Sipe Law Firm (SLF) is located on Main Street in historic downtown Rock Hill, York County, South Carolina. The principal is W. Henry (Hank) Sipe III. Mr. Sipe has over twenty years of legal experience in the areas of Estate Planning and Administration, Business/Corporate Law and Tax. Mr. Sipe's interests also include Sports Law, and he is a member of the Sports Lawyers Association and the Ameri...
Sipe Law Firm (SLF) is located on Main Street in historic downtown Rock Hill, York County, South Carolina. The principal is W. Henry (Hank) Sipe III. Mr. Sipe has over twenty years of legal experience in the areas of Estate Planning and Administration, Business/Corporate Law and Tax.
Mr. Sipe's interests also include Sports Law, and he is a member of the Sports Lawyers Association and the American Bar Association Sports Committee, Forum on the Entertainment and Sports Industries.
An alumnus of Woodberry Forest School, Mr. Sipe graduated from the University of Virginia with Distinction in 1979, and received his law degree from the University of Richmond in 1983. After law school, he clerked for United States District Court Judge William M. Acker, Jr. in Birmingham, Alabama. Mr. Sipe earned a Masters in Tax Law (LL.M.) from Georgetown University Law Center in 1988, and is a Certified Tax Specialist (SC). He is admitted to practice law in South Carolina, Virginia, and the District of Columbia (inactive). Prior to establishing his own law firm, Mr. Sipe was a partner with Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman, LLP (now K&L Gates), headquartered in Charlotte, NC, and Hamilton Martens Ballou & Sipe, LLC in Rock Hill, SC.
Mr. Sipe is rated AV® Preeminent™ by Martindale-Hubbell®, signifying that he has been ranked by his peers at the highest level of professional excellence. He is recognized by The Best Lawyers in America®† in the dual categories of Trusts and Estates, and Tax Law, and is listed in South Carolina Super Lawyers®‡ (2009). Sipe Law Firm is also named in the 2010 inaugural edition of U.S. News-Best Lawyers® "Best Law Firms", having achieved a top Tier 1 ranking in the category of Trusts & Estates Law in the Charlotte metropolitan area.