Stuart Dorsett, a Strategic Advisor, is the Chief Strategic Advisory Officer for Brown Advisory and the Head of the Carolinas Office, based in Chapel Hill, NC. Prior to joining Brown Advisory, he was a partner with Ward and Smith, P.A. in Raleigh, NC, 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 was recognized as 2013’s “Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers.