Melissa Sprinkle concentrates on fiduciary law, as well as tax and estate planning. She assists clients with their estate planning and wealth preservation through the creation of wills, revocable and irrevocable trusts, the use of lifetime gifting, and business succession planning. She also assists clients with trust and estate administration, including the probate of the will and other probate court actions. Ms. Sprinkle helps clients further their charitable inclinations by creating charitable trusts and charitable foundations. She advises clients on the tax implications of all such estate, trust, and business succession planning.

Ms. Sprinkle also advises on the international aspects of U.S. tax matters and asset structuring and succession planning, as part of a multi-office team that advises trustees and international families and family offices on planning for U.S. beneficiaries, U.S. investments, pre-immigration tax planning for foreign individuals who plan to become a U.S. tax resident, expatriation from the United States and FATCA and CRS compliance matters.

Ms. Sprinkle also advises tax-exempt entities (including public charities and private foundations) with formation and operation issues.

Ms. Sprinkle earned her J.D. from Georgia State University College of Law, summa cum laude, in 2017. While in law school, she served as Associate Research Editor of the Georgia State University Law Review.