Tennessee residents facing estate planning issues have access to attorneys who specialize in wills, trusts, powers of attorney, advance directives, and wealth transfer strategies. The legal framework in Tennessee differs from other states in important ways, and the attorneys listed here have experience navigating Circuit Court proceedings and the specific regulations that govern estate planning cases in this jurisdiction.

The statute of limitations for estate planning matters in Tennessee is generally 6 years, though specific deadlines vary by case type. Cases proceed through Circuit Court, and Tennessee's state laws may provide protections or requirements that differ from federal standards. The Tennessee Bar Association sets the professional standards for practitioners, and attorneys who focus on estate planning in Tennessee bring jurisdictional expertise that general practitioners often lack.

When selecting an estate planning attorney in Tennessee, consider their specific experience with cases like yours, their familiarity with Circuit Court procedures, and their track record. The attorneys listed on this page serve clients throughout Tennessee and have profiles that include their credentials, practice areas, office locations, and client reviews. Comparing multiple attorneys helps you find the right fit for your situation and budget.

For a detailed overview of how estate planning law works in Tennessee — including key statutes, deadlines, and what to expect from the legal process — Read our complete guide to estate planning law in Tennessee. If you're ready to take the next step, browse the attorney profiles below and reach out for a free consultation.

Seamus Kelly - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Music City Law, PLLC
 1033 Demonbreun Street Suite 300 Nashville TN 37203
(615) 200-0682
Vanderbilt University Law School (2010)
English
Bar #032202
Tennessee Bar
Active License
Verified
Antitrust Law Appeals & Appellate Business Law
MJ Thomas - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
The Law Office of M.J. Thomas
 1050 Glenbrook Way, Suite 480, PMB 195 Hendersonville TN 37075
Tennessee Bar
Unknown Status
Consumer Law Entertainment & Sports Law Estate Planning
Peter Amoruso - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Quist, Fitzpatrick, & Jarrard, PLLC
 800 S. Gay Street Ste. 2121 Knoxville TN 37929
8655241873206
Lincoln Memorial University (2019)
Bar #040982
Tennessee Bar
Active License
Verified
Bankruptcy Business Law Criminal Law
William Ira Howell Acuff - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Acuff & Acuff, P.C.
 101 S Jefferson Ave Cookeville TN 38501
(931) 526-6123
Pepperdine University (1991)
Bar #016567
U.S. Supreme Court Bar
Active License
Verified
Appeals & Appellate Business Law Estate Planning
Ashley Edgar Waters - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Waters Law
 116 Locust Avenue Suite A Cookeville TN 38501
(931) 559-2889
Nashville School of Law (2009)
Bar #032782
Tennessee Bar
Active License
Verified
Elder Law Estate Planning Family Law
Thomas Wormouth Shumate - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 2900 Vanderbilt Place Suite 100 Nashville TN 37212
(615) 229-7499
University of Notre Dame (1995)
English
Bar #019595
Tennessee Bar
Active License
Verified
Appeals & Appellate Arbitration & Mediation Business Law
Robert Payne Cave Sr. - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
The Cave Law Office, PLLC
 414 Shelby St Kingsport TN 37660
(423) 245-0928
Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville (1973)
English
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Tennessee Bar
Unknown Status
Bankruptcy Criminal Law Divorce
Jim Williams - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Jim Williams & Associates, Lawyers at Law, LLC
 324 Cherokee Street Kingsport TN 37660-4336
(423) 230-0006
University of Tennessee - Knoxville (1994)
English
Bar #018466
Virginia Bar
Active License
Verified
Appeals & Appellate Bankruptcy Criminal Law
Stan Medlin - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Black McLaren Jones Ryland & Griffee, P.C.
