Tax Audit/Litigation

Admissions

  • State Bar of Georgia
  • The Mississippi Bar
  • Tennessee State Bar
  • State Bar of Texas
  • United States District Court – Northern District of Mississippi
  • United States District Court – Southern District of Mississippi
  • United States Tax Court

Education

  • Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Taxation, Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago, Illinois (2008)
  • Juris Doctor (J.D.), The University of Mississippi School of Law (Ole Miss), Oxford, Mississippi (2006)
  • Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.), cum laude, The University of Mississippi (Ole Miss), Oxford, Mississippi (2003)