Charles Arthur Trost is a lawyer practicing trusts and estates, estate planning, education law and 8 other areas of law. Charles received a B.A. degree from Vanderbilt University in 1960, and has been licensed for 63 years. Charles practices at Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, LLP in Nashville, TN.
Professional
•Associate Dean for External Affairs, Belmont University College of Law, 2011-Present
•fellow, American College of Tax Counsel
•fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel
•Tennessee Uniform Law Commissioner, 1997-Present
•Treasurer and Member of Executive Committee, National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, 2005-Present
•Member, State and Local Tax Committee of the Tax Section of the American Bar Association
•Adjunct Faculty Member, University of Tennessee College of Law (1974) and Vanderbilt Law School (1996-1997)
•Chair, ULC Committee to Redraft the Uniform Division of Income for Tax Purposes Act, 2007-2008
•Member, American Law Institute, 1997-2009
•fellow, Tennessee Bar Foundation, Nashville Bar Foundation and the Uniform Law Foundation
•Member, Board of Directors of the Paul Hartman State and Local Tax Forum
•Former Chairman and Vice-Chairman, Tax Section of the Tennessee Bar Association
•Former Chairman and Vice-Chairman, Tax Committee of the Nashville Bar Association
•Former Chairman, Probate Committee and Probate Rules Subcommittee of the Nashville Bar Association
•Former President, Maury County Bar Association, 1970
•Rule 31 Listed General Civil MediatorPrior Affiliations
•Commissioner, Tennessee Department of Revenue, 2010-2011
•Professor of Law, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL,1974-1981
•Partner, Courtney, Trost, Leech & Hardin, Columbia, TN, 1964-1974
•Law Clerk to the Honorable William E. Miller, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, 1963-1964
Community
•Trustee, Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee, 1992-Present
•Member, Board of Directors of The Land Trust for Tennessee, 2000-Present
•Member, Metropolitan Employee Benefit Board, Nashville-Davidson County, 2005-2006
Nashville City Center511 Union Street, Suite 2700Nashville, TN 37219U.S.A.
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