Practice Areas:
Income Tax; Estate Planning;
Probate; Mergers and Acquisitions

Direct Dial Number:
(901) 260-5122

Direct Fax:
(901) 435-5122

Cellular:
(901) 240-7660

Email Address:
tbuckner@appersoncrump.com

Legal Assistant:
Joye Thetford
(901) 260-5148

Admitted to Bar:
Tennessee, 1972

Education:
Virginia Military Institute (B.A., 1969)
Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1972)

Author/Lecturer:

American College of Trust and Estate Counsel:
Update on the Tennessee Uniform Trust Code (2007); Drafting Considerations under the Uniform Trust Code (Southern Regional Meeting, 2006); Family Limited Partnerships: Current Developments in Wealth Preservation (Southern Regional Meeting 2005)

Tennessee Bar Association:
Update on the Tennessee Uniform Trust Code (2007); Uniform Trust Code Drafting Issues (2007); Family Limited Partnerships: Current Developments in Wealth Preservation (2005); Tax Law for the Non-Tax Specialist (2003); Estate Planning Seminar - Family Limited Partnerships (1997)

Memphis Bar Association:
Planning with Grantor Retained Annuity Trusts, Valuation Discounts and Family Limited Partnerships, Limited Liability Companies and Fractional Ownership Interests: An Analysis of Strangi, Bongard, and Kimbell (2005); Practical Drafting for Wills and Trusts (2004); Income and Gift Tax Planning for Irrevocable and Revocable Trusts (2003); How to Probate a Will (2003); Drafting for Flexibility in Wills and Trusts (2000); The Income Tax Aspects of Entity Selection (2001); Estates and Trusts in the Era of EGTRRA (2001); Estate Planning and Divorce (1999); Estate Planning Seminar - Family Limited Partnerships (1996, 1998)

National Business Institute:
Practical Drafting for Wills and Trusts (2004); Successful Wealth Transfer Techniques in Tennessee (2001, 2002); Trusts, Estate Planning and Divorce in Tennessee (1999); Tennessee Nonprofits - Tax and Business Answers (1997); Asset Preservation Techniques in Tennessee (1996); Family Limited Partnerships in Tennessee (2003, 1996, 1995); Living Trusts and Other Estate Planning Alternatives in Tennessee (1995); Administration of the Estate in Tennessee (1992); Tennessee Probate: Beyond the Basics (1988); Estate Planning & Probate in Tennessee (1987); Basic Probate in Tennessee (1987);

University of Memphis Law School:
Practice Skills Seminar (1988, 1987)

Barristers Educational Services:
Recent Developments in Tennessee Law (2000, 1999)

Member:
American College of Trust and Estate Counsel Fellow (1994-Present)
Memphis Bar Association (Chairman, Wills and Probate Section 2001 - 2003); Chairman, CLE Committee (2005 - 2006)
Tennessee Bar Association (Vice-Chairman, Tax, Probate & Trust Section, 1999)
American Bar Association
Estate Planning Council of Memphis
Planned Giving Council of Greater Memphis

Other:
Listed in 101 Best Lawyers in Tennessee (Business TN 2004)
Listed in past and current editions of “Best Lawyers in America,” published by Woodward/White, Aiken, South Carolina
Listed in 150 Best Lawyers in Tennessee (Business TN 2005-07)
Fellow, Tennessee Bar Foundation

Tax Counsel to Memphis Bar Association, Inc. (1991-93)

Capt., U.S. Air Force (1972)

National Council of Vanderbilt University Law School (2005 - Present)

Boys and Girls Club of Memphis; Chairman Planned Giving Committee (2005 - present)

Board of Editors, Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law (1970-71)