Will Gallagher is the head of HunterMaclean’s trusts and estates practice group. Will’s practice focuses on intergenerational family wealth transfer planning, estate planning, corporate and partnership tax, federal tax issues, trust and estate administration, business succession planning, and matters affecting nonprofit and tax-exempt organizations.
Will practices in HunterMaclean’s Savannah and St. Simons Island offices and is actively engaged in both communities.
Will graduated Order of the Coif and cum laude from the Villanova University School of Law with his J.D., in addition to earning an LL.M. in Taxation. While in law school, Will was a member of the editorial board of the Environmental Law Journal and interned with Judge Juan R. Sanchez in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Will received his B.B.A with distinction from the Goizueta Business School at Emory University, where he was a member of the golf team.
Civitan International: Savannah Chapter, President
Leadership Glynn: Class of 2013-2014
Historic Savannah Foundation: 13th Colony
Telfair Museum of Art: William Jay Society
Glynn Visual Arts: Board of Directors, Past Member
Credentials
Education
Education
Villanova University School of Law: J.D., cum laude, Order of the Coif, 2012 Villanova University School of Law: LL.M., Taxation, 2012 Emory University: B.B.A., Accounting, with distinction, 2009
Affiliations
Affiliations
Savannah Estate Planning Council
Savannah Bar Association
Glynn County Bar Association
Recognition
Recognition
Best Lawyers in America,Ones to Watch: Corporate Law, 2021-2024 “Ones to Watch” is a new category in Best Lawyers, the oldest and most highly-respected peer review guide to the legal profession worldwide. A listing in Best Lawyers is widely regarded by both clients and legal professionals as a significant honor, conferred on a lawyer by his or her peers.
Georgia Super Lawyers Rising Star: Estate Planning & Probate, 2023 Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process is multi-phased and includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations.
By Will Gallagher, special to Savannah Morning News National Estate Planning Awareness Week (October 17-23, 2016) was established in 2008 to call attention to an often-overlooked part of financial wellbeing.…
By David M. Burkoff and William J. Gallagher, III, HunterMaclean Special to Elegant Island Living If you have an estate plan in place, you are already ahead of the curve.…
Proactive Estate and Financial Planning for Professionals Presented to the Glynn County Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Division on St. Simons Island, Georgia, on February 25, 2016.
Estate Planning 101 Presented for Staff Development Day at the Southwest Chatham Library in Savannah, Georgia, on October 13, 2014.
Published by Savannah CEO HunterMaclean, a leading law firm with offices in Savannah and St. Simons Island, is pleased to announce that 27 attorneys from the firm were recently selected…
HunterMaclean, a leading law firm with offices in Savannah and St. Simons Island, is pleased to announce that 27 attorneys from the firm were recently selected for inclusion in The…
HunterMaclean, a business law firm with offices in Savannah and St. Simons Island, was recently honored with the selection of eleven attorneys as 2023 Georgia Super Lawyers and three attorneys…
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