Conner Watts

About

Conner Watts regularly advises on tax, estate planning, and business strategy matters.
He is an estate planner for individuals and families who want to ensure that their retirement and succession goals are achieved. With a particular emphasis on serving private business owners, Conner plans corporate succession matters to ensure the continuity of a business during times of ownership transition, generational change, or the exit of a business partner.
As a result, he has also been asked to be a business strategy advisor to small companies that have reached critical stages of expansion in their life-cycles. In this role, focuses on decisions surrounding entity formation, corporate structuring, operating agreements, tax minimization, employment matters, and other best practices. He has been described as an important part of advisory teams, working in conjunction with accountants, bankers, and financial professionals to assist in the legal protection for Atlanta companies in litigation-prone industries.
Conner handles IRS debt representation and tax resolution matters. He has been awarded the Enrolled Agent designation from the Internal Revenue Service, recognizing competence to represent taxpayers in audits, collection actions, refund matters, and appeals. Sporting the unique combination of a fully-authorized tax professional as well as an attorney, he is in a great position to negotiate and resolve tax disputes.
Conner received his law degree from Georgia State University, where he was the recipient of the State Bar of Georgia Award for Outstanding Student Achievement in Tax Law. He was recognized by the Atlanta Bar Association for his community service as a law student and accepted two fellowships in the Philip C. Cook Low Income Taxpayer Clinic. Currently, Conner sits on the Editorial Board of The Mortmain, a quarterly estate planning publication for Atlanta-area legal practitioners.