Elizabeth W. Abel

Ms. Abel is a highly respected attorney whose practice is dedicated to helping clients with sophisticated estate planning, business planning, tax matters, employee benefits, and nonprofit organizations. Since being admitted to the Alabama Bar in 1984, she has assisted individuals, families, corporations, and charitable organizations with comprehensive legal solutions tailored to their unique financial and business objectives. She is recognized for developing effective strategies that preserve wealth, minimize estate taxes, and support long-term succession planning.

In her estate planning practice, Ms. Abel prepares complex wills, revocable and irrevocable trusts, family limited partnerships, charitable trusts, powers of attorney, advance healthcare directives, and guardianship documents. She also guides clients through probate administration and trust management. Her business law practice includes advising corporations, partnerships, and limited liability companies on business formation, governance, contracts, acquisitions, employment agreements, and shareholder matters. Additionally, she counsels employers on employee retirement and benefit plans, while assisting nonprofit organizations with formation, tax-exempt status, governance, and regulatory compliance.

Practice Areas

• Estate Planning
• Wills & Estate Planning
• Probate & Trust Administration
• Tax Law
• Employee Retirement & Benefit Plans
• Business & Corporate Law
• Businesses & Corporations
• Non-Profit Organizations
• Establishing & Organizing Non-Profit Organizations