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Bill Moorhead
Biography
William D. “Bill” Moorhead III, is the senior member of Moorhead Law Firm LLC. After growing up in Melbourne, Florida, Bill attended college at the University of Georgia, graduating in 1973 with a BBA in Accounting, summa cum laude, and in 1976 with a J.D., cum laude, from the University of Georgia School of Law. Bill’s academic distinctions include: second honor graduate (salutatorian) of his graduating class at the University, outstanding accounting graduate of the University, three-year recipient of the Vasser Woolley Scholarship (then awarded to the top two entering law students), and member of the editorial board of the Georgia Law Review.
Bill began practicing law in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in the estate planning department of a large firm. He moved his practice to Southwest Georgia, the home of his wife, in November 1977, where he has resided ever since.
Bill is a member of the Georgia and Tennessee Bar Associations. He is also admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, the United States Claims Court, and the United States Tax Court. He is also a member of his local Dougherty County Bar Assocation.
Bill has devoted the bulk of his career to the firm’s areas of practice. Bill’s chief professional passion consists of presenting approximately a dozen seminars per year on estate planning. He has been giving these seminars since 1990 to various organizations, including the USDA, which sponsors retirement seminars at the Albany Marine Corps Logistics Base, the Georgia Teacher’s Retirement System, and particularly to the Southwest Georgia Council on Aging. Since 1995, he has developed a niche in the field of Medicaid nursing home planning and special needs trusts, having handled over 1000 such cases.
Bill is a fitness enthusiast and maintains a rigorous exercise and health regimen. He enjoys reading and watching sporting events. Bill and his wife, Gena, have been married since 1976, and the couple has two children: John and Sali, both of whom are attorneys and are associated with Moorhead Law Firm.
education
- BBA in Accounting – University of Georgia
- J.D. – University of Georgia School of Law
Honors & Awards
- Graduated Summa Cum Laude from UGA
- Graduated Cum Laude from UGA School of Law
- Three Year Recipient of the Vasser Woolley Scholarship
- Second Honor Graduate (salutatorian) of his UGA Graduating Class
- Member of the Editorial Board of the Georgia Law Review
- Highest Peer Review Rating of AV from Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory
- Listed in Who's Who in American Law
Experience
- General counsel (3 years) and President (1 year) of a publicly traded financial services firm
- President of a private equity company (4 years)
- President of an NASD-member broker dealer (2 years)
- President of a commodity pool operator that launched the managed commodities program of a major regional brokerage firm (2 years)
- Counsel to an issuer in an initial public offering and numerous issuers of private placements of securities
- Counsel to investment advisory firms
- More than 1000 cases of experience in the Medicaid application process
Community Activities
- Co-President of Deerfield-Windsor School PTO and 5-year member of the Board of Trustees
- Member of the Board of Directors of the Anchorage Inc. (10+ years)
- President, Abraham Baldwin Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution
- Current member of Sherwood Baptist Church
- President of Gideons International Albany Camp
- Attends the Living Word Sunday School Class
- Chairman of Deacons for 7 years at prior churches
- Served as a coach in various youth leagues and sports
- Active Member of Board of Directors of Southwest Georgia Legal Self Help Center, Inc.
- Chairman of Education Task Force (2 terms), Albany Chamber of Commerce
- Headed up Project Read, recipient of a George H.W. Bush Points of Light award
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