Glenn Givens | Sumter Estate Planning Lawyer

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.

Position	Organization	Location	Duration
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

School	Degree	Major	Graduation
Wake Forest University School of Law	J.D.	Law School	1994
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

State / Court	Date
United States District Court	2000
South Carolina	1995

• 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

• Appreciation Award | Sons of the American Revolution | 2016
  Appreciation Award | Kiwanis Club of Florence | 2004

• 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

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Verified Credentials	Date Verified
(1994) Juris Doctorate, Wake Forest University School of Law. Verified with DegreeVerify.	September 18, 2017
(1995) Licensed as Attorney in South Carolina. Verified with South Carolina Bar.	September 18, 2017

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The Benefits of the Deceased Spousal Unused Exemption  (2017-09-18 15:20:20)
This article illustrates how the law of allowing a surviving spouse to use the unused estate tax transfer exemption of the deceased spouse works.

Estate Planning Benefits of Trusts other than Avoiding Estate Tax  (2017-09-18 15:25:47)
This article describes the three main benefits of trusts besides avoiding estate taxes including avoiding probate, distribution planning and asset protection for children in first marriages.