Rebecca M. Hinton - Lawyer in Baton Rouge, LA

Practicing law since 2006, Taylor Porter Special Counsel Rebecca Hinton represents individuals and businesses in the areas of trust and estates/estate planning, taxation, successions, tax-exempt organizations, corporate matters, and tax controversies.Rebecca advises clients on formation and operations of entities for both tax planning and state law compliance issues, and drafting business documents to achieve client objectives.Rebecca is ranked by her peers among the Best Lawyers in America (2020, 2021) in trusts and estates and tax law. She is an adjunct professor at Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center, and frequently presents at CLE and other seminars on the topics of federal estate and gift taxation, estate planning, and federal taxation. Rebecca prepares securities offering materials for clients to market to potential investors, ensuring compliance with both Federal and state securities and administration laws. In her estate planning and administration practice, she assists clients with the preparation of their personal estate planning documents, ranging from traditional wills and powers of attorney to establishing large scale trusts, family limited liability companies, and long-term gifting plans to lessen Federal estate and gift tax exposure. She also supports clients in administering successions.?Rebecca serves as president of the Estate Business Planning Council of Baton Rouge, an interdisciplinary organization for professionals involved in estate planning. Rebecca is a member of the 2021 Class of BRAC (Baton Rouge Area Chamber) Leadership Baton Rouge. In the community, Rebecca is a board member of the nonprofit SportsBR, and she is the director of the nonprofit, Center for Emotional Healing.