Michele McKinnon > McGuireWoods LLP > Charlotte, United States > Lawyer Profile

McGuireWoods LLP
FIFTH THIRD CENTER
201 N TRYON ST, STE. 3000
CHARLOTTE, NC 28202
NORTH CAROLINA
United States

Position

The chair of McGuireWoods’ nonprofit and tax-exempt organizations practice team, Michele routinely represents many public charities, major colleges and universities, supporting organizations, large private foundations, and charitable trusts on a variety of federal tax and governance matters. She concentrates much of her time on structuring planned gifts to charitable organizations, including the use of charitable remainder trusts, charitable lead trusts, charitable gift annuities and conservation easements. Michele’s work also focuses on estate planning and estate and trust administration, handling the administration of large complex estates, fiduciary income tax matters, fiduciary litigation, and risk management for corporate trust departments. A Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, Michele currently serves as Chair of its Charitable Planning & Exempt Organizations Committee and previously served as its Virginia State Chair.

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Industry focus > Education

Government investigations, Title IV compliance, civil rights and education-related labor and employment matters, covering faculty members and student-athletes are some of the core areas of practice of the broad education group at McGuireWoods LLP. The firm routinely assists higher education institutions, K-12 schools, academic medical centers but also presidents and coaches, especially is contract negotiations. Washington DC-based Farnaz Thompson leads the department and handles litigation and investigations before federal agencies. Another highlighted contact is Chicago-based Sarah Wake, who handles both contentious and advisory mandates, and Virginia-based Michele McKinnon, who specializes in assisting universities and their affiliated foundations on tax and planned giving matters. Insurance recovery expert Shelby Guilbert in Atlanta is also noted.