Barry Benton, JD, LLM

Consultant to G.A. Repple & Company

P.O. Box 1444

Calhoun, Georgia 30703-1444

Phone:706-***-****

Fax: 706-***-****

email: abpvrm@r.postjobfree.com

Current Licenses:

AL Bar # 4712

GA Bar #053660

MS Bar #99370

NC Bar #24926

FL Bar #0128805

KY Bar # 04660

TN Bar # 015941

SC Bar #15774

Qualified as Tax Attorney by Law Degree and LLM in Taxation

EDUCATION:

MASTER OF LAWS IN TAXATION AND ESTATE PLANNING (LLM) 1994

Emory University College of Law, Atlanta, GA

MASTER OF ARTS IN DIPLOMACY AND INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE (MA), 1988

University of Kentucky Patterson School of Diplomacy, Lexington, Kentucky

JURIS DOCTOR (J.D.), 1966

University of Kentucky College of Law

University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky

Two years graduate studies in Public Administration, 1962 and 1963.

BACHELOR OF ARTS (BA), 1959

Davidson College, Davidson, North Carolina

WORK EXPERIENCE:

July 1992 - Present

Private practice specializing in tax, real estate and estate planning

Devised more than 1,240 estate plans in 1999

Coordinate multi-state planned-giving services

Prepare instruments to facilitate the charitable giving intentions of donators

Train field representatives and planned-giving directors

Held seminars on estate planning and elder law concerns for client groups and for the purpose

of training financial planners

Conducted planned giving seminars for various non-profit organizations throughout the

Southeast

Probated Court practice includes estates, guardianships, and related maters

Prepared articles of incorporation for local businesses

Provided advising and consulting services on business and organizational planning

Prepared and closed residential and commercial mortgage loans for multiple mortgage

companies

Served as Guardian-ad-litem for Juvenile Court of Gordon County, Georgia

March 1989 - March 1992

Director of Child Support Enforcement and Child Support Prosecutor for Fayette County in

Lexington, KY. He served in the Office of the County Attorney, while supervising a staff of 30

employees. He also increased child support average collection of $300,000 per month to $1.5 million

per month.

January 1988 - February 1989

Kentucky Central Life Insurance Company

Trainer for bank-sales insurance agents

June 1986 - December 19

Director of a development and relief agency in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, which distributed US foreign

aide throughout Haiti, with a $2.5 million annual budget, and 45 employees.

Operated a warehouse distributing 7.6 metric tons of food commodities annually.

Set and enforced policy

Coordinated shipping with Haitian officials

Developed new projects for food-for-work

Supervised budget allocations

Introduced new portage equipment to warehouse workers thereby, increasing efficiency and

reducing injury

May 1979 - May 1985

Misdemeanor Prosecutor for the Fayette County Attorney's office.

Revamped the misdemeanor court process decreasing docket length, witness time and

standardizing outcomes

Created and managed a diversion program for cases involving theft by deception

July 1970 - June 1986

A general practice of law in Lexington, KY

May 1966 - July 1970

Associate with Fowler, Rouse, Measle & Bell, Lexington, KY

Specialized in commercial law and bankruptcy

September 1977 - present

Organized Christian Flights International, a voluntary missionary organization with a donor list of

600 people and an annual budget of approximately $100,000. He is currently on the Board of

Directors.

1959 - 1970

United States Army: Active duty from 1960 to 1962, with Reserve Service from 1959 to 1970

Commander of various Army Units and a graduate of the US Army Ranger, Airborne,

Jumpmaster, Pathfinder, and Special Forces Schools

Resigned as a Captain in 1970

OTHER EXPERIENCE:

Owns and operates a 200 acre farm in Woodford County, KY

Public Speaking

Pilot with multi-engine, private, commercial and instrument

ratings with 3500 hours flying time

Qualified to administer the Myers-Briggs Personality Type

Indicator

Amateur radio operator Care Prison Ministries Volunteer

Endowment Consultant

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