Emily Leazer

Emily Leazer is an attorney at Griffing Leazer, PLLC, whose practice focuses on tax, corporate, and estate planning law matters. She has more than 20 years of experience working with the Internal Revenue Service, North Carolina Department of Revenue, and other taxing authorities to resolve tax controversies. Her clients include individuals, businesses, owners and executives, fiduciaries, trust and estate beneficiaries, and nonprofit organizations. She handles federal and state estate and gift tax issues, civil and criminal tax audits, administrative appeals, and tax disputes in state and federal courts.

Emily earned her B.S. in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Then, she completed a joint J.D. and M.B.A. at Campbell University. She later earned her LL.M. in Taxation from Villanova University. She is also a licensed CPA. Her combined legal, business, accounting, and tax background supports her work on matters involving entity planning, taxation, estate administration, and financially complex legal issues.

Emily advises clients on forming, operating, succeeding, and dissolving business entities, including sole proprietorships, LLCs, S corporations, and C corporations. She reviews and drafts leases, customer agreements, supplier contracts, and other business documents and helps owners develop succession strategies involving family transfers, sales, or dissolution. Her estate practice includes wills, powers of attorney, living wills, health care powers of attorney, HIPAA releases, tax planning, probate administration, estate and gift tax returns, elder law, and Medicaid planning.

Emily Leazer is affiliated with the Gaston County Bar Association, North Carolina Bar Association, American Bar Association, North Carolina Bar Tax Council, North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants, and American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Her ABA involvement includes the Taxation, Elder Law, and Wills and Estates sections. She has also held leadership and board roles with several Gaston County community organizations. Her multidisciplinary experience allows her to coordinate closely with financial planners, accountants, and CPAs while helping clients address tax, business, estate planning, probate, and elder law concerns effectively.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Griffing Leazer, PLLC
• Member, Gaston County Bar Association
• Member, North Carolina Bar Association
• Member, American Bar Association, Taxation Section, Elder Law Section and Wills & Estates Section
• Member, North Carolina Bar Tax Council
• Member, North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants
• Member, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

Licensed State

• North Carolina

Education

• Villanova University
  Master of Laws (LLM)
• Campbell University
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Campbell University
  Master of Business Administration (MBA)
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  Bachelor of Science (BS)

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