Dayton S. Velarde

• Designed and implemented tax-advantageous estate planning, wealth transfer, and charitable planning strategies for a variety of domestic clients.
• Represented local hospital and other non-profit organizations (QALICBs), and community development entities (CDEs) in federal New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) financings for real estate redevelopment projects.

Dayton Velarde is an attorney in Alston & Bird’s Wealth Planning Group. She focuses her practice on estate planning, trust administration, charitable planning, and exempt organizations. She also advises exempt organizations who fund real estate projects with federal New Market Tax Credit (NMTC) financing.

Before joining the firm, Dayton clerked in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. She earned her J.D. from the Duke University School of Law where she was a member of the Duke Law Moot Court and a Dean’s Cup Semifinalist. She earned her undergraduate degree, magna cum laude, at Clemson University.

Bar Admissions

• Georgia

Education

• Duke University (J.D., 2004)
• Clemson University (B.A., 2001)

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