Avery H. Hayes
Avery H. Hayes
Mrs. Hayes is a member of the firm’s Wealth and Business Planning pactice group. Her primary areas of concentration are taxation, trusts and estate planning, corporate law, and probate and the administration of estates and trusts.
Areas of Practice
- Wealth and Business Planning
- Tax Planning
- Business Planning
- Wealth Planning
- Estate Litigation and Administration
- Tax Exempt/Religious Organizations
- Business Law and Transactions
- Corporate Law
Education
- University of Florida Levin College of Law, Gainesville, Florida
LL.M., in Taxation, 2023 - Mercer University School of Law, Macon, Georgia
J.D., cum laude, 2022 - University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
B.A., cum laude, 2019
- University of Florida Levin College of Law, Gainesville, Florida
Bar Admissions
- Georgia, 2022
- South Carolina, 2025
Honors and Awards
- “Top Lawyer” in the area of tax law by GaBiz Magazine
Professional Associations and Memberships
- State Bar of Georgia, Member
- Georgia Association for Women Lawyers, Savannah Chapter Member
- Savannah Bar Association, Past Member
- Savannah Community Foundation, Emerging Leaders Committee, Past Member
Presentations and Publications
“Amazon’s Prime Reliance on the First Amendment’s Free Expression Protections” in Coral Ridge Ministries Media, Inc. v. Amazon.com, Inc., 73 Mercer L. Rev. 727, 2022.
Mrs. Hayes has advised business clients on a range of corporate legal matters, including the purchase and sale of businesses, entity formation, tax, and other commercial transaction issues. Mrs. Hayes’s experience also includes the creation, modification, and termination of trusts and the creation of estate plans with tax considerations.
Originally from Americus, Georgia, Mrs. Hayes now resides in Albany with her husband, Jackson Hayes.
