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.  He served on the Governor’s Economic Development Incentives Committee, was an adjunct professor of law at the University of South Carolina Law School, and is currently an adjunct professor at the Charleston School of Law.  He is a former chairman of the Board of Trustees of Charleston Day School, a former trustee and President of the Lowcountry Open Land Trust, 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 and former President of the Southern Federal Tax Institute.  He has been listed for the last 12 years in The Best Lawyers in America by Woodward White, Inc. in the Corporate and Tax Sections, and was named Charleston Lawyer of the Year for 2011 in Corporate Law.  He is listed in South Carolina Super Lawyers 2008, 2009 and 2010 for tax.

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