Michael C. Burns

Michael Burns is the managing attorney with Scroggin & Burns, LLC. His practice focuses on estate and tax planning, trusts, estate administration, and small business representation. He is licensed to practice law in Georgia and Florida.

Michael served as President of the University of Florida Tax Institute in 2025 and 2026. He speaks frequently in the Atlanta area, and his articles have appeared in national publications. He previously served as an adjunct professor at Atlanta's John Marshall Law School, where he taught Wills, Trusts & Estates and Federal Income Taxation.

Michael earned a B.S. in Finance with honors from the University of Florida in 2008. He then attended the University of Florida Levin College of Law, where he received his Juris Doctor, cum laude, in 2011 and his Master of Laws in Taxation (LL.M.) in 2012.

Outside the office, Michael is married with three children and enjoys spending time with them outdoors. He finds that planning a family outing calls for all the foresight of an estate plan, with far less cooperation from the beneficiaries.