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Albert P. Reichert, Jr.

Albert P. Reichert, Jr.

  • Partner

Ext. 110

Executive Assistant: Ann Johnson (Ext. 116)

Practice Areas

  • Wills
  • Trusts
  • Estate Planning
  • Taxation
  • Corporate and Business Law

Biography

Albert P. Reichert, Jr. grew up in Macon, Georgia, attending Joseph Clisby Elementary School and Lanier High School. He was President of the Senior Class. He attended Emory University, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and President of the Emory Glee Club. He received his law degree from Harvard Law School, where he was Vice President of the Harvard Journal on Legislation. Since his graduation in 1964, he has practiced law with Anderson, Walker and Reichert, LLP.

Mr. Reichert's practice is primarily in the fields of wills, trusts, estate planning, taxation, and corporate and business matters. He served as Chairman of the Fiduciary Law Section and of the Tax Section of the State Bar of Georgia and as Chair of the Commission on Continuing Lawyer Competency. He has served on three Code Revision Committees: Trust Law, Probate Law, and Guardianship. These committees met on one weekend each month for a period of several years resulting in a new Trust Code, a new Probate Code and a new Guardianship Code which were ultimately adopted by the General Assembly of Georgia.

He is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, a nonprofit association of lawyers and law professors skilled and experienced in the preparation of wills and trusts, estate planning, and probate procedure and administration of trusts and estates.

He is also a Fellow of the American College of Tax Counsel, an organization of tax attorneys.

He is listed in the Best Lawyers in America.

Outside of his law practice, he has been active in the Boy Scouts, where he has served as Scoutmaster and also as President of the Central Georgia Council.  He has also been active in church work, singing in the choir, teaching Sunday School and serving as Chair of the Finance Committee. He has been active in in Rotary International, where he served as President of the Macon Rotary Club and as District Governor of District 6920.  He was a founding director of the community Foundation of Central Georgia, Inc. He servevs as counsel for the Community Foundation.

Education

  • Harvard University Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts
    • LL.B. - 1964
  • Emory University
    • A.B. - 1961

Bar Admissions

  • Georgia, 1963
  • U.S. Federal Courts, 1963
  • U.S. Supreme Court, 1976
  • U.S. Tax Court, 1979
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1981

Honors

  • Best Lawyers in America

Pro-Bono Activities

  • Boy Scouts
  • Rotary International
  • Community Foundation of Central Georgia

Professional Associations

  • State Bar of Georgia, Fiduciary Law Section, Former Chairman
  • State Bar of Georgia, Tax Section, Former Chair
  • Commission on Continuing Lawyer Competency, Former Chair
  • Code Revision Committee: Trust Law, Past Member
  • Code Revision Committee: Probate Law, Past Member
  • Code Revision Committee: Guardianship, Past Member
  • American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, Fellow
  • American College of Tax Counsel, Fellow
  • Georgia Federal Tax Conference, Founding Trustee
  • American Bar Association