Michael Shane Lovingood

Mr. Lovingood focuses his practice on Tax Law and Asset  Protection.  He specializes in income, estate, and gift taxes; creating structures to protect assets for the benefit of family members; family wealth planning (on-shore trusts, off-shore trusts, wills, family partnerships, charitable giving, etc.); and probate.   He often helps clients negotiate the sale or purchase of businesses, bank loan agreements, and related business issues. Mr. Lovingood is responsible for publications in trade magazines and is a previous Editor of Perspective, a tax newsletter distributed throughout the eastern United States.  He has spoken about tax and estate planning issues at national and local seminars and conferences and on the radio.  He is a member of the Tax Section of the American Bar Association, ABA Asset Protection Committee, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and Georgia Society of Certified Public Accountants.  He is a past President of the Cherokee Area Estate Planning Council and the Northwest Georgia Society of Certified Public Accountants. Mr. Lovingood was admitted to law practice in 1989.  He earned his Certified Public Accountant license in 1991.  He earned a Bachelors Degree in Administration in Accounting from Emory University, Atlanta and his Juris Doctorate from Georgia State University, Atlanta.  In law school, he earned three American Jurisprudence awards for the highest grades in Securities Law, Business Associations II, and Future Interests.  He was a Senior Tax Consultant with Arthur Andersen and Co. in Atlanta, where he focused Family Wealth Planning.  His estate planning law practice began in 1987.  Mr. Lovingood is admitted to practice before all courts of Georgia and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. Mr. Lovingood has served on the Boards of the local Kiwanis, United Way, Red Cross, Boy Scouts, First Presbyterian Church, Hamilton HealthCare Foundation, and worked with other community non-profit groups.