SHELDON E. FRIEDMAN
PARTNER • ATLANTA, GA
Shelly Friedman provides clients with responsive, business-minded advice founded on his comprehensive business, finance, taxation and M&A acumen gathered over 30 years of practicing law. Mr. Friedman was first selected as one of Georgia’s Super Lawyers in 2004 and has received an AV rating by Martindale-Hubbell.
Phone: 404-236-8604
Email: sfriedman@fdmlaw.com
AREAS OF PRACTICE
| • Business Law | • Estate Planning |
| • Mergers and Acquisitions | • Asset Protection |
| • Securities Law | • Business Divorces |
| • Taxation | • Exit Planning |
| • Corporate Law | • Start-up and Emerging Companies |
| • Limited Liability Company Law | • Financing |
| • Partnership Law | • Venture Capital and Private Equity |
BAR ADMISSIONS
- Georgia, 1975
- District of Columbia, 1971
- Maryland, 1971
- Pennsylvania, 1972
- U.S. Tax Court
PUBLISHED WORKS
- Taxation of Capital Gains at Death, George Washington Law Review, October, 1969
EDUCATION
- George Washington University Law School, Washington, District of Columbia
- J.D. – 1970
- Honors: Graduated with honors
- Honors: Order of the Coif
- Law Review: George Washington Law Review, Associate Editor, 1969 – 1970
- Miami University
- B.A. – 1967
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS
- American Bar Association, Member, Sections on: Business Law and Taxation
- American Bar Association, Member, Middle Market and Small Business Committee
- American Bar Association, Member, Private Equity and Venture Capital Committee
- American Bar Association, Member, Mergers and Acquisitions Committee
- Atlanta Bar Association, Member, Sections on: Taxation; Business and Finance Law
- Atlanta Bar Association, Previous Member of Board of Directors, Section on Taxation
- State Bar of Georgia, Member, Sections on: Taxation; Corporate and Banking Law
- Atlanta Tax Forum, Member
- North Atlanta Tax Council , Member, Board of Directors, 1995 – Present
- M & A Source, Member, 2010 – Present
- Vistage, Member, 2000 – Present
CLASSES/SEMINARS
- Instructor for Graduate Program of Taxation, Atlanta Law School, 1980
- Presented several programs for M & A Source over the last four years
- Guest speaker at numerous continuing education programs in the areas of Taxation, M & A Transactions, Asset Protection, and Estate Planning
PRO BONO ACTIVITIES
- Camp Twin Lakes, Member of the Board of Directors since 1992, Chair for Best of Atlanta from 2000-2014
- Friends of IDF, Member of the Board of Directors since 2007
- Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta, Member of the Board of Trustees since 2010, Executive Board Committee Member 2013
- Conexx (f/k/a American Israeli Chamber of Commerce), Member of the Board of Directors since 2000
- Men’s Health and Wellness Center, Member of the Board of Directors since 2007
