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Rodney&#8217;s practice covers estate planning, wills and trusts and tax, including Estate and gift taxation, Estate planning, State Tax and Corporate taxation. Rodney earned a JD from University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law in 1986.<\/pee><\/section>\n<p><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><\/p>\n<section class=\"xp-sec\">\n<h2>About Rodney Hatley<\/h2>\n<pee>&quot;A seven-year probate?!  Are you freaking kidding me?\u201d<\/pee><pee>That\u2019s how I made the transition from being a Navy JAG, representing the accused at courts-martial, to focusing on estate planning.<\/pee><pee>My father had been ill with leukemia before he passed.  He had a complicated estate and was unable to do anything other than a simple will.  Unfortunately, wills go through probate.  As a result, my sister and I endured a multi-year court procedure.  I resolved to do something positive with that experience and became an estate planning attorney.<\/pee><pee>At Hatley Law Group, A P.C., we view estate planning through the lens of asset protection.  We partner with our clients to protect everyone they love and everything they own.  In addition to foundational estate planning, the planning we do for our clients may include advanced strategies to eliminate, or greatly mitigate, estate, generation-skipping transfer (GST), and gift taxes as well as domestic or offshore asset protection trusts, depending on their needs\/goals.<\/pee><pee>Here are some other benefits that clients realize by working with us:<\/pee><pee>\u2714 They maintain privacy over their affairs;<!\u2013- [et_pb_br_holder] -\u2013>\u2714 They ensure that the lifestyle they&#39;ve earned is maintained;<!\u2013- [et_pb_br_holder] -\u2013>\u2714 They have certainty that they will keep the government out of their lives (no conservatorship if they become incapacitated and no probate when they pass);<!\u2013- [et_pb_br_holder] -\u2013>\u2714 Their loved ones and assets are protected from &quot;creditors and predators&quot; (i.e., lawsuits and divorcing spouses); and<!\u2013- [et_pb_br_holder] -\u2013>\u2714 Much more.<\/pee><pee>If you want to protect<\/pee><\/section>\n<p><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><\/p>\n<section class=\"xp-sec\">\n<h2>Practice areas and rates<\/h2>\n<pee class=\"xp-rates xp-rates-shared\">Consultation $15 \u00b7 $600\/hour \u00b7 Fixed-fee options (all practice areas)<\/pee>\n<ul class=\"xp-areas\">\n<li class=\"xp-area\">\n<h3>Estate Planning, Wills and Trusts<\/h3>\n<pee class=\"xp-subs\">Estate and gift taxation \u00b7 Estate planning<\/pee><\/li>\n<li class=\"xp-area\">\n<h3>Tax<\/h3>\n<pee class=\"xp-subs\">State Tax \u00b7 Corporate taxation \u00b7 Tax Planning \u00b7 Federal Tax \u00b7 Charitable giving<\/pee><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<pee class=\"xp-note\">Rates are set by Rodney and shown as listed on XIRA. 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