William R. Culp, Jr.

William R. Culp, Jr. helps individuals, families, entrepreneurs, private investors, and corporate clients structure their business and personal affairs to minimize taxes and preserve wealth. His practice focuses on federal and state income, estate, and gift taxation, family business planning, wealth preservation, tax controversies, and trust and probate disputes. He also advises on business and real estate transactions, including acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, and complex entity ownership structures.

Bill has extensive experience in multi-generational trust planning, trust administration, family business succession, and estate and probate litigation. He has represented clients in U.S. Tax Court and IRS proceedings, assisted with transfers and sales of family businesses, and designed complex ownership structures involving trusts, limited liability companies, and corporations. He has also contributed to the development of North Carolina trust legislation through his work with the North Carolina Bar Association's Estate Planning and Fiduciary Law Section Legislative Committee.