Nick Djuric, a member of Sutherland’s Tax Practice Group, practices primarily in the areas of estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer tax; wills, trusts, and administration of estates; tax controversies; fiduciary litigation; and private foundations. He concentrates on estate planning including preparation of wills and trust instruments, and on tax and succession planning for closely held businesses. Nick has extensive experience with multi-generational estate planning and works closely with private family offices and their teams of professional advisors.
Nick has served as an adjunct professor of law at John Marshall Law School and Georgia State University College of Law, teaching about wills, trusts, estates, and federal gift and estate taxation. Before joining Sutherland, Nick was a law clerk for the Honorable Gerald Bard Tjoflat, Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
PROFESSIONAL HONORS AND AWARDS
- Recognized by Chambers USA: Guide to Leading Business Lawyers in the area of wealth management: Eastern Region (2010, 2011)
- Selected for inclusion in Euromoney’s Guide to the World’s Leading Trusts and Estates Practitioners (2009)
- Named to The Best Lawyers in America in the area of trusts and estates (2008-2012)
- Selected for inclusion in Georgia Super Lawyers® (2009-2012)
- Selected for inclusion in Georgia Super Lawyers® “Rising Stars” (2005-2007)
- Recipient, Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation’s S. Phillip Heiner Award for pro bono and community service (2010)
PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
- Chair, Fiduciary Law Section, State Bar of Georgia
- Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel
- Treasurer, Atlanta Estate Planning Council
- Former Chair, Estate Planning and Probate Section, Atlanta Bar Association
- Chair, Planned Giving Advisory Board, The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta
- Member, Atlanta Philanthropic Advisor Leadership Institute
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
- Speaker, Sutherland Tax Education Series (November 30, 2011)
- Speaker, “UPMIFA in Georgia: Implementation and Accounting,” Georgia Society of CPAs’ Estate Planning Conference, Greensboro, Georgia (2010)
- Speaker, "Allocation of GST Exemption," Georgia Society of CPAs, Atlanta, Georgia (2009)
- Speaker, "Life Insurance Trusts," 26th Annual Georgia Federal Tax Conference, Atlanta, Georgia (2009)
- Speaker, “Implementing UPMIFA / FSP FAS 117-1,” Georgia Society of CPAs’ 2009 Nonprofit Conference, Atlanta, Georgia (July 2009)
- Speaker, “GST Tax Problems and Strategies” Fiduciary Law Institute, St. Simons Island, Georgia (July 2008)
- Speaker, “Planning for a Personal Residence” Georgia Federal Tax Conference, Atlanta, Georgia (June 2008)
- Speaker, “Death is Not the End: Ideas for Post-Mortem Estate Planning,” Atlanta Estate Planning Council, Atlanta, Georgia (February 2008)
- Speaker, “Georgia Fiduciary Legislation Update,” Estate Planning & Probate Section, Atlanta Bar Association, Atlanta, Georgia (February 2008)
- Speaker, “A New Advance Health Care Directive for Georgia” 52nd Annual Estate Planning Institute, Athens, Georgia (February 2007)
- Speaker, 2006 Tax Education Series (February 2006)
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