John R. Cella Jr.

Recognized by Best Lawyers^® since 2018.

751 Corporate Center Drive, Suite 300, P.O. Box 33009 Raleigh, North Carolina 27636-3009

(919) 277-9125

jrcella@wardandsmith.com

Firm: Ward and Smith, P.A.

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Firm

Ward and Smith, P.A.

Years In Practice

Phone Number (919) 277-9125

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.

What legal services does this lawyer offer?

Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

Tax Law

Trusts and Estates

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