Cynthia J. Tobin is a partner and joined the firm in 1997. Ms. Tobin’s practice is generally limited to estate planning, trust and probate administration, elder law issues, federal estate tax and state inheritance tax, fiduciary tax and gift tax matters, including the preparation of related income tax returns for trust and probate estates.

Ms. Tobin is certified as an Estate Planning Specialist by the Tennessee Commission on Continuing Legal Education and Specialization. She is an Accredited Estate Planner (AEP) and holds an Estate Planning Specialist (EPLS) designation awarded by the Estate Law Specialist Board, the only approved American Bar Association program which certifies specialists in the field of estate planning.

Ms. Tobin has lectured at numerous attorney and CPA seminars regarding estate planning, estate and gift tax, charitable gifts and generation-skipping transfer tax issues and trust and probate practice.  In addition, she is also a frequent speaker to local groups in the community. 

Ms. Tobin received her Bachelor of Science Degree in Legal Assistance from the University of Minnesota, Moorhead, in 1984, and her Juris Doctor Degree from the Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law at the University of Memphis in 1993.

Ms. Tobin’s community involvement includes: former member of the Board of Directors of the Humane Society of Memphis and Shelby County and Senior Services, former President of the Memphis Horticultural Society and is a graduate of the Master Gardner program. Currently, She is a  member of the Memphis Horticulture Society, Mid-South  Hydrangea Society and the Hosta Society.  In 1998, Ms. Tobin received the Mid-South Women in Business Award for the “Professional Woman’s” category.

Ms. Tobin is a member of the Memphis and Shelby County Bar Association, Tennessee Bar Association and the Memphis Estate Planning Council.