Angela M. Kirby

Angela M. Kirby is a sole practitioner with Kirby Law, LLC in Columbia, S.C., where she practices in the areas of estate planning, probate administration and litigation, trust administration and litigation, guardianships and conservatorships, fiduciary appointments, business succession planning, special and supplemental needs trusts, elder law, probate and trust mediation, estate and gift taxation and prenuptial agreements. Prior to attending law school, she was an accountant at KPMG Peat Marwick. Ms. Kirby isa former associate probate judge for Richland County. The Supreme Court of South Carolina has designated her as a Certified Estate Planning and Probate Specialist based on her years of experience and passing an additional complex examination that tested her abilities in this particular field of law. As a former CPA, Ms. Kirby brings her accounting and financial experience to each estate plan that she works on for her clients. As a former associate probate judge, she spent more than five years on the bench overseeing complex probate issues. She has represented hundreds of personal representatives and heirs, and has been involved in all aspects of probate administration and litigation. Ms. Kirby has been listed in Super Lawyers for several consecutive years. She also received the Midlands Legal Elite award in the field of estate planning for several consecutive years. Ms. Kirby is a member of the advisory board for the Midlands Technical College paralegal program and speaks annually for the South Carolina Bar on various estate-planning and probate topics. She received her B.S. in business administration cum laude in 1986 from the College of Charleston, her Master’s with honors in professional accountancy in 1987from Clemson University College of Business and Behavioral Science and her J.D. in 1993 in estate planning and probate from the University of South Carolina Law School.