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Melissa Warner
Contact Information:
Phone:608.283.6782
Email: mwarner@axley.com
Legal Assistant: Marian Teson
Phone: 608.283.6793
Email: mteson@axley.com
Melissa Warner is a partner in the firm. As a member of the firm's Business Practice Group, she concentrates on issues relating to tax law and estate planning and administration. She also handles a variety of general business issues, such as business assets sales and purchases, and business start up matters.
Ms. Warner is also co-founder and organizer of By Women For Women, an annual executive women's golf outing. Over the last six years, the outing raised over $215,000 for the Madison Affiliate of the Susan G. Komen For The Cure.
Significant Representations:
- Advising on tax implications of proposed business transactions, as well as personal tax planning
- Preparation of estate plans for individuals, including wills, trusts, powers of attorney and pre-nuptial and post-nuptial agreements
- Estate administration, from probate of small summary proceedings to large, complex estates, including trust and estate litigation
- Formation of limited liability companies and corporations and other tasks associated with small business start-ups
- Representation of individuals and companies in the sale and acquisition of businesses, both as stock transactions and asset sales
- Representing businesses and individuals in residential and commercial real estate leases and sale transactions
- Organizing and obtaining tax-exempt status for non-profit corporations
Professional Associations and Achievements:
- Co-founder, By Women For Women
- Secretary, Susan G. Komen for the Cure (Madison Affiliate)
- Board Member, Work Plus, Inc.
- Member, State Bar of Wisconsin
- Named a Wisconsin Rising Star in business/corporate law by Wisconsin Super Lawyers and Rising Stars magazine
Education:
J.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2001
Masters of Law in Taxation, University of Denver, 2002
B.A., Cornell College, 1998
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Practice Areas:
Business Practice Group, Contract Negotiation & Drafting, Corporate Law, Estate Planning & Probate, Real Estate, Zoning, Land Use & Development, Tax Exempt & Not-For-Profit Organizations, Tax Planning & Disputes
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