Background
Hightower, Robert S. was born on May 23, 1949 in Washington, District of Columbia.
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Robert S. Hightower
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University of South Florida (Bachelor of Arts, 1971). Florida State University (Juris Doctor, with honors, 1975). New York University (Master of Laws in Taxation, 1976).
Career
Admitted to the bar, 1975, Florida. 1976, United States. District Court, Northern District of Florida and United States. Tax Court.
Phi Kappa Phi.
Notes and Comments Editor, Florida State University Law Review, 1974-1975.
Legislative Intern, Florida House of Representatives, Committee on Business Regulation, 1974. Consulting Editor, Taxation Volumes, Florida Jurisprudence 2d, 1981-1983.
Company-Author: "Multi-State Corporations and Separate Accounting Under the Florida Corporate Income Tax," Florida Bar Journal, July/August 1978. Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law, Florida State University (Planning Land Transactions, 1979.
Advanced Partnership Tax Seminar, 1985.
Real Estate Planning, 1986). Member: Second Judicial Circuit Nominating Commission, 1982-1987. Tallahassee City Commission, 1989-1993.
Mayor, City of Tallahassee, 1992-1993.
Member, Sunshine State Governmental Finance Commission, 1992-1993. Member, 1989-1993 and Chairperson, 1990-1991, Tallahassee-Leon County Metropolitan Planning Organization.
Member: Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center Authority, 1992-1993. Apalachee Regional Planning Council, 1990-1991.
Tallahassee Regional Estate Planning Council.
Board of Directors, Presbyterian Retirement Communities, Incorporated. (formerly Presbyterian Retirement Homes of the Synod of Florida), 1987-1990. Member: The Florida Bar (Member: Executive Council, Tax Section, 1978.
Tax Certification Committee, 1991-1995).
American Bar Association (Member, Taxation Section). (Board Certified Tax Lawyer, Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education).
Major clients of Robert South. Hightower: Apalachee Center for Human Services, Incorporated. Clemons, Rutherford & Associates, Incorporated.
Eastern Federal Corporation.
Federated Mutual Insurance Company. Florida Governor"s Alliance for Employment of Disabled Citizens, Incorporated. Medical Center Pharmacy, Incorporated. of Quincy.
Prescott Supply Company, Incorporated.
Southern Medical Group, P.A. Tallahassee Mack Sales, Incorporated.
Tallahassee Plastic Surgery Clinic. Willis, Incorporated. of Apalachicola. Willis, Incorporated. of Carrabelle.
References: First National Bank, Tallahassee.
Barnett Bank of Tallahassee. The firm was established by Robert South. Hightower in 1990 to focus in selected areas of taxation and estate planning utilizing his fourteen years of prior experience with full service business law firms in Tallahassee.
The firm serves family businesses, professional businesses and individual clients throughout Florida. The professional focus of the firm includes acting as special tax counsel in estate planning, retirement and pension planning, state and federal tax protest and litigation matters, and probate and trust administration.
Achievements
Membership
Member: Second Judicial Circuit Nominating Commission, 1982-1987. Tallahassee City Commission, 1989-1993. Mayor, City of Tallahassee, 1992-1993.
Member, Sunshine State Governmental Finance Commission, 1992-1993.
Member, 1989-1993 and Chairperson, 1990-1991, Tallahassee-Leon County Metropolitan Planning Organization. Member: Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center Authority, 1992-1993.
Apalachee Regional Planning Council, 1990-1991. Tallahassee Regional Estate Planning Council.
Board of Directors, Presbyterian Retirement Communities, Incorporated.
(formerly Presbyterian Retirement Homes of the Synod of Florida), 1987-1990. Member: The Florida Bar (Member: Executive Council, Tax Section, 1978. Tax Certification Committee, 1991-1995).
American Bar Association (Member, Taxation Section).
(Board Certified Tax Lawyer, Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education).
