Harrison LLP

Estate Planning & Trust Administration

Partner

Melissa Sprinkle assists clients with their estate planning and wealth preservation through the creation of wills, revocable and irrevocable trusts, the use of lifetime gifting, and business succession planning. She also assists clients with trust and estate administration, including the probate of the will and other probate court actions. Melissa helps clients further their charitable inclinations by creating charitable trusts and charitable foundations. She advises clients on the tax implications of all such estate, trust, and business succession planning.

Melissa also advises on the international aspects of U.S. tax matters and asset structuring and succession planning, as part of a multi-office team that advises trustees and international families and family offices on planning for U.S. beneficiaries, U.S. investments, pre-immigration tax planning for foreign individuals who plan to become a U.S. tax resident, expatriation from the U.S., and FATCA and CRS compliance matters.

She also advises tax-exempt entities, including public charities and private foundations, with formation and operation issues.

Philanthropic Advisor Leadership Institute Graduate

State Bar of Georgia Fiduciary Law Section

Atlanta Charitable Advisor Network Committee

ACTEC Southeast Fellows Institute

Georgia State University College of Law, J.D., summa cum laude

Kennesaw State University, B.A.