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Turney P. Berry

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Adjunct Professor of Law .Member, Wyatt Tarrant & Combs

Voice: 502-562-7505
Email: tberry@wyattfirm.com
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Education

J.D. Vanderbilt University
B.A., B.L.A. University of Memphis

Biography

Turney P. Berry concentrates his practice in the areas of estate planning, fiduciary matters and charitable planning. Professor Berry is listed in The Best Lawyers in America - Trusts and Estates and is a member of the Legal Advisory Committee of the Council on Foundations. He is a regent of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC) and is chair of the Charitable Planning and Exempt Organization Committee, a member of the Estate and Gift Tax Committee, the Program Committee and the State Laws Committee. In addition, he is a delegate to the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (NCCUSL), serving on a committee to revise the Uniform Probate Code, and a committee to create a mechanism whereby real estate can be transferred without probate. Professor Berry is a member of the National Committee on Planned Giving and Kentuckiana Planned Giving Council, and an adjunct member of the American Association of Life Underwriters. Professor Berry has been an articles editor of The Tax Lawyer, a past chair of the Louisville Bar Association Probate and Estate Planning Section, a member of the Louisville Estate Planning Council, and is a regular lecturer before lawyers, accountants, trust officers and financial planners at institutes and seminars across the country. Articles by Professor Berry have been published in, among others, Trusts and Estates, The Journal of Taxation, Business First of Louisville, and the Louisville Courier-Journal. Professor Berry is the author or co-author of three Tax Management Portfolios: Estate Tax Deductions - Sections 2053 and 2054, Private Foundations - Self Dealing - Section 4941, and Taxable Expenditures - Section 4945. He is a regular lecturer before lawyers, accountants, trust officers and financial planners at institutes and seminars across the country.
 



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