About Us

Cecil Smith, JD & Holly Hall, JD
Attorneys and Counselors at Law

Cecil Smith, JD

Holly Hall, JD

Biographical Sketches

Cecil Smith is the founder, owner and President of CECIL SMITH & ASSOCIATES, PC, a law firm with offices in Memphis and Nashville. Cecil, a former IRS Estate Tax Attorney, has practiced law since 1968. Cecil has written over 10,000 wills and trusts and has dedicated his career to assisting clients with their estate and business planning needs. Cecil and his law firm have the highest rating given by Martindale Hubbell, a company which evaluates and rates attorneys nationally.

Education
	Undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee.
	Eighteen hours of graduate accounting courses after law school at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee.
	Fellow of the EP Institute. Graduate of Masters I.
Licensed
	Licensed to practice law in Tennessee.
	Licensed to practice law in Wyoming.
Professional Memberships and Affiliations
	Co-founder of the TETON INSTITUTE.
	Memphis Estate Planning Council.
	Nashville Estate Planning Council.
	Memphis Planned Giving Council.
	Nashville Planned Giving Council.
	Founding member of e.Planners Educational Alliance, a national non-profit organization of estate planning attorneys.
	Founding member of WealthCounsel, LLC.
	Founding member of the National Network of Estate Planning Attorneys.
	Member of the UBS Attorney Network since 1990.
	Tennessee Bar Association.
	Wyoming Bar Association.
	Memphis Bar Association.
	Nashville Bar Association.
	Martindale-Hubbell “AV” Rating. This is the highest rating awarded by this national rating company.
	Member, Portrait Society of America.
	Member, Wyoming Watercolor Society.
Teaching Positions
	Adjunct Professor, Michigan State University, Academy of Multidisciplinary Practice.
	Instructor for Wealth Council, LLC
	Instructor for the TETON INSTITUTE, teaching advanced estate planning strategies to CPAs, financial advisors and other estate planning attorneys.
	Instructor for Advanced Wealth Studies Institute, LLC, teaching sophisticated estate planning strategies to attorneys.
	Instructor for Wealth Council, LLC, teaching two-day & three-day specialty estate planning workshops.
	Former Instructor for the National Network of Estate Planning Attorneys.
	Former instructor in estate planning for the University of Memphis Continuing Education Program, Memphis, Tennessee.
	Former instructor for Christian Brothers University, Memphis, Tennessee, training paralegals in estate planning and probate administration.
Published Works
	A Comparison of the Wyoming LLC and the Arizona LLC, coauthored with Carol Gonnella, Arizona Bar Journal.
	Love, Money, Control. Reinventing Estate Planning (contributing author).
	Giving. Philanthropy for Everyone (contributing author).
	Living and Learning: Planning for Retirement and Education (contributing author).
	The Wyoming Close LLC KIT, Co-authored with Carol Gonnella.
Publications Authored
	Cecil & Carol's Big Book of Business Entities.
	How to Fund Your Estate Plan.
	BERT! The Wonder Trust™
	Why Wyoming?
	Asset Protection for Physicians.
Directorships
	Director, e.Planners Educational Alliance.
	Director, Co-owner and CEO of TETON AGENTS, Inc.
	Director and Co-owner of TETON PUBLISHERS, LLC.
	Director and Co-owner of the TETON INSTITUTE, LLC.
	Director, Secretary and Shareholder, National Security and Trust Company.
	Director, Secretary and Shareholder, Vital Records Control, Inc.
	Director, Secretary and Shareholder, Information Vaulting Services, Inc.

Cecil speaks often to CPAs, financial advisors, physicians, business owners and other estate planning attorneys about estate planning, asset protection planning and charitable planning.

Prior to joining CECIL SMITH & ASSOCIATES, PC, Holly Hall practiced for four years primarily in the areas of commercial and residential real estate. Holly joined the Firm in 2007, and supports Cecil Smith in estate planning, asset planning, business planning, post-mortem settlement of trusts and estates, and real estate matters.

Education
	Christian Brothers University, Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, Cum Laude, 1999.
	University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, Juris Doctorate, 2003.
Licenses and Certifications
	Licensed to practice law in Tennessee.
	Licensed to practice law in Mississippi.
	Approved Attorney for Chicago Title Insurance Company.
	Bar Affiliations
	Member of the Memphis Bar Association.
	Member of the Mississippi Bar Association.
	Member of the American Bar Association.
	Member of WealthCounsel, LLC.