Julian R. Friedman, Of Counsel, concentrating in taxation and estate planning, trusts and estates,  corporate law, and mediation is a Fellow in the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (“ACTEC”) and a Fellow in the American College of Tax Counsel.

A native of Savannah, Mr. Friedman received his B.A. Degree from Emory University in 1956.  He attended the University of Chicago Law School on a National Honor Scholarship and was elected to participate on the University of Chicago Law Review.  In 1959, he received his J.D. degree from the University of Georgia Law School, where he served as Assistant Editor-in-Chief of the Student Editorial Board of the Georgia Bar Journal and received the Phi Delta Phi Outstanding Graduate Award.  He received an LL.M. (in Taxation) degree in 1964 from New York University Graduate School of Law, which he attended on a teaching fellowship.  Mr. Friedman is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Omicron Delta Kappa, and Pi Sigma Alpha honor societies.  His writings on tax subjects have been nationally published in CCH FINANCIAL AND ESTATE PLANNING TAX SERVICE, TAXES--THE TAX MAGAZINE, ESTATE PLANNING, TAXATION FOR LAWYERS, TAXATION FOR ACCOUNTANTS, TAX LAW REVIEW and GEORGIA STATE BAR JOURNAL.  He has taught federal income taxation at Armstrong State College and has been a frequent lecturer on tax subjects.

Mr. Friedman was certified as a Mediator by the American College of Trust and Probate Counsel in 2004 and by the Georgia Office of Dispute Resolution in 2006.