 530 Oak Court Drive Suite 360 Memphis TN 38117
(901) 762-0535
Lee University
Tennessee Bar
Unknown Status
Divorce Employment Law Estate Planning
Amanda Howell Castillo - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
AHC Lawyer at Law, PLLC
 2524 Hospitality Ln Columbia TN 38401
(931) 451-7669
Nashville School of Law (2015)
Tennessee Bar
Unknown Status
Business Law Criminal Law DUI & DWI
Amy Farrar - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Tennessee Center for Estate & Elder Law in Murfreesboro, Tennessee
 718 South Church Street Mufreesboro TN 37130
(615) 869-7450
University of Mississippi School of Law (2002)
Tennessee Bar
Unknown Status
Appeals & Appellate Business Law Elder Law
Wayne M Bridgham - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Best & Brock PLLC
 1257 Market Street Chattanooga TN 37402
Widener University Commonwealth Law School (2017)
English, Spanish
Tennessee Bar
Unknown Status
Business Law Criminal Law Employment Law
Jerry Long - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 9111 Cross Park Drive Suite D200 Knoxville TN 37923
University of Tennessee College of Law (2013)
English
Bar #036101
Tennessee Bar
Active License
Verified
Business Law Employment Law Estate Planning
Chase Walker - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
The CW Firm
 1502 McCallie Avenue Chattanooga TN 37404
Lincoln Memorial University - John J. Duncan, Jr. School of Law (2019)
English
Bar #040380
Tennessee Bar
Active License
Verified
Business Law Criminal Law Estate Planning
Rebecca A. Bell-Houchin - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Belle Vie Legacy Law, PLLC; Valerie Webb & Associates
 Suite C White House TN 37188
(615) 334-1336
Western New England University School of Law (2017)
Bar #021389
Active License
Verified
Business Law Elder Law Estate Planning
Cody Galaher - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
BLINK LAW, NASHVILLE LLC
 Fifth Third Center | Suite 2000 424 Church Street Nashville TN 37219
(615) 651-7393
Mississippi College School of Law
English
Bar #035794
U.S. District Court Middle District of Tennessee Bar
Active License
Verified
Agricultural Law Appeals & Appellate Arbitration & Mediation
Mark W Litchford - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Litchford, Pearce & Associates, PLLC
 5726 Marlin Road Franklin Bldg, Ste 107 Chattanooga TN 37411
University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law (2005)
English
Tennessee Bar
Unknown Status
Business Law Criminal Law DUI & DWI
Valerie Epstein - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 724 Cherry Street Chattanooga TN 37402
(423) 265-5100
University of Tennessee - Knoxville (1989)
English
Tennessee Bar
Unknown Status
Business Law Estate Planning Medical Malpractice
Zachary Scott Gainous - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
The Fruitful Firm
 3102 West End Avenue Suite 400 Nashville TN 37203
(615) 671-4301
Middle Tennessee State University
English
Bar #036804
Tennessee Bar
Active License
Verified
Business Law Communications & Internet Law Entertainment & Sports Law
Bradford Glenn Wood Jr. - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Cameron, Goolsby & Gross Lawyers at Law
 100 S. Jefferson Ave. Cookeville TN 38501
(931) 526-3366
Lincoln Memorial University - John J. Duncan, Jr. School of Law (2016)
English
Tennessee Bar
Unknown Status
Business Law Divorce Estate Planning
William Jackson Brown - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
William J. Brown & Associates, PLLC
 23 N Ocoee St Cleveland TN 37311
(423) 476-4515
University of Tennessee - Knoxville (1977)
English
Bar #005450
Tennessee Bar
Active License
Verified
Criminal Law Divorce DUI & DWI
Debora Carroll - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Carroll Law Office
 4322 Harding Pike Suite 417 - 16 Nashville-Davidson County TN 37205
(615) 600-5159
Bar #030097
Tennessee Bar
Active License
Verified
Business Law Elder Law Estate Planning
Katherine Everette - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Everette Law Office
 1222 16th Ave So. Suite #25 nashville TN 37203
(615) 244-8665
Nashville School of Law (1998)
Tennessee Bar
Active License
Divorce Estate Planning Family Law
David L. Robbins - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Brandt & Robbins, P.C.
