With designations of Certified Specialist in Taxation Law and Certified Specialist in Estate Planning and Probate Law by the South Carolina Supreme Court, Randy E. Fisher has over 30 years of proven experience in areas of business sales, mergers and acquisitions, estate planning/probate law, taxation and more.

Educational Background:
New York University School of Law, Master of Laws in Taxation, 1993

University of South Carolina School of Law, Juris Doctor (cum laude), 1992

• Order of the Coif
• Order of Wig and Robe
• Moot Court Bar
• Arthur B. Custy Tax Award

Clemson University, Bachelor of Science in Accounting (magna cum laude), 1988

• Beta Alpha Psi, Accounting Honorary Fraternity (President)
• Phi Kappa Phi
• Beta Gamma Sigma
• Elliott Davis Award

Honors:

• Legal Elite of the Upstate 2022, Greenville Business Magazine (Corporate Law – Mergers and Acquisitions, and Tax and Estate Planning)
• Legal Elite of the Upstate 2020, Greenville Business Magazine (Tax & Estate)
• The Best Lawyers in America, Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
• The Best Lawyers in America, Closely Held Companies and Family Business Law
• The Best Lawyers in America, Corporate Law
• The Best Lawyers in America, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• The Best Lawyers in America, Non-Profit/Charities Law
• The Best Lawyers in America, Tax Law
• The Best Lawyers in America, Trusts and Estates
• The Best Lawyers in America, Litigation – Trusts and Estates
• Best Lawyers in America, Litigation and Controversy – Tax
• Best Lawyers’ 2019 Greenville Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law Lawyer of the Year
• Best Lawyers’ 2018 Greenville Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships) Law Lawyer of the Year
• Best Lawyers’ 2017 Greenville Tax Law Lawyer of the Year
• Best Lawyers’ 2016 Greenville Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law Lawyer of the Year
• Best Lawyers’ 2016 Greenville Non-Profit/Charities Law Lawyer of the Year
• Best Lawyers’ 2014 Greenville Tax Law Lawyer of the Year
• Best Lawyers’ 2013 Greenville Non-Profit/Charities Law Lawyer of the Year
• Super Lawyers, Tax
• Super Lawyers, Estate Planning & Probate
• Super Lawyers, Closely Held Business
• Past Recipient of Best and Brightest 35 and Under by Greenville Magazine
• Legal Elite of the Upstate 2018, Greenville Business Magazine (Tax & Estate and Business Litigation)
• Legal Elite of the Upstate 2017, Greenville Business Magazine (Tax & Estate)
• Legal Elite of the Upstate 2016, Greenville Business Magazine (Tax & Estate)
• Legal Elite of the Upstate 2015, Greenville Business Magazine (Estate & Trust and Tax Law)

Professional Organizations:
South Carolina Bar

• Tax Law Section (Chair, 2004-2005)
• Probate, Estate Planning and Trusts Section (Past Council Member)

Greenville County Bar Association

American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC), Fellow

American College of Tax Counsel (ACTC), Fellow

Greenville Estate Planning Council (President, 2008-2009)

Greenville Estate Planning Study Group

South Carolina Estate Planning and Probate Law Specialization Advisory Board (Past Member, Chair, 2014-2015)

South Carolina Taxation Law Specialization Advisory Board (Past Member, Chair, 2002-2003)

Certified Specialist in Taxation Law by the South Carolina Supreme Court

Certified Specialist in Estate Planning and Probate Law by the South Carolina Supreme Court

US Tax Court, 1995

Professional Publications:
Estate Planning in South Carolina, Second Edition, Volume IV, South Carolina Bar, CLE Division (Co-Author, 2016)

Author of two articles regarding taxes published in Greenville Magazine

Community Organizations:
Past Chair, Community Foundation of Greenville, 2009-2010

Furman University Planned Giving Advisory Council (Past Member)

Clemson University School of Accountancy and Legal Studies Advisory Council, Past Member

Cancer Society of Greenville County (Chair, 2015-2016)

Bar Admissions:
South Carolina