Watkins Ludlam Winter & Stennis, P.A.

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David B. Grishman

Chairman - Business & Government Practice Group
Shareholder

Areas of Practice

• Business Planning and Operations
• Estate Planning and Administration
• Taxation - Federal, Mississippi, Local
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Franchise and Distribution Law

Franchise Law

Education

New York University School of Law - New York, NY, 1971 LL.M. in Taxation
The University of Alabama School of Law - Tuscaloosa, AL, 1970 J.D.
University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa, AL, 1966 B.A.

Bar Admissions

U.S. Supreme Court - 1977
U.S. Tax Court - 1972
Mississippi - 1971
Texas - 1971
U.S. District Court Northern District of Mississippi - 1971
U.S. District Court Southern District of Mississippi - 1971

Honors and Awards

Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Administrative Law, Franchise Law, Tax Law; Trusts & Estates
Listed in Chambers USA: America's Leading Business Lawyers
Fellow, Mississippi Bar Foundation
Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel
Fellow, American College of Tax Counsel
Leadership Jackson
Listed one of the Top 50 Mississippi Lawyers in Mid-South Super Lawyers, 2008
Listed in Mid-South Super Lawyers, Business/Corporate, 2008, 2009

Published Works

Real Estate Syndication - An Overview, 41 Miss. L. Inst. on New Persp. on Real Est., 1986
Federal Taxation of Agriculture, Co-Author, A.L.I. - A.B.A., Committee on Continuing Prof. Educ., 1979
Deductibility of Legal Expenses for Federal Income Tax Purposes, 26th Tax Inst., Univ. of So. Cal. Sch. of L., 1974
The State and Local Tax Lawyer, Contributing Author, Taxation Section, American Bar Association, 1996 - 2003

Representative Cases

Mississippi Power & Light Co. v. Mississippi State Tax Commission, 704 So.2d 1343 (Ms. Sup. Ct. 1997)
Charles R. Brady, Chairman, State Tax Commission v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co., 342 So.2d 295 (Ms. Sup. Ct. 1977)

Classes / Seminars Taught

Mississippi Tax Update, Tax Executives Institute, New Orleans Chapter, 2000
Sales & Use Tax for Manufacturers, National Business Institute, 1993 - 1997
Mississippi Sales & Use Tax, National Business Institute, 1987 - 1997
Ad Valorem Tax, National Business Institute, 1996
Mississippi Taxes: An Overview & Update, Lorman Education Services, 1989, 1990 & 1993

Professional Associations and Memberships

Mississippi Secretary of State's 2008 Business Reform Committees - LLCs & Partnerships Committee, Co-Chair

American Bar Association, Member

American Bar Association, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section; Taxation Section; and Forum Committee on Franchising, Member

The Mississippi Bar, Member

State Bar of Texas, Member

Community Foundation of Greater Jackson, Inc., Board of Directors, Chairman, 2004 - 2005

Mississippi Tax Institute, Board of Directors, 1999 - 2000, President

Mississippi Manufacturers Association, Taxation Committee, 1992 - 1993, Chairman

The Mississippi Bar, Taxation Section, 1991 - 1992, Chairman

Mississippi Estate Planning Council, Member

Birth Information

1944, New Orleans, Louisiana