Partner

Jeff Meek is a partner in MendenFreiman’s business law, tax planning, and estate planning practice areas. Jeff provides comprehensive legal counsel on business, tax, and estate planning matters to high-net-worth individuals and families, as well as privately-held businesses.

A solutions-oriented, pragmatic, and collaborative counselor with strong business and financial acumen, experience advising families and business leaders on wealth and business planning issues, and aptitude in balancing risk exposure against strategic goals, Jeff has represented businesses and business owners with the design and implementation of comprehensive business plans that integrate succession, tax minimization, and asset protection techniques. He applies his knowledge and expertise to develop customized strategies that help clients achieve their long-term business, financial, and estate planning objectives.

Throughout his career, Jeff has worked on numerous high-net-worth, developing comprehensive estate, tax, wealth transfer, and business succession plans and managing formation and implementation processes for defective grantor trusts and other forms of dynastic trusts, estate freeze transactions, and charitable trusts and foundations.

Having previously worked with multiple entrepreneurs in business management roles, Jeff enjoys getting to know his clients’ businesses and goals at a deep level, so he can provide complete counsel for even the most complex matters. Before joining MendenFreiman in 2015, he was previously a senior associate attorney at Sanders Legal Group LLC, and Counsel at Avgroup, Inc.

Education

  • Philanthropic Advisor Leadership Institute (PALI), 2018
  • University of Alabama School of Law, LL.M. Taxation, cum laude, 2011
  • Georgia State University College of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2003
  • Georgia State University, M.S., Marketing, 1998
  • Georgia State University, B.S., Urban Studies, magna cum laude, 1995

Admissions and Professional/Civic Organizations

  • State Bar of Georgia
  • North Carolina State Bar
  • Court of Appeals of Georgia
  • Supreme Court of Georgia
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Judicial Circuit
  • Atlanta Estate Planning Council, member
  • Georgia Planned Giving Council, Board of Directors

Awards and Recognition

  • Accredited Estate Planner®, National Association of Estate Planners & Councils, March 2023
  • Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rating – AV® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5
  • Chartered Trust and Estate Planner (CTEP)