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Laura L. Crum
Shareholder

Telephone 334-834-7600
Fax 334-263-5969
Email lcrum@hillhillcarter.com

Ms. Crum has been practicing law since 1982. She concentrates her practice in tax law, estate planning, trusts and estates and business entities and transactions. She has frequently lectured on taxation and estate planning matters before civic groups and at professional seminars. Ms. Crum taught Estate Planning as an Adjunct Professor at Jones Law School of Faulkner University in 1989, 1990, and 1997. Treasurer of the Alabama Law Foundation (2002 - present); Member of the Character and Fitness Committee of the Alabama State Bar Association (1999 - present); Past President of the Junior League of Montgomery, Inc. (1999 - 2000); Vice-President of the Family Sunshine Center Foundation (2000 - present); Member of the Board of Directors of the Montgomery Area Family Violence Program, Inc. (2001 - present)

Practice Areas

  • - Commercial & Corporate Planning
  • - Estate Planning & Probate
  • - Tax Planning & Litigation


Education

  • - New York University School of Law, New York, New York, 1983 LL.M. Tax
  • - The University of Alabama School of Law, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 1982 J.D. Honors: Bench and Bar
  • - Law Journal: The Journal of the Legal Profession, Editorial Board, 1981
  • - Sweet Briar College, Sweet Briar, Virginia, 1979 A.B.

Bar Admissions

Alabama, 1982

Associations

  • - Alabama State Bar Association, Young Lawyers Section - Member, Executive Committee
  • - Alabama Law Foundation, 2002 - Present - Treasurer
  • - Alabama State Bar Association, 1999 - Present - Member, Character and Fitness Committee
  • - Junior League of Montgomery, Inc., 1999 - 2000 - Past President
  • - Family Sunshine Center Foundation, 2000 - Present - Vice President
  • - Montgomery Area Family Violence Program, Inc., 2001 - Present - Member, Board of Directors
  • - Montgomery County Bar Association - Member
  • - Alabama State Bar Association, 1991 - 1994 - Member, Board of Bar Examiners, Wills, Estates and Trusts
  • - Alabama State Bar Association, 1997 - Member, Board of Bar Examiners, Equity
  • - Montgomery County Bar Association, 1999 - 2000 - President
  • - Montgomery County Bar Association, Young Lawyer's Section, 1991 - Past President
  • - National Conference of Bar Examiners, 1995 - 1997 - Member, Multistate Essay Examination Committee

Classes Taught

  • - Legal Ethics in Alabama, Alabama Bar Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1991
  • - Exempt Organizations and Charitable Activities in Alabama, National Business Institute, Inc., 1990
  • - Adjunct Professor, Estate Planning, Jones School of Law of Faulkner University, 1989 - 1990
  • - Adjunct Professor, Estate Planning, Jones School of Law of Faulkner University, 1997

Published Work

  • - Dissolution of a Law Partnership-Goodwill, Winding up Profits & Additional Compensation, 6 The Journal of the Legal Profession 277, Boards and Affiliations, 1981