LECHTER v. APRIO, LLP

CIVIL ACTION No. 1:20-cv-1325-AT.

565 F.Supp.3d 1279 (2021)

Andrew LECHTER, et al., Plaintiffs, v. APRIO, LLP, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Georgia, Atlanta Division.

Signed September 30, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFFS: David R. Deary , Donna Lee , Jeven R. Sloan , John William McKenzie, III , Tyler McLean Simpson , William Ralph Canada, Jr. , Wilson Edward Wray, Jr. , Loewinsohn Deary Simon Ray LLP, Dallas, TX, Edward Jon Rappaport , Saylor Law Firm LLP, Atlanta, GA.

ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANTS APRIO, LLP, ROBERT GREENBERGER: Jennifer Peterson , John Earl Floyd , John H. Rains, IV , Bondurant Mixson & Elmore, LLP, Atlanta, GA.

ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANT SIROTE & PERMUTT, P.C.: Billie Barker Pritchard , David Lewis Balser , James Andrew Pratt , Martin Robert Thornton , King & Spalding, LLP, Atlanta, GA.

ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANT BAKER, DONELSON, BEARMAN, CALDWELL & BERKOWITZ, P.C.: Ryan Andrew Strain , Sam Berry Blair , Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz-Memphis, PC, Memphis, TN, Steven G. Hall , Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, P.C., Atlanta, GA.

ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANTS SMITH, LEWIS & HALEY, LLP, DAVID C. SMITH: Robert Harris Smalley, III , McCamy Phillips Tuggle & Fordham, Dalton, GA.

ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANTS FOREVER FORESTS LLC, NANCY ZAK: Samuel Fenn Little, Jr. , S. Fenn Little, Jr. P.C., Atlanta, GA.

ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANT JAMES JOWERS: Joseph Trent Leman , The Leman Law Firm, Dalton, GA.

ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANT LARGE & GILBERT, INC.: Brent David Hitson , Burr & Forman LLP, Birmingham, AL, Tala Amirfazli , Burr & Forman, LLP, Atlanta, GA.

ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANT TENNILLE & ASSOCIATES, INC.: Andre T. Tennille, III , Cheeley Law Group, LLC, Alpharetta, GA, Barbara Anne Marschalk , David L. Rusnak , Roberto Bazzani , Drew Eckl & Farnham, Atlanta, GA, Leslie Paige Becknell , Drew Eckl & Farnham, Brunswick, GA.

ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANTS ATLANTIC COAST CONSERVANCY, INC., ROBERT D. KELLER: Anthony Joseph Rollins , Colin Dang Delaney , Gregory Keith Smith , Jason S. Bell , Steven Anthony Vickery , Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP, Atlanta, GA.

ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANT GEORGIA ALABAMA LAND TRUST, INC.: Travis Martin Cashbaugh , Dana Kristin Maine , Robert Edward Buckley , Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP, Atlanta, GA.


OPINION AND ORDER

I. Introduction

The practice of claiming charitable deductions through the conveyance of conservation easements has existed for decades; however, the steps a taxpayer must follow to legally qualify for these deductions are complex and often...

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