Laura Bottoms Higginbotham
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Laura Bottoms Higginbotham

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Laura Bottoms Higginbotham
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A Marietta native, Laura Bottoms Higginbotham, is a joint member of GDCR’s Trusts & Estates and Tax practice and Business Transactions & Corporate practice. She represents clients across a broad range of legal matters and focuses on tax, estate planning, and estate administration to individuals and families, as well as privately held businesses. Ms. Higginbotham attended Georgia State University College of Law and graduated in the top 3% of her class. Prior to law school, Ms. Higginbotham spent more than a decade growing a career as a life insurance advisor for high-net worth individuals and families in the Marietta area.

Practices

Business Transactions & Corporate

Trusts & Estates and Tax

Education
J.D., Georgia State University, College of Law, Summa Cum Laude and Order of the Coif
B.S., Auburn University, Cum Laude
Admissions
Georgia Superior and State Courts
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Supreme Court of Georgia

Professional Organizations and Memberships

  • State Bar of Georgia (Member)
  • Cobb County Bar Association (Member)
  • Cobb Chamber of Commerce
    • Board of Directors (Former Member 2017-2018)
    • Vice Chair of Marietta Area Council (2017)
    • Chair of Marietta Area Council (2018)
    • Cobb Executive Women (Member)
    • Next Generation Mentor Program (Mentee 2016-2017)
  • Leadership Cobb (Member of the Class of 2015)
  • Leadership Cobb Alumni Association (Active Member)
  • Cobb Landmarks Historical Society (Former Member of Board of Trustees)
Practices

Business Transactions & Corporate

Trusts & Estates and Tax

Education
J.D., Georgia State University, College of Law, Summa Cum Laude and Order of the Coif
B.S., Auburn University, Cum Laude
Admissions
Georgia Superior and State Courts
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Supreme Court of Georgia

Ms. Higginbotham has significant experience in estate planning as a former high-net worth life insurance advisor for more than a decade in the Marietta area. Ms. Higginbotham also has prior experience in family law including grandparent visitation rights, divorce, custody, child support, alimony, the division of property, and more. Now, Ms. Higginbotham focuses her practice on comprehensive estate planning for individuals, couples, and families at various stages of their lives. This includes Wills, Trusts (Revocable Living Trusts, Irrevocable Life Insurance Trusts, Irrevocable Gifting Trusts), Family-based Entity Organization, Powers of Attorney, Advance Directives for Health Care, and more. Ms. Higginbotham also assists clients to reach resolution of Estate Administration issues at every stage of the probate process.

Practices

Business Transactions & Corporate

Trusts & Estates and Tax

Education
J.D., Georgia State University, College of Law, Summa Cum Laude and Order of the Coif
B.S., Auburn University, Cum Laude