Margaret Ward Scott - Lawyer in Atlanta, GE

Margaret W. Scott concentrates her practice on estate planning,fiduciary and tax litigation, estate settlement, trust administration,charitable planning, charitable solicitation law and exempt organizations.

Margaret is a fellow of the American College of Trusts and EstatesCounsel. She is the past chair of the Nonprofit Law Section of the State Bar ofGeorgia and is the Secretary of of the Fiduciary Law Section of the State Barof Georgia. She is the President of the Atlanta Estate Planning Council.

She serves as the secretary of the Charles Loridans Foundation and thesecretary/treasurer of the Vasser Woolley Foundation. She serves on the EmoryUniversity Board of Visitors and the Chastain Park Conservancy board. Margaretfounded Alston Birds Wills Program for emergency services personnel andindigent Atlantans and annually provides wills trainings for volunteerattorneys. She has been selected to the Georgia Rising Stars list by SuperLawyers magazine three times and has recognized by the Martindale-Hubbell? AVPreeminent? rating

Margaret earned her B.A. from Duke University in 1996 and her J.D.,with honors, from Emory University School of Law in 2003. Before law school, Margaretworked as a speech writer and policy analyst for the U.S. Department ofEducation in Washington, D.C.