 206 Princeton Rd Suite 25 Johnson City TN 37601
(423) 282-1981
Appalachian School of Law (2006)
English
Bar #028157
Tennessee Bar
Active License
Verified
Business Law Elder Law Estate Planning
Alyssa Castronovo - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Cole Law Group, PC
 1648 Westgate Cir #301 Brentwood TN 37027
(615) 490-6020
Pennsylvania State University
English
Tennessee Bar
Active License
Business Law Divorce Employment Law
Michael Kuebler - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Kuebler and Associates, PLLC
 6234 Perimeter Dr STE B103 Chattanooga TN 37421
(423) 285-6434
Nashville School of Law (2012)
English
Bar #034758
Tennessee Bar
Active License
Verified
Arbitration & Mediation Business Law Construction Law
James D. Purple - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Own Law Office
 6406 East Brainerd Road Chattanooga TN 37421
University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law (1978)
English
Bar #009833
6th Circuit Bar
Active License
Verified
Bankruptcy Criminal Law Divorce
Joseph M. Barrett - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Ramsey, Thornton, Barrett & Herbert, PLC
 10200 Ramsey Way Dickson TN 37055
(615) 740-5700
University of Mississippi (1997)
Tennessee Bar
Unknown Status
Business Law Collections Construction Law
Byron Keith Lindberg - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Lindberg Law PLLC
 610 N Garden St BSMT Columbia TN 38401
(931) 674-1984
University of Baltimore School of Law (1999)
Bar #019822
Tennessee Bar
Active License
Verified
Construction Law Estate Planning Personal Injury
Fred R Denson - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Office of Fred Denson
 1550 N Mount Juliet RD STE 110 Mount Juliet TN 37122
(615) 754-4895
University of Tennessee - Knoxville (1972)
U.S. Supreme Court Bar
Unknown Status
Arbitration & Mediation Elder Law Employment Law
John Chadwick Long - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Sindle & Long, Lawyers at Law
 130 South Water Avenue Gallatin TN 37066
(615) 451-0307
Nashville School of Law (2002)
Bar #025526
Tennessee Bar
Active License
Verified
Appeals & Appellate Business Law Criminal Law
Colton Baker - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
D. Colton Baker, Lawyer at Law
 P.O. Box 758 Alcoa TN 37701
(865) 233-4595
Nashville School of Law (2008)
English
Tennessee Bar
Unknown Status
Divorce Estate Planning Family Law
Brock A. Goetz - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 408 N Cedar Bluff Rd Ste. #160 Knoxville TN 37923
(865) 263-4460
Bar #040255
Tennessee Bar
Active License
Verified
Business Law Criminal Law Divorce
Russell E. Freeman - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Freeman & Bracey, PLC
 P.O. Box 527 Goodlettsville TN 37070
(615) 859-1328
University of Memphis (1988)
English
Tennessee Bar
Unknown Status
Estate Planning Family Law Personal Injury
Crystal M. Etue - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Offices of Crystal Etue, PLLC
 202 4th Ave. S., Suite 202 Franklin TN 37064
(615) 721-7983
Southern University Law Center (2017)
English
Tennessee Bar
Unknown Status
Divorce Entertainment & Sports Law Estate Planning
Rodney Mark Scott - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 12 S Public Square Murfreesboro TN 37130
(615) 896-3158
Case Western Reserve University (1979)
English
Bar #011316
Ohio Bar
Active License
Verified
Business Law Collections Consumer Law
Timothy Louis Takacs - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Tennessee Pooled Trust
 104 Wyncrest Way, Ste. 100 Hendersonville TN 37075
(615) 824-2571
Vanderbilt University Law School (1977)
English
Bar #007294
Tennessee Bar
Active License
Verified
Elder Law Estate Planning
Jenna McDonald Nichols - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Black McLaren Jones Ryland & Griffee P.C.
 530 Oak Court Drive Suite 360 Memphis TN 38117
University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law (2011)
English
Bar #033430
Tennessee Bar
Active License
Verified
Divorce Employment Law Estate Planning
Todd Hull - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Todd Hull Law PLLC
 207 N. Boone Street Suite 23 Johnson City TN 37604
(423) 270-4855
Middle Tennessee State University (2020)
English
Tennessee Bar
Active License
Criminal Law DUI & DWI Elder Law
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