Newsome and Norton become Partners

The law firm of Nexsen Pruet Jacobs & Pollard, LLP is pleased to announce that William G. Newsome III and Matthew J. Norton have become partners in the firm.

Mr. Newsome practices in the areas of taxation, wealth transfer planning, probate administration, and exempt organizations in the Columbia office. He is a native of Hartsville, South Carolina. Mr. Newsome received a B.S. degree in economics from Francis Marion College, attending as a Francis Marion Scholar. He received a J.D. degree from the University of South Carolina School of Law, where he was a Roy Webster Scholar and a member of the Order of Wig and Robe. He also received a Master of Laws in taxation from the University of Florida. Mr. Newsome is a frequent speaker for various professional groups on estate planning and tax topics, with special emphasis on estate and gift taxation and post mortem estate and trust administration.

Mr. Norton practices in the areas of commercial real estate law, commercial finance law, and business transactions in the Charleston office. He graduated from Dartmouth College as an O.W. Storer Scholar. He received his J.D. degree from the University of South Carolina School of Law, where he was Editor in Chief of the South Carolina Law Review and a member of the Moot Court Bar, Order of the Wig and Robe, and the John Belton O'Neall Inn of Court. Mr. Norton is a member of the Corporate and Banking section of the South Carolina Bar and has served on Uniform Commercial Code subcommittees for the Business Law section of the American Bar Association.