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Ralph H. Yeilding

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Ralph H. Yeilding

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Ralph Yeilding is Chair of the firm's Trusts and Estates Practice Group. His primary areas of practice include estate and gift tax planning, estate and trust administration, IRS estate and gift tax audits and litigation, and state court probate and trust litigation.

Ralph Yeilding is Chair of the firm's Trusts and Estates Practice Group. His primary areas of practice include estate and gift tax planning, estate and trust administration, IRS estate and gift tax audits and litigation, and state court probate and trust litigation.

Ralph regularly advises individuals and fiduciaries on a broad range of estate, trust and probate matters, including rendering advice concerning estate and gift tax planning, and drafting wills, trusts, family LLC's, limited partnerships and other family business entities. In addition, Ralph has a very active practice handling a variety of estate and trust litigation matters.

Ralph is a Fellow in the American College of Probate and Trust Counsel and has been a frequent speaker at estate planning seminars for many years. He is past President of and member of the Board of Directors of the Estate Planning Council of Birmingham. He is listed in the Best Lawyers of America and also represents a number of private charitable foundations and serves as counsel to The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham.

Distinctions

  • American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, Fellow
  • Listed in Best Lawyers in America®, Trusts and Estates, 1995-2013
  • Listed in Alabama Super Lawyers, Estate Planning & Probate, 2009-2013

Memberships and Affiliations

  • American Bar Association
  • Alabama State Bar Association
  • Birmingham Bar Association
  • American College of Probate and Trust, Counsel, Fellow

You May Not Know

Ralph has been active in leadership roles with his local United Methodist Church and has also spent a good portion of his civic energies promoting the sport of lacrosse by serving various leadership roles with the Greater Birmingham Youth Lacrosse Association, by promoting the development of an inner city youth lacrosse program, and by coaching and refereeing the sport.