Jesse T. Coyle

Southern Pines, NC Estate Planning & Probate Attorney

Jesse Thomas Coyle was born and raised on the southside of Chicago and attended and received degrees from the prestigious Chicago institutions of DePaul University College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, DePaul University College of Law, and John Marshall Law School. He was admitted to the Illinois Bar in 2007 and attained an LL.M. in Taxation in 2009. He moved to North Carolina in 2011 and presently concentrates his work largely in North Carolina estate planning, probate, business planning, and taxation.

Jesse brings his clients the benefits of his background in financial planning, tax, insurance and business law. Beginning in 2009, he served at Credit Suisse as a Wealth Strategist for high net worth individuals. In 2011, he began work at what was then Webb & Graves, PLLC, obtaining insurance licenses in Life Insurance, Health Insurance, and Long Term Care Insurance, as well as passing the Series 65 investment advisor exam. In 2013, Jesse became partner and Webb & Graves was changed to Webb & Coyle, PLLC. In 2019, Jesse, Southern Pines, NC estate planning and probate lawyer, opened up his own law firm – The Law Offices of Jesse T. Coyle, PLLC — which operates under the tradename of “Carolina Tax, Trusts & Estates.”

Jesse spends much of his time speaking and publishing on estate planning and probate topics, and has previously also worked as a Board Member (and in 2016 as the Chairman) of the NC Captive Insurance Association, as a Commissioner (and in 2017 as the Chairman) of the Sanford Housing Authority, and on various non-profit activities.

From 2019 through 2023, Jesse served as the Court Appointed Public Administrator of Moore County. When Jesse isn’t working, he enjoys spending his free time with his wife Denise as well as relaxing with his dogs, Pierogi and Clancy, who are valuable members of the Carolina Tax, Trusts & Estates team.

Memberships and Admissions

• North Carolina State Bar Association
  – Editor of The Will and The Way (the North Carolina Bar Association’s estate planning newsletter) (2015)
• Illinois State Bar Association
• Moore County Bar Association
• American Bar Association (thru 2018)
• North Carolina Captive Insurance Association
  – Founding Member
  – Director (2013-present)
  – Secretary (2013-2015)
  – Treasurer (2014-2015)
  – Membership Committee Member (2014-2015)
  – Chairman (2016)
  – Conference Committee Chairman (2016-2017)
  – Vice Chairman (2017)
• Moore County Chamber of Commerce (previously)
• First Health Professional Advisory Council
• Moore Young Professionals (previously)
• Pinehurst Rotary (2013-2015)
• Commissioner of Sanford, North Carolina Historic Preservation Committee (2014-2015)
• Commissioner of Sanford, North Carolina Housing Authority (2015-present)
  – Vice-Chairman (2017)
  – Chairman (2017)
• United States Tax Court

Publications/Presentations

• Estate Planning & Asset Protection: How To Ensure That You Keep Your Assets and Get Them to Your Loved Ones. Presentation at Moore Regional Hospital, November 10, 2017.
• How Can [Doctors] Legally Save on Taxes. Presentation at Moore Regional Hospital, April 27, 2017.
• Estate Planning 101: The basics of estate planning for life, incapacity, and death. Presentation at the Foundation for FirstHealth, November 11, 2016.
• Estate Planning 101: The basics of estate planning for life, incapacity, and death. Presentation at the Foundation for FirstHealth, November 7, 2016.