Brooks Mackintosh

Estate Planning Attorney

Brooks has practiced law for more than twenty years and is a member of the National Institute of Certified Estate Planners.  He works with clients to determine their needs and drafts wills, living trusts, powers of attorney, advance health care directives, and other planning documents to accomplish their goals.  He also represents executors and family members in probating wills and administering decedents’ estates.Before founding Mackintosh Law, LLC, Brooks was a senior attorney at the U.S. Department of Treasury and a trial attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, for a total of ten years.  In both roles, he handled cases involving complex financial transactions.  He represented the United States at trial, in high-stakes negotiations, and in official delegations to Australia and South Africa.Brooks began his law practice as an attorney at Covington & Burling, a large law firm in Washington, D.C.  Immediately after law school, he served as a law clerk to the Honorable John D. Butzner, Jr., of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.Brooks enjoys running, biking, and volunteering with the Boy Scouts.  He lives with his wife Agnes and their two sons in Decatur.