Practicing law since 2006, Taylor Porter
Special Counsel Rebecca Hinton represents individuals and businesses in
the areas of trust and estates/estate planning; taxation; successions;
tax-exempt organizations; corporate matters; and tax controversies.
Rebecca advises clients on formation and operations of entities for both
tax planning and state law compliance issues, and drafting business
documents to achieve client objectives.
Rebecca is ranked by her peers among the Best Lawyers in America
(2020, 2021) in trusts and estates and tax law. She is an adjunct
professor at Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center, and
frequently presents at CLE and other seminars on the topics of federal
estate and gift taxation, estate planning, and federal taxation. Rebecca prepares securities offering
materials for clients to market to potential investors, ensuring
compliance with both Federal and state securities and administration
laws. In her estate planning and administration practice, she assists
clients with the preparation of their personal estate planning
documents, ranging from traditional wills and powers of attorney to
establishing large scale trusts, family limited liability companies, and
long-term gifting plans to lessen Federal estate and gift tax exposure.
She also supports clients in administering successions.
?Rebecca serves as president of the Estate & Business Planning
Council of Baton Rouge, an interdisciplinary organization for
professionals involved in estate planning. Rebecca is a member of the
2021 Class of BRAC (Baton Rouge Area Chamber) Leadership Baton Rouge. In
the community, Rebecca is a board member of the nonprofit SportsBR, and
she is the director of the nonprofit, Center for Emotional Healing.