Blaine Smith’s trusts and estates practice focuses on representing high net worth individuals with the transfer of their wealth to their children and future generations in the most efficient way possible. He also has an extensive probate and fiduciary litigation practice where he represents trustees, executors and beneficiaries in estate and trust related disputes.
Nashville Bar Association — Estate Planning Committee; Probate Law Committee
Nashville Bar Foundation — Fellow
Tennessee Bar Association
American Bar Association
American College of Trust and Estate Counsel — Fellow
Estate Planning Council of Middle Tennessee — Board Member
Representation of Empower Community Care, a leading global behavioral health organization responsible for distributing evidence-based programs and technologies, in its acquisition of F.F.T. LLC, who provides training and support services for the Functional Family Therapy model, an evidence-based intervention that has received international recognition for its outcomes in helping troubled youth and their families. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Represented Maxor National Pharmacy Services Corporation in its sale of equity and rollover to Beecken Petty O’Keefe & Company
Represented Lochinvar Corporation, a family-owned manufacturer of commercial and residential boilers, in its $420 million acquisition by A.O. Smith Corporation
Represented Tennessee Wine & Spirits in its sale to Lipman Brothers, Tennessee’s oldest wine and spirits distributor
Represented HCA Inc. in its $33 billion going-private recapitalization transaction
Represented MedSolutions, Inc. in the minority investment made by TA Associates
Represented Advance Food Company, Inc. and Advance Brands, LLC in a merger with Pierre Foods, Inc. to form the company AdvancePierre Food
Chambers High Net Worth Guide — Private Wealth Law (2019-2022), Up and Coming (2017-2018)
Best Lawyers® — Nashville Trusts and Estates “Lawyer of the Year” (2023); Nashville Litigation: Trusts and Estates “Lawyer of the Year” (2018, 2016)
The Best Lawyers in America© — Litigation: Trusts and Estates; Trusts and Estates (2011-2023)
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law — Member