Biography

Will Thompson focuses his legal practice on estate and asset protection planning. In addition, he assists clients with the design and implementation of business succession plans, as well as financial planning goals and objectives. Will works with clients in the formation and structure of corporate entities and the purchase and sale of those entities. Will is also experienced in the formation of non-profit entities.

Born and raised in Blakely, Georgia, Will graduated from the University of Georgia magna cum laude with a degree in Public Relations, and he then received his Juris Doctor at the Mercer University Walter F. George School of Law in Macon.  He continued his education at the University of Florida Levin College of Law, where he earned his LL.M. in Taxation. Will and his wife, Amelia, have 3 children and attend Watkinsville First Baptist Church.

Practice Areas

• Family Business Planning
• Taxation
• Estate & Asset Protection Planning
• Tax-Exempt Organizations & Charitable Giving
• Tax + Wealth Planning
• Corporate, Business & Transactional Planning
• Corporate & Transactional Planning
• Probate & Estate Administration
• Business Succession Planning

Professional Organizations/Activities

• State Bar of Georgia
• Macon Bar Association
• Emerging Leaders in Forestry
• Georgia Forestry Association, Board, Chairmen Elect
• National Wild Turkey Federation, Board Member
• Ingleside Baptist Church, Past Chairmen
• Kappa Alpha Order
• Gridiron
• Order of the Greek Horsemen, President, 2004
• Christian Legal Society, President, 2008
• Tax Law Society, President, 2008
• Ducks Unlimited
• Central Georgia Autism, LTD, Board
• Macon Estate Planning Council 

Presentations + Publications

• Planning is Everything
• Will Thompson presents at the Annual Conference and Forestry Expo
• Will Thompson presents at the Georgia Bankers Association Rural Development & Lending Conference
• Will Thompson, UGA AG Forecast Seminar Keynote Speaker for College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences
• IC-Disc May Provide Substantial Tax Savings To Your Timber Business
• Passing forestland to the next generation should be part of a broader estate plan that considers evolving tax laws, gifts, and life after you’re gone.
• Georgia Farm Bureau Magazine
• Georgia Farm Bureau Gordon County Presentation
• Georgia Pecan Growers Presentation on IC-DISCs
• Georgia Farm Bureau Young Farmers Legacy Panelist
• Gavel to Gavel Newsletter
• Farm Bureau Presentation on Estate Planning
• Georgia Forestry Today

Education

• University of Georgia (A.B.J., magna cum laude, 2005)
• Walter F. George School of Law, Mercer University (J.D., 2009)
• Levin College of Law, University of Florida (LL.M., Taxation, 2010)

Admitted

• Georgia, 2009
• Georgia Court of Appeals
• Supreme Court of Georgia
• United States Tax Court

Administrative/Legal Assistant Contact

Name: Hope Worthan
Title: Paralegal
Phone: 478.749.9980

Name: Taylor Hudson
Title:Legal Assistant
Phone: 706.215.8321