Jeannette Tysinger – Kingsport Estate Planning Attorney

Jeannette Tysinger |

Hunter, Smith & Davis, LLP

(423) 283-6320

https://www.hsdlaw.com/

1212 North Eastman Road
Kingsport, TN 37664

Jeannette Tysinger | Hunter, Smith & Davis, LLP

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Firm Summary

Jeannette Smith Tysinger has a diverse practice emphasizing estate planning and administration, real estate and development, business and nonprofit organizational and operational matters, contracts (employment and business), tax matters, and business immigration. Jeannette graduated from the University of Tennessee (B.B.A. in Accounting), Samford University – Cumberland School of Law (J.D.) and East Tennessee State University (MBA) and served as a volunteer and board member with various charitable organizations. While Jeannette grew up in southeast Tennessee, she has made her home in the northeast Tennessee area since 1997 and enjoys the unique beauty of this region.

Jeannette Smith Tysinger started her legal career with a title company in Birmingham, Alabama, while in law school, working with residential and commercial lending institutions. Jeannette also interned with both the District Court of Jefferson County, Alabama, and the U. S. Attorneys’ Office for the Northern District of Alabama in both their criminal and civil divisions. After moving back to Tennessee, Jeannette’s practice quickly evolved to include more complex real estate matters, tax, corporate and business matters, nonprofit matters, tax-exempt status and tax workouts, and estate planning and administration. Jeannette worked with an estate and tax planning and business law boutique firm for almost 15 years prior to coming to Hunter, Smith & Davis, LLP in 2011.

Jeannette has worked extensively in providing guidance in start-up, tax and employment compliance, non-SEC mergers and acquisitions, and business succession and termination issues for small and medium-sized businesses. Her current practice also emphasizes estate planning for individuals and families planning for their future retirement, including revocable and irrevocable trusts, specialized trusts, asset protection trusts, tax planning trusts, and/or trusts for charitable endowments or scholarships. Jeannette has also assisted businesses in the area with the use of PILOT and incremental tax financing programs and environmental compliance with TDEC Brownfield programs.

Jeannette is a member of the Washington County and Tennessee Bar Associations, including serving on the Executive Board of the TBA Tax Section. She provides seminars on various estate planning, business and tax topics for other attorneys, small business organizations, and the general public. Jeannette also enjoys several outdoor activities that northeast Tennessee has to offer with her family, including, kayaking, hiking and mountain biking.

Practice Areas

  • Estate Planning
  • Administration & Litigation
  • Tax and Asset Protection Planning
  • Business and Nonprofit Formation, Dissolution, and Transactions
  • Real Estate

Education

  • Cumberland School of Law, Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama
    • J.D. – 1996
  • East Tennessee State University
    • M.B.A. – 2003
  • University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee
    • B.B.A., Bachelor of Business Administration – 1992
    • Major: Accounting

Presentations & Publications

  • NBI, “Estate Planning from Start to Finish” – Johnson City, Tennessee – June 2014
  • TBA, Tax Law Forum 2018, “Non-Profits And Reporting Requirements,” Nashville, Tennessee – September 2018
  • “Wayfair & You (Sales Tax and the New Economic Nexus),” HSD Newsletter, January 2019
  • Various immigration social media publications
  • Various estate planning, immigration, and business entity lectures and informational programming on behalf of several local businesses and nonprofits for their clients and customers

Professional & Civic Involvement

  • Tennessee Bar Association, Member – 1996 to present
    • – Executive Board Member of the TBA Tax Section
  • Washington County Bar Association, Member – 1996 to present
  • Tri-Cities Estate Planning Council, Member and Former Board Member – 2004 to present
  • Zeta Tau Alpha Women’s Fraternity, Lambda Kappa Chapter, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina – Financial Advisor – 2011 to 2023
  • Tri-Cities, TN, Zeta Tau Alpha Alumni Chapter – former President, Vice-President and MSABC Liaison for American Cancer Society and Tennessee Zeta Day Co-Chair – 2007 to 2024
  • Holston Habitat for Humanity – Board Member & Financial Committee Member – February 2017 to February 2022

Admissions

  • Tennessee, 1996