William J. "Bill" Bryant
Recognized since 2003
Birmingham, Alabama
Corporate Law
Litigation and Controversy - Tax
Tax Law
Bill's law practice focuses on a wide variety of tax, corporate and business matters, including deferred compensation, equity based incentive plans and the purchase and sale of owner-managed businesses - with an emphasis on developing exit strategies for the family or closely-held business owner. He also counsels clients on various federal, state and local tax issues.
Thriving on creative solutions to complex issues, and believing that “if you are through changing, you are through”, Bill considers himself forever a student of the ever-changing tax laws.
A strong proponent of community service, particularly as it relates to public health advocacy, Bill is guided by the words of George Bernard Shaw, "You see things that are and say 'why?' But I dream things that never were and say 'why not?'" Bill has served in leadership positions in various voluntary health organizations, including national level service as Chairman of the Board of the American Heart Association, Inc. and Chairman of the Board of the Alliance for a Healthier Generation, Inc.
- E-mail: bbryant@dfhlaw.com
- Direct Phone Number: 205-536-8888
- Phone Number: 205-536-8888
- Lawyer Page: https://www.dfhlaw.com/profile.php?cn=14
- Ridge Park, Suite 4000
1130 Twenty-Second Street South
Birmingham, AL 35205
- English
- The University of Alabama, MASTER OF LAWS (IN TAXATION) WITH HIGH HONORS, graduated 1979
- The University of Alabama, Juris Doctor, graduated 1974
- The University of Alabama, B.A. Political Science, History, graduated 1971
- Alabama, 1974
- Alliance for a Healthier Generation, Inc. - Board of Directors 2010-Present, Chair 2014-Present
- American Heart Association, Inc. - Board of Directors 1996-2002, Chair 2000-2001
- American Institute of Federal Taxation - Board of Trustees
- Leadership Birmingham - Class of 1996/Programs Co-Chair 2005-2006
- University of Alabama-Birmingham, School of Public Health - Chairman of Broad Street Committee Advisory Board
- U.S. Tax Court
- Alabama
- U.S. Federal (Alabama Northern, Middle and Southern Districts
12 The Best Lawyers in America® awards
3 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards
- Litigation and Controversy - Tax, Birmingham (2021)
- Tax Law, Birmingham (2019)
- Litigation and Controversy - Tax, Birmingham (2016)
- Corporate Law
- Litigation and Controversy - Tax
- Tax Law
- Corporate
- Family Businesses
- Income Tax
- Limited Liability Companies
- Subchapter S Corporations
- "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers in America© 2016 - Litigation & Controversy - Tax Law
- The Best Lawyers in America© 2018 - Tax Law and Litigation & Controversy - Tax Law (2000-2018)
- Alabama/Mid-South Super Lawyers - Tax: Business, Mergers & Acquisitions, Closely Held Business, Employee Benefits (2008-2017)
- Martindale- Hubble AV® Preeminent™ peer review rating
- Named "Star of the Bar" - B-Metro Magazine March 2015
- Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
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