Thomas G. Sinclair
Location
408 East North Street
Greenville, SC 29601
P: (864) 272-0556
F: (864) 752-1075
E: tsinclair@bellcarrington.com
Thomas G. Sinclair
Thomas G. Sinclair practices in the areas of taxation, estate planning, trusts and estates, probate, employee benefits, pension and profit-sharing plans, partnership, limited liability company and corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, and non-profit and tax-exempt organization law. He is a certified specialist in the fields of both Taxation Law and Estate Planning and Probate Law by the Supreme Court of South Carolina. He is a fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC). He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America in the fields of Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Closely Held Companies and Family Business Law (Lawyer of the Year 2021 in Greenville, South Carolina), Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law (Lawyer of the Year 2022 in Greenville, South Carolina), Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Nonprofit/Charities Law, Tax Law, and Trust and Estates. He is also listed in Legal Elite of the Upstate in Greenville Business Magazine. Mr. Sinclair earned his Master in Taxation Law Degree (LL.M.) from the New York University School of Law and his Juris Doctor Degree, cum laude, from the University of South Carolina School of Law. He was a member of the South Carolina Law Review, Moot Court Bar and the Order of Wig and Robe. Mr. Sinclair was published in the South Carolina Law Review, and his article has been cited by several Circuit Courts of Appeals, one of which adopted its reasoning. He received the Albert C. Todd III Estate Planning Award. Mr. Sinclair is a member of the Greenville County Bar Association, the South Carolina Bar, the Greenville Estate Planning Council (President, 2014-2015) and the Greenville Estate Planning Study Group. He is also a member of the Probate, Estate Planning and Trust Section of the South Carolina Bar and a member and past Chair of the Tax Law Section of the South Carolina Bar.
| Professional Background |
| December 2020 – March 2022 – Merline & Meacham, P.A. May 2006 – November 2020 – Thomas, Fisher, Sinclair, & Edwards, P.A. |
| Educational Background |
| 2006 – LL.M., New York University School of Law, Master of Laws in Taxation 2005 – J.D., University of South Carolina School of Law (cum laude)
1997 – B.S., Business Administration, University of South Carolina – Spartanburg |
| Court Admissions |
| 2005 – State of South Carolina |
| Honors |
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| Professional Activities and Memberships |
| American Bar Association South Carolina Bar
Greenville County Bar Association |
| Professional Publications |
Published in the Winter 2004 edition of the South Carolina Law Review, “Limiting the Substitute-For-Ordinary-Income Doctrine: An Analysis Through Its Most Recent Application Involving The Sale Of Future Lottery Rights” (56 S.C.L. Rev. 387);
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