Bill Hinds is engaged primarily in a tax and business practice with emphasis on transfer taxation (estate, gift and generation-skipping) planning. His estate practice includes preparation of wills, trusts, limited partnerships and other estate planning entities, as well as estate and trust administration. His tax practice involves general tax advice and planning, as well as handling controversies with the Internal Revenue Service. His business practice involves representation of non-public entities, as well as a number of individual clients.

Bill is a Fellow in the American College of Probate and Trust Counsel and was a frequent speaker on taxation at institutes and seminars for many years. He is past president of the Section of Taxation of the Alabama Bar Association and a former officer and member of the board of directors of the Estate Planning Council of Birmingham. He is also a former member of the governing board of the University of Alabama Federal Tax Clinic.

Bar Admissions

• Alabama, 1965

Court Admissions

• United States Tax Court
• United States District Court, Northern District of Alabama

Education

• University of Virginia School of Law, LL.B., 1965
• The Citadel, A.B., 1960, highest honors; Salutatorian

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Patent law, like most things in life, is subject to change. Changes to patent laws not only impact investment in your existing IP, but directly shape strategies to protect your freedom to operate. The Patent 213 blog provides up-to-date, insightful analysis of the evolution in the written description and enablement requirements of 35 USC 112 and the subject matter eligibility requirements of 35 USC 101. The Patent 213 blog analyzes key decisions from the district courts and the Federal Circuit,...

The Law of Order

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Bradley’s The Law of Order blog serves as a general parliamentary procedure resource, providing information about creation and revision of governing documents (constitutions, bylaws, or rules), application of Robert’s Rules of Order and other procedural authorities in a variety of contexts (such as nonprofits, political parties, homeowners associations, unions, churches, trade associations), and leadership of any type of organizational meeting. In an effort to make all things parliamentary more...