Glenn Givens | Sumter Estate Planning Lawyer

Glenn Fishburne Givens

Glenn Fishburne Givens

Estate Planning, Wills & Probate, Trusts, Estate Administration, Power of Attorney, Elder Law, Taxation, Corporate Law, Business Law, Contracts

My goal is to provide clients very good legal services at a very good price.

Experience: 30 years
Language(s): English

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About Glenn

Mr. Givens is a 1991 graduate of Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where he received a degree in business (B.S.) with honors.  He earned a Juris Doctorate (J.D.) degree from Wake Forest University School of Law in 1994.  Following law school, Mr. Givens attended Villanova University near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he received a Master in Taxation graduated law degree (LL.M) in 1996, followed by a Master in Taxation graduate accounting degree (MTAX) from the University of South Carolina in 1998.

Since 1998, Mr. Givens has practiced as an attorney and an accountant in Florence, Columbia, and Sumter, South Carolina.  As an attorney, Mr. Givens has practiced in the areas of business law, nonprofit law, all types of taxation, estate planning, wills, trusts, probate administration and litigation and civil litigation.

Mr. Givens is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the State of South Carolina and the United States District Court.  He is a member of the South Carolina Bar Association, the American Bar Association, and the Sumter County Bar Association.  

Mr. Givens is also a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and a member of the South Carolina Association of CPAs.

Mr. Givens is single and lives in Sumter.  He is a member of Trinity United Methodist Church in Sumter.

Call today to learn more about my fee structure. Typically, I charge $125.00 an hour. Some larger projects such as trusts and probate administration require minimum retainers of $1,200.00. Some smaller projects such as powers of attorney are done for a flat fee of $125.00 only.

Experience

Partner

Kolb, Murphy & Givens, Attorneys at Law, LLC

2010 - Present

Staff Accountant

Robert McCullough, LLC CPAs

2008 - 2010

Senior Associate

Scott & Associates, PC (Munford Scott, Attorney)

1998 - 2003

Admission

Verified United States District Court

2000

Verified South Carolina

1995

Education

University of South Carolina

Master of Tax Accounting (Tax Accounting)

1998

Villanova University

LL.M - Master of Laws (Taxation)

1996

Wake Forest University

BS - Bachelor of Science (Business)

1991

Recognitions & Achievements

Associations
  • Sumter AKTion Club (Adult Disadvantaged Club) Assistant Advisor
    2015 - Present
  • Sons of the American Revolution Member
    2014 - Present
  • Kiwanis Club of Sumter President
    2004 - Present
Honors / Awards
  • Appreciation Award Sons of the American Revolution
    2016
  • Appreciation Award Kiwanis Club of Florence
    2004

Notable Work

Publications

SC Bar Legal Clinic Wills, Estates, and Probate

2013


Estate Planning Benefits of Trusts other than avoiding Estate Tax The Item

2015


The Benefit of the Deceased Spousal Unused Exemption Sumter Living Magazine

2013

Founded 2005

Kolb & Givens, Attorneys at Law, LLC Highlights

Estate, Business Organization, Criminal, Employment, Car Accident

Firm Size: 1
Firm Locations: 1
Languages: Englsih