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G. Bates Adair Joins Spartanburg Office

G. Bates Adair Joins Spartanburg Office

October 1st 2025

Wilkes Atkinson & Joyner, LLC, is pleased to announce that Bates Adair has joined the firm’s Spartanburg office, adding a Trusts & Estates planning practice to WAJ’s offerings. Bates grew up in Clinton, South Carolina, and attended Wofford College. He then graduated cum laude from Charlotte School of Law and obtained his LLM in Taxation, as well as a Certificate in Estate Planning, from Georgetown University Law Center in 2017. Bates previously practiced with a national firm in Charlotte and Rock Hill. Bates and his family are excited to move to Spartanburg, joining his brother, and broadening WAJ’s expertise and service into an area of need in the upstate.

Wilkes Atkinson & Joyner is a full-service litigation, trusts, estates, and probate firm which focuses on effective representation in complex matters throughout the Carolinas and Georgia.

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