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Rob Wall is a shareholder at Baker Donelson where he focuses his practice on representing clients with complex federal and state tax matters, including tax-exempt organizations, structuring, tax controversy, transactions, and estate and business succession planning.

Overview


  • University of Denver College of Law, LL.M. in Taxation, 2003
  • University of Alabama School of Law, J.D., 2002
  • Wake Forest University, B.A., 1998
  • North Carolina
  • Georgia

Rob Wall represents entities and individuals in complex tax matters, providing strategic counsel on federal and state tax laws to help clients minimize tax impacts on transactions and transfers. He advocates for clients before the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and state departments of revenue, handling audits, appeals, compliance, collections, and U.S. Tax Court proceedings.

Rob also advises individuals on estate and tax planning, including succession strategies for closely held businesses and the preparation of essential documents. He regularly guides clients on issues involving tax-exempt organizations and represents businesses and individuals in structuring and acquisitions. Rob supports tax-exempt organizations with policies and corporate governance, tax reporting, state compliance, development, and operational matters.

In addition to his legal practice, Rob is a frequent speaker and panelist on topics of taxation and corporate governance and serves as an adjunct professor at Wake Forest University School of Law.

  • Listed in Chambers USA as a leading Tax lawyer in North Carolina (2024 – 2025)
  • Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® for Tax Law and Trusts and Estates (2017 – 2021, 2024 – 2026)
  • Recognized a "Legal Elite" for Tax and Estate Planning Law by Business North Carolina (2017, 2023 – 2025)
  • Recipient – North Carolina Bar Association 2023 Citizen Lawyer Award
  • Recipient – North Carolina Bar Association Foundation 2016 CLE Volunteer of the Year
  • Member – North Carolina Pro Bono Society
  • Member – Forsyth County Bar Association
  • Past Chair – North Carolina Bar Association Tax Law Section
  • Past Chair – Ronald McDonald House of Winston-Salem Board of Directors
  • Past Chair – Wake Forest University Greek Alumni Advisory Board
  • "Key Strategies in Preparing for Tax Examinations," Private Investment Fund Tax Master Class (May 2023)

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