Turney P. Berry
Adjunct Professor of Law
Member, Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs
J.D. Vanderbilt University
B.A., B.L.A. University of Memphis
Turney P. Berry concentrates his practice in the areas of estate planning, fiduciary matters and charitable planning. He is a member of the Legal Advisory Committee of the Council on Foundations, a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC) and serves as 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, Professor Berry 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. He 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, and his articles have been published in numerous scholarly journals and periodicals, including Trusts and Estates, The Journal of Taxation, Business First of Louisville and the Louisville Courier-Journal. He is also 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 past chair of the Louisville Bar Association Probate and Estate Planning Section and a member of the Louisville Estate Planning Council.
At Vanderbilt, he teachers Advanced Estate Planning and Representing the Family Business. He is also a regular lecturer before lawyers, accountants, trust officers, and financial planners at institutes and seminars across the country.
