Pigeon Forge, TN

Mack A. Gentry

Mack Gentry founded the firm in 1976. He is a native of Knoxville and a 1966 graduate of the University of Tennessee, where he played and coached football for the Volunteers and was an Academic All-American. Mr. Gentry graduated from the University of Tennessee College of Law in 1968 and later served as an officer in the United States Army. He holds an advanced LL.M. degree in Taxation from New York University and is a John Lyons Certified Horse Trainer. Mr. Gentry has served in a large number of professional and community organizations during his career. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America and Who’s Who in American Law.

Timothy M. McLemore

For more than thirty years, Tim has represented businesses and business owners in complex and sophisticated commercial, corporate, and business transactions. He graduated with high honors from the University of Tennessee College of Law where he was selected to be a member of the Order of the Coif and served on the editorial board of the Tennessee Law Review. Mr. McLemore also earned a post-graduate law degree (LL.M) in Taxation from New York University School of Law. While there, he served as a Graduate Editor of the NYU Tax Law Review. For many years, Mr. McLemore served as an adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Tennessee College of Law teaching courses in taxation, contract drafting, the representation of entities, advocacy and legal writing. Mr. McLemore has been a frequent presenter at continuing education seminars, and serves on various boards, including Emerald Youth Foundation, Second Harvest Food Bank, and Emerald Charter Schools. Tim has previously served as a director of Knox Area Rescue Ministries and Knoxville’s Habitat for Humanity. Mr. McLemore was a member of the 2008 class of Leadership Knoxville and is a member at Cedar Springs Presbyterian Church.

Joel Roettger

Mr. Roettger is a shareholder with the firm. He represents individuals, fiduciaries, entities, and charities in the areas of estate planning, estate administration/probate, trust law, taxation, business succession planning, tax-exemption issues and charitable giving. He frequently speaks to professionals and lay groups on issues related to estate planning and estate administration. He has been certified as an Estate Planning Law Specialist by the National Association of Estate Planners & Councils since 2013.

W. Morris Kizer

Morris Kizer, a native of Milan, Tennessee, graduated from Vanderbilt University in 1972 with a B.A. degree, and from the University of Tennessee College of Law in 1975. Mr. Kizer was selected as a member of the Order of the Coif, and was the Case Notes Editor for the Tennessee Law Review. Mr. Kizer has served as a director and the chairman of Knoxville’s Community Development Corporation, a director and the secretary/treasurer of Knox Area Rescue Ministries, a director of the Mid-South Commercial Law Institute, a member of the Board of Governors of the Knoxville Bar Association and a member of the Board of Directors of the Knoxville Bar Foundation. As an adjunct professor, Mr. Kizer taught transactional law at the University of Tennessee College of Law for five years. He is a Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 31 Mediator and is listed as a certified mediator for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee. Mr. Kizer served as the Law Director for the City of Knoxville from 2004 to 2008.

Maurice K. Guinn

Maurice Guinn grew up in Erwin, Tennessee. He graduated from the University of Tennessee in 1974, after serving two years in the United States Army. In 1977, he graduated from University of Memphis School of Law. While there, he served as the Associate Comments Editor on the University of Memphis Law Review and was the recipient of the American Jurisprudence Award in Constitutional Law. Mr. Guinn worked with the Office of General Counsel for the United States Department of Agriculture in Little Rock, Arkansas from 1978-1982. Before joining Gentry, Tipton & McLemore, P.C., he was a law clerk for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee from 1982-1987. Mr. Guinn is a past Chair for the Tennessee Bar Association Bankruptcy Section. He is a former member of the Chapter 7 Trustee Panel, Eastern District of Tennessee. Mr. Guinn was the trustee-plaintiff in Guinn v. Lines (In re Trans-Lines West, Inc.), 203 B.R. 653 (Bankr. E.D. Tenn. 1996). He is also a board member of the Mid-South Commercial Law Institute and the Secretary for Focus Ministries, a faith-based prison ministry.

Brian D. Blind

Mr. Blind represents businesses and their owners in a variety of commercial and corporate transactions. Much of Mr. Blind’s practice involves the acquisition or finance of multifamily residential or commercial real estate. Mr. Blind graduated with honors from the University of Tennessee College of Law with a Business Transactions Concentration in 1999. While in law school, Mr. Blind was a staff writer for Transactions: The Tennessee Journal of Business Law and was a member of the Business and Tax Law Association. Mr. Blind has previously served on the Board of Directors of Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee.

Tyler C. Huskey

Tyler C. Huskey, a native of Sevierville, Tennessee, graduated with a bachelor’s degree from the University of Tennessee in 1994. Mr. Huskey later attended the Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law at the University of Memphis. While in law school Mr. Huskey was a staff member of the University of Memphis Law Review and was a member of Phi Delta Phi and Phi Kappa Phi. Additionally, Mr. Huskey received the Dean’s Award for Academic Excellence in Property, Civil Procedure, Land Use Planning and Remedies. Mr. Huskey graduated Magna Cum Laude in May 2001. Prior to becoming associated with Gentry, Tipton & McLemore, P.C., Mr. Huskey served as clerk to the Honorable David R. Farmer on the Tennessee Court of Appeals.