John R. Cella Jr.
751 Corporate Center Drive, Suite 300, P.O. Box 33009 Raleigh, North Carolina 27636-3009
Firm:
Ward and Smith, P.A.
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Overview
John counsels clients in estate and business planning matters. He prepares estate planning documents, including wills, revocable trusts, minors trusts, irrevocable life insurance trusts, and charitable trusts, and advises clients on the income, estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer tax consequences of wealth transfers to individuals, trusts, and charitable organizations. John also works with executors and trustees in estate and trust administration matters. With respect to business planning, he assists clients in entity selection, limited liability company formation and maintenance, closely-held business succession matters (including the creation and maintenance of ESOPs), and deferred compensation for employers, owners, and key employees in employment and severance agreements. John's practice includes counseling employers on their tax-qualified retirement plans, health and welfare benefit plans, nonqualified deferred compensation plans, and equity compensation arrangements. His background in employee benefits and compensation is beneficial to clients considering income and estate tax aspects of distributions, rollovers, and trustee-to-trustee transfers from qualified retirement plans and/or IRAs.
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Awards
- The Best Lawyers in America, 2018
Education
John Marshall Law School (Chicago), LL.M.
Graduated 2003
University of South Carolina - Upstate, J.D.
Graduated 1999
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, B.A.
Graduated 1994
University of South Carolina - Upstate, B.A., President's Honor List
Graduated 1996
Contact Details and Office Locations
751 Corporate Center Drive, Suite 300, P.O. Box 33009
Raleigh, North Carolina 27636-3009
Raleigh, North Carolina 27636-3009
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