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Lewis R. Donelson, III

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Lewis R. Donelson, III

Lewis R. Donelson, III

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Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC
20th Floor, First Tennessee Building, 165 Madison Avenue
Memphis, Tennessee  38103
(Shelby Co.)

Telephone: 901-526-2000
Telecopier: 901-577-2303
http://www.bakerdonelson.com



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Practice AreasTax; Corporate Law; Constitutional Law; School Equal Protection; Estate Planning; Probate
 
EducationGeorgetown University Law Center, LL.B., 1941, Rhodes College, B.A., with distinction in Political Science, 1938
 
Admitted1940, Tennessee; 1941, District of Columbia
 
MembershipsMemphis, Tennessee and American (Member, Taxation Section) Bar Associations; District of Columbia Bar.
 
BornMemphis, Tennessee, October 9, 1917
 
BiographyRecipient, Tennessee Medical Association Community Service Award, 2007. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America for Corporate Law and Tax Law, 1983—. Named, Memphis "Lawyer of the Year" for Corporate Law by The Best Lawyers in America, 2009. Member, Board of Trustees: Southwestern at Memphis, 1958-1968; Memphis Theological Seminary, 1978-1989. Memphis City Councilman, 1968-1972. Delegate Tennessee Constitutional Convention, 1971. Commissioner, Finance and Administration, State of Tennessee, 1979-1981. Director, St. Jude's Children Research Hospital, 1986—. Chairman of the Board, Memphis Regional Medical Center, 1996—. Member, Tennessee Higher Education Commission, 1981-1990. Fellow: Tennessee