Drayton Beecher Smith II

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Memphis, TN 38111

901-***-****

e-mail: ad46od@r.postjobfree.com

EXPERIENCE

**** – PRESENT

FREELANCE WRITER. Various publications. Published author, poet

and editor of novel THE GUARDIAN (DRACULA’S DESTINY). Editor

and publisher for Hot Biscuit Productions, publishing anthologies

MONSTERS FROM MEMPHIS, MORE MONSTERS FROM MEMPHIS,

RECOVERING MY SANITY, FATAL FRIENDSHIP: THE SEARCH FOR DOE ROBERTS, and numerous poems, articles and short stories.

PRIOR TO 2008

ATTORNEY AT LAW, D. Beecher Smith II P.C. (retired).

Principal attorney for Elvis Presley, Estate of Elvis Presley, Elvis

Presley Enterprises, Inc., and various other notable clients in

the entertainment industry and business community with emphasis on business, estate planning and administration, and tax planning.

EDUCATION

JUNE 1974

JURIS DOCTOR, UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF LAW

Top 20% of Class

JUNE 1971

BACHELOR OF ARTS, Millsaps College, Jackson, MS

Cum Laude, Dean’s List

SKILLS

Office management * Human Resources

Word processing * Client relations

Entry level bookkeeping * Financial planning

Prompt * Individual and fiduciary

Strong communication skills tax planning and compliance

Team player * Excellent problem solver

ACTIVITIES

Ability to use Turbo Tax, Fast Tax, Tax Act Software systems. Past president and Poet Laureate of Poetry Society of Tennessee and Mid-South Writers’ Association. Volunteer for Calvary Episcopal Church Clothes Closet for disadvantaged and homeless people. Member sons of the American Revolution.