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BETH M. MAYFIELD
Partner

Beth Mayfield practices in the area of estate planning. Beth’s experience includes estate tax planning, drafting wills and life insurance trusts, estate administration, preparing estate and gift tax returns, forming Georgia non-profit organizations, and state and local tax matters.

Beth graduated from Auburn University as the top graduate in the Auburn School of Business with a major in Business Administration - Accounting. She passed the certified public accounting examination in 1991. While at Emory, Beth served on the staff of the Bankruptcy Developments Journal (1993-1994).

Prior to becoming a partner with Tatum Hillman Hickerson & Powell, LLP, Beth was a partner with Tatum, Levine & Powell, LLP, (Atlanta, 2000-2009), an associate at Altman, Kritzer & Levick, P.C. (Atlanta, 1997-2000) and an associate at Alston & Bird, LLP (Atlanta, 1994-1997). Beth was a speaker at the Georgia Fiduciary Law Institute in July, 1997, presenting “Estate Planning for the First Born Generation.”

In the community, Beth has been an active volunteer at Morris Brandon Elementary School, the Schenck School and the Lovett School. She served as the Morris Brandon PTA Co- President in 2005-2006 and was a member of the Morris Brandon Finance Committee and Executive Board for three years. She served as the 2009-2010 Chair of the Schenck School Annual Fund, 2008-2009 Chair of the Schenck School Parent's Association and was a member of the Schenck School 2008-2009 Board of Trustees. Beth is also actively involved at St. Anne’s Episcopal Church where she has served on the Stewardship Committee, the Children’s Education Committee, and was Treasurer of the Day School Advisory Council for five years. Beth and her husband, Scott, have four children.