Stuart Dorsett

Stuart Dorsett is the Chief Strategic Advisory Officer for Brown Advisory and the Head of the

Carolinas Office, based in Raleigh, NC. Prior to joining Brown Advisory, he was a partner with the law firm of Ward and Smith, P.A., where he served as the leader of the firm’s Trusts and Estates Law Practice Group. He is certified by the North Carolina State Bar as a specialist in estate planning and probate law, he is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, and he is a former chair of the Estate Planning & Probate Law Section of the North Carolina Bar Association. As a Strategic Advisor, Stuart assists clients with tax planning, estate planning, business planning, philanthropy, risk management, and related matters. Stuart has also served as an adjunct professor at the University of North Carolina School of Law, where he taught Trusts & Estates Law.