J. Frederick Reames III

Rick Reames practices throughout South Carolina in the areas of trusts and estates planning and administration, taxation with an emphasis on state and local taxation, and general transactional law.  Mr. Reames regulary advises and represents both beneficiaries and fiduciaries of trusts and estates regarding South Carolina's probate and trust laws.  A large portion of Mr. Reames' trusts and estates practice involves family succession planning with respect to real estate and closely-held businesses.  Mr. Reames also regularly advises and represents large and small businesses with respect to income, property, and sales and use tax issues and frequently practices before the South Carolina Department of Revenue.

Mr. Reames received a B.A. degree in Business Economics, magna cum laude, from Wofford College. He earned a J.D. from the University of South Carolina School of Law where he was a member of the South Carolina Law Review and a member of the Order of the Wig and Robe. Mr. Reames earned an L.L.M. degree in taxation from New York University School of Law.

• Chairman - South Carolina Bar Association Tax Section
• Past SC Chairman - Joint NC/SC Tax Committee Conference
• Past Secretary - South Carolina Bar Association Tax Section
• Frequent Lecturer and Speaker on Tax & Trusts & Estates Issues

• Nexsen Pruet's Reames to Chair SC Bar Tax Section
  Rick Reames, a Member (partner) in Nexsen Pruet’s Columbia office, has been selected as chairman of the South Carolina Bar Association’s Tax Section for 2008-2009.
• Nexsen Pruet Elects Nine New Members
  Nexsen Pruet announced that J. David Black, Amy Harmon Geddes, Stephen P. Groves, Sr., Gregory T. Higgins, Joseph M. Kahn, Christopher A. Ogiba, Brian T. Price, J. Frederick Reames, III, and Jeffrey S. Tibbals have been elected Members (partners) of the firm.