Michael C. Burns - Roswell, GA

Overview

Education

• Legal Education

  • University of Florida Levin College of Law, Gainesville, Florida, 2011
    J.D.
    Honors: cum laude
  • University of Florida College of Law, Gainesville, Florida, 2012
    LL.M., Master of Laws
    Major: Taxation

• Non Legal Education

  • University of Florida, 2008
    B.S.
    Honors: With Honors
    Major: Finance
  • University of Florida, 2008
    B.A.
    Honors: With Honors
    Major: Political Science

Classes and Seminars

• Atlanta's John Marshall Law School
  
• Taxation of Estates and Trusts , March 28, 2016 - Present
  
• National Business Institute
  
• Business Law Boot Camp
  
• Preparing Common Business Contracts, September 16, 2016 - Present

Pro Bono Activities

• Florida Tax Institute, Board of Directors (2017 – Present); Speaker’s Committee Chairman (2017 – Present)
• Friends of Barrington Hall, Inc., Board of Directors (2014 – Present)
• Georgia Ensemble Theatre, Board of Directors (2016 – 2019); Executive Committee (2017 – 2019)
• Founding Member, Roswell NEXT

Published Works

Articles

• Acosta, Bowers, & Burns, Summaries of Presentations from the 2015 Florida Tax Institute, LISI Estate Planning Newsletter #2314 (June 18, 2015)
  
• Burns & Scroggin, Tangible Personal Property is the Most Forgotten Part of an Estate Plan, LISI Estate Planning Newsletter #2283, (February 19, 2015)
  
• Burns & Scroggin, Tax Basis Planning – The Basics, LISI Estate Planning Newsletter #2194 (February 11, 2014); republished in the NAEPC Journal of Estate and Tax Planning (Fall 2014); republished in Florida Bar State to State Magazine (Spring 2015)
  
• Burns & Scroggin, Tax Basis Planning – Traps and Opportunities, NAEPC Journal of Estate and Tax Planning (Fall 2014)
  
• Burns, Estate and Income Tax Planning in a World of Uncertainty, The Tennessee Banker # 107 (October 2019)
  
• Burns & Scroggin, Checklist for Avoiding Penalties on PPP Loan Certifications, LISI Business Entities Newsletter #192 (May 2020)

Bar Admissions

• Georgia
• Florida

Other Affiliations

• The State Bar of Georgia
• Tax Section of the Georgia Bar
• Business Section of the Georgia Bar
• Young Lawyers Division, Georgia Bar
• Florida Bar Association
• Tax Section of the Florida Bar
• Atlanta Bar Association
• Atlanta Bar Association, Estate Planning and Probate Section