Dave Merline has been serving clients since 1984 in the areas of Mergers and Acquisitions, Business and Transactional Law, Succession Planning, Estate Planning and Estate Administration, Taxation, LLCs, Partnerships, Family Limited Partnerships and Corporations, Asset Protection Planning and ERISA.
He is a member of Buncombe Street Methodist Church.
Dave and his wife, Barby, have four children – Andy, Will, Marshall and Darcy. He enjoys tennis, fishing and water and snow skiing.
Probate, Estate Planning and Trust Section
Tax Law Section (Past Chairperson)
Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships) (Lawyer of the Year 2013, 2016 and 2020 in Greenville, South Carolina).
Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law (Lawyer of the Year 2014 and 2024 in Greenville, South Carolina).
Corporate Law (Lawyer of the Year 2021 in Greenville, South Carolina).
Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law (Lawyer of the Year 2017 in Greenville, South Carolina).
Litigation – ERISA (Lawyer of the Year 2019 and 2022 in Greenville, South Carolina).
Litigation – Trusts and Estates.
Litigation and Controversy -Tax (Lawyer of the Year 2023 in Greenville, South Carolina).
Mergers & Acquisitions Law.
Non-Profit/Charities Law.
Tax Law (Lawyer of the Year 2010 and 2024 in Greenville, South Carolina).
Trusts and Estates (Lawyer of the Year 2018 in Greenville, South Carolina).
2022 Top Vote Recipient in the Upstate for Corporate Law – Mergers & Acquisitions.
2021, 2022, and 2023 Top Vote Recipient in the Upstate for Tax & Estate Planning Law.
2020 Top Vote Recipient in the Upstate for Tax & Estate Law.
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