Light Townsend

Light Townsend is an attorney with the firm Drummond Wehle Yonge, LLP, in Tampa, Florida. Light's clients include small to medium-sized businesses-- and the individuals who own and run them. He focuses his practice on assisting these clients in understanding and complying with complex federal tax planning, particularly as it relates to estate planning, business planning, succession planning, wealth preservation, risk management, and asset protection. In addition to his work on this treatise,...See more

Light Townsend is an attorney with the firm Drummond Wehle Yonge, LLP, in Tampa, Florida. Light's clients include small to medium-sized businesses-- and the individuals who own and run them. He focuses his practice on assisting these clients in understanding and complying with complex federal tax planning, particularly as it relates to estate planning, business planning, succession planning, wealth preservation, risk management, and asset protection. In addition to his work on this treatise, Light is an active member in the Florida Bar Tax Section, helping to write technical advice memoranda and comments regarding changes in the tax code. As a graduate research assistant for Philip Postlewaite, Light edited the eighth edition of Professor Postlewaite's West-published treatise Partnership Taxation. Light received his LLM in Taxation with Honors from Northwestern University Pritzker College of Law, his Juris Doctorate from Florida State University, and his Bachelor of Science from Auburn University. He enjoys fishing, cooking, and playing the guitar in his free time. See less