Scott Y. Barnes

Born Perrysburg, Ohio, 1946
Admitted to Bar, 1973

A graduate of Vanderbilt University in 1969, Mr. Barnes received a J.D. from the University of South Carolina in 1973 and an LL.M. in Taxation from Georgetown University in 1976. He is a Certified Tax Specialist and has published in The Journal of Taxation, South Carolina Lawyer, and co-authored the South Carolina treatise, Limited Liability Companies and Limited Liability Partnerships. Mr. Barnes is a former chairman of the South Carolina Bar Association Tax Section, a member of the American Bar Association Tax Section and Partnership Subcommittee, a fellow of the American College of Tax Lawyers, and a trustee of the Southern Federal Tax Institute. He served on the Governor’s Economic Development Incentives Committee and is an adjunct professor at the University of South Carolina Law School. He is a former chairman of the Board of Trustees of Charleston Day School and has served as a trustee of the Community Foundation Serving Coastal South Carolina, the Charleston Area Community Development Corporation, and the Gibbs Museum of Art. He is currently a trustee of the Lowcountry Open Land Trust.

Practice Areas: Corporation, Partnership, and Limited Liability Company entities; Mergers and Acquisitions, Real Estate Tax Planning; Federal and State Taxation.