Faculty Profile: David Parsons

David Bate Parsons is a solo practitioner in Nashville, Tennessee.  He was previously a partner for over thirty years with the Nashville, Tennessee, law firm of Baker, Campbell & Parsons.
 
Mr. Parsons specializes in probate and trust matters, including estate and trust administration, wealth preservation, wealth transfer planning, tax planning and litigation, as well as estate and trust litigation.  He received his undergraduate degree from Duke University and his law degree from the University of Chicago Law School.
 
Mr. Parsons was for seven years with the estate and gift tax division of the Internal Revenue Service.
 
Mr. Parsons is a past president of the Nashville Estate Planning Council; he is a certified public accountant in Tennessee; he is a frequent speaker to professional seminars and programs relating to estate and trust administration, tax planning, wealth preservation (including asset protection planning) and wealth transfer planning.  He is licensed to practice law in Tennessee, the District of Columbia and North Carolina; and he is admitted before U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, the U.S. Tax Court, the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia and the U.S. Supreme Court.