Profile

Jim Preston has practiced law for more than 40 years. He has had experience in all areas of tax practice – compliance, controversy, planning and transactional implementation, reorganizations and acquisitions, compensation and benefits, estate planning and probate.

The breadth of Mr. Preston's experience has enabled him to integrate a wide range of legal and financial considerations into comprehensive, effective and efficient tax planning for families and businesses.

While at the University of North Carolina, Mr. Preston was the Editor-In-Chief of the North Carolina Law Review.

Experience Highlights

• Developing plans and funding for succession in closely-held businesses
• Freezing estate values through reorganizations and gifts
• Planning for corporate and individual transactions, compensation and benefits, reorganizations, succession and estate planning

News

• Parker Poe Attorney Jim Preston Honored with Distinguished Alumnus Award
  October 9, 2009
• Charlotte Arts Patron Honored
  Mecklenburg Bar News
  July 2008
• The Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 - Recent Tax Changes
  July 15, 2001
• The Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 - Transfer Tax Provisions
  June 8, 2001

Memberships

• The Echo Foundation
  Board of Directors, 2005-present
• Bank of Granite
  Board of Directors, 2003-present
• Foundation for the Carolinas
  Board of Directors, 2002-present
• Croydon Foundation
  President, 1997-present
• The North Carolina Dance Theatre
  Board of Directors, 1994-2000; Vice Chairman 1995-1997
• Wildacres Leadership Initiative
  Co-Chairman, 1993-2006
• American Bar Association
  House of Delegates, 1990-1994
• North Carolina State Bar
  President, 1988-1989
• Arts & Science Council
  Board of Directors, 1981-1988; President 1986-1987
• Wildacres Retreat
  Board of Directors, 1972-present
• American Law Institute
  Member