Faculty Profile: Thomas Buckner

Admitted to Bar:

• Tennessee, 1972

Education:

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

Member:

• Fellow, The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (1994-Present)
• National Council Vanderbilt Law School (2005-2008)
• Fellow, Tennessee Bar Foundation
• Fellow, Memphis Bar Foundation
• 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

Author/Lecturer:

   American College of Trust and Estate Counsel:

• 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 (2006)
• 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:

• Family Limited Partnerships: An Update on Recent Developments & Practical Planning Strategies (2008)
• Update on the Non-Uniform Tennessee Uniform Trust Code and the Tennessee Investment Services Act (2007)
• 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)

   Tennessee Attorneys Memo:

• Update on the Non-Uniform Tennessee Trust Code and the Tennessee Investment Services Act (2007)

   Barristers Educational Services:

• Recent Developments in Tennessee Law (2000, 1999)

Other:

   Awards:

• 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 2005-2010)

   Other:

• Capt., U.S. Air Force (1972)
• Tax Counsel to Memphis Bar Association, Inc. (1991-1993)
• Boys and Girls Club of Memphis; Chairman Planned Giving Committee (2005 - present)
• Board of Editors, Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law (1970-1971)