Lawyer Bio : Linwood L. Davis
Linwood L. Davis
Winston-Salem
Linwood Davis advises privately held business corporations and other business entities as well as non-profit organizations, including colleges and universities, hospitals, churches and charitable foundations.
He represents land owners in the purchase, development and sale of commercial real estate, and in like-kind exchange transactions.
Davis also provides representation in estate planning and trust and estate administration.
Contact
- (336) 721-3621
- (336) 733-8415
Professional Activities
Bar Associations: Forsyth County Bar Association, President 1997-1998 North Carolina Bar Association American Bar Association, Section of Taxation; Section of Real Property, Probate and Trust Law; Section of Business Law Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, 1981-present Listed in The Best Lawyers in America: 1987 and later editions (Corporate Law section)Member, Revenue Laws Study Committee of North Carolina Legislative Research Commission, 1979-1981.
Admitted to practice before the United States Middle and Western District Courts of North Carolina; the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals; the United States Tax Court; the United States Claims Court.
Admitted to bar: 1967, NC.
Civic Activities
Former National Chair of the Duke Law School Annual Fund.
Former Board member and Chair of the Forsyth Health Planning Council and of the Crisis Control Ministry.
Former Board member of the North Carolina Outward Bound School, the North Carolina School of the Arts and the Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce.
Former member of the Princeton Alumni Council Executive Committee.
Member of the Board of Directors of the North Carolina Citizens for Business and Industry.
Member and former Chair of the Board of Trustees of the North Carolina Baptist Hospital.
Education
J.D., 1967, Duke University School of Law, Editorial Board, Duke Law Journal (1966-1967).
Prior Legal Experience
Additional Information
United States Army Reserve, 1st Lieutenant, active duty, 1962-1964.
Areas of Proficiency
- General Corporate, including Nonprofit Organizations
- Taxation, including State and Local
- Estate Planning
Honors
