Robert Gardner, Of Counsel in the Firm's Birmingham office, concentrates his practice in the area of tax, estate planning and business law. He has extensive experience in trusts and estates, probate, estate administration, trust and estate litigation, business succession planning, business organizations, tax controversies, taxation and corporate law. Mr. Gardner represents fiduciaries in trust, estate and tax conflicts and litigation. He counsels fiduciaries on the proper administration of trusts and estates and on the resolution of conflicts. He counsels business owners about ownership, management and disposition/succession agreements between themselves and their business partners and investors, and also works with small businesses to plan the appropriate entity structure.
- Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® in Tax Law (2010 – 2012) and Trusts and Estates (2011 – 2012)
- Member – American, Alabama, and Birmingham Bar Associations
- Member – Birmingham Tax Forum
- Board of Directors – Estate Planning Council of Birmingham, Inc.
- Served on the Alabama Law Institute Uniform Trust Code Committee
- Lecturer – Southern Trust School
- Frequent lecturer on trust and estate issues
- Alabama, 1993
- U.S. Tax Court, 1998
- The University of Alabama School of Law, LL.M. in Taxation, 1996
- University of Miami School, LL.M. in Estate Planning, 1993
- Cumberland School of Law of Samford University, J.D., 1992
- Auburn University, B.A., 1988