Faculty Profile: Steven Wood

Steven K. Wood is a shareholder in the Firm's Tax Group, focusing his practice in the areas of federal and state income taxation, estate planning and administration, business law, including corporations, partnerships and limited liability companies, and tax-exempt organizations. Prior to his law career, Mr. Wood was a member of the tax practice of a national accounting firm and is a certified public accountant.

 

Professional Honors & Activities

- AVr PreeminentT Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell 

- Listed in The Best Lawyers in Americar since 2007 in the areas of Trusts and Estates, Tax Law and Non-Profit/Charities Law 

- Named the 2015 Nashville  Trusts and Estates "Lawyer of the Year;" 2013 Nashville Non-Profit/Charities Law "Lawyer of the Year;" 2014 and 2012 Nashville Tax Law "Lawyer of the Year" in The Best Lawyers in Americar 

- Member - American Bar Association; Tax and Real Property and Probate Law Sections 

- Member - Tennessee Bar Association 

- Member - Nashville Bar Association; Past Chairman, Tax and Estate Planning Committees 

- Member - Brentwood United Methodist Church 

- Past Member of Staff Pastor, Parish Relations Committee

- Past Board Member, Brentwood United Methodist Church Foundation 

- Past Member of Board of Patient Advocate Ministry, Inc.

 

Admissions

- Tennessee, 1984 

- United States Tax Court, 1985 

- United States Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, 1990 

 

Education

- University of Tennessee College of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1982 

- University of Memphis, B.B.A, magna cum laude, 1978