Mr. Vannatta is a partner in the Vorys Columbus office and a member of the tax group.  He practices in the area of estate planning, with an emphasis on estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer tax savings, estate and trust administration, and probate law.  He has considerable experience in drafting and formulating estate plans and is actively involved in all aspects of estate administration for individuals and families.  Mr. Vannatta also has extensive experience advising tax-exempt organizations.

Mr. Vannatta is a member of the Ohio State Bar Association and the Columbus Bar Association.

Mr. Vannatta has lectured on a variety of estate and trust topics, including charitable giving and the fundamentals of estate planning, for the Cincinnati Bar Association, the Columbus Tax Conference, and The Ohio State University Medical Center.

Mr. Vannatta received his J.D. from The Ohio State University with honors where he was a member of the Order of the Coif.  He received his B.S. cum laude from Bowling Green State University.

Mr. Vannatta is a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Probate Law Journal of Ohio.

Publications

• “The Ohio Bright Line Residency Test:  What It Is and What It Has Become,” Probate Law Journal of Ohio, January-February 2007

Professional and Community Activities

• I Know I Can, Vice President and Board Member, 2001-present
• The Columbus Foundation, Legal Advisory Committee, 2000-present
• The Wexner Center Foundation, Secretary and ex-officio member of the Board of Trustees, 2005-present

Honors and Awards

• The Best Lawyers in America, Trusts and Estates, 2006-2008
• The Best Lawyers in America, Non-profit/Charities Law, 2007-2008
• The Best Lawyers in America, Tax Law, 2007-2008
• Business First, Forty Under 40, 1998
• Columbus Junior Chamber of Commerce, Outstanding Young Citizens, 1994
• Fellow of the Columbus Bar Foundation since 2006

News

• Vorys named the "2008 Leading Ohio Law Firm" by Best Lawyers