Office
1900 Barnwell Street
Columbia, SC 29201
P.O. Drawer 7788
Columbia, SC 29202
Contact Details
Direct: 803.576.3704
Fax: 803.779.0016
Email: hhanlin@RichardsonPlowden.com
Practice Areas
Corporate Planning and Transactions
Corporations
Estate and Tax Planning
Partnerships
Probate Administration
Education
Furman University (B.S., Biology, cum
laude, 1981)
University of South Carolina School of Law (J.D., 1989)
New York University School of Law (LL.M., Taxation, 2002)
John Belton O'Neall Inn of Court
Justice, Phi Alpha Delta Legal Service Fraternity
Member, Moot Court Bar
Captain, Craven Moot Court Team
Member, Order of Barristers
Bar Admissions
1989, South Carolina
1990, U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina
Other Professional
South Carolina Bar
Richland County Bar Association
Columbia Tax Study Group
Hal Hanlin serves as special tax counsel for Richardson Plowden in the Columbia office, but also works in the Myrtle Beach office from time to time. He focuses his practice on planning estates and business transactions, including the formation of various types of trusts, corporations and limited liability companies.
Mr. Hanlin's experience includes:
- Advising clients on proper structuring of business and personal transactions for the best tax treatment. This includes advice and documentation for estate planning, probate administration, corporate planning and transactions, corporations and partnerships. Mr. Hanlin also appears in court on behalf of his clients in these matters, and has successfully represented clients in South Carolina Probate Courts, Circuit Court, Court of Appeals and Supreme Court.
- Successfully arguing the following reported cases in
the South Carolina Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, respectively:
Kirkland v. Allcraft Steel Co., Inc., 329 S.C.
389, 496 S.E.2d 624 (1998); Lloyd and Ring's Wholesale
Nursery, Inc. v. Long and Woodley Landscaping and Garden
Center, Inc., 315 S.C. 88, 431 S.E.2d 632 (Ct. App.
1993).
- Trying several hundred cases before the South Carolina Workers' Compensation Commission.
Mr. Hanlin received a bachelor of science in biology, cum
laude, from Furman University in 1981. He earned his juris
doctor from the University of South Carolina School of Law in
1989. As a law student, he was a member of the John Belton O'Neall
Inn of Court, justice of Phi Alpha Delta Legal Service Fraternity
and captain of the Craven Moot Court Team. He is a member of
the Order of Barristers. Mr. Hanlin returned to school to pursue
his master of laws in taxation at the New York University School
of Law, which he completed in 2002.
He is a member of the Columbia Tax Study Group, the South Carolina Bar and the Richland County Bar Association. Mr. Hanlin has been active in Washington Street United Methodist Church since 1987, serving as a Sunday School teacher for youth and adult classes, youth counselor, chairman of the Staff-Parish Relations Committee, and as chairman of its Board of Trustees, at various times. He also has worked with Boy Scouts of America and is an Eagle Scout.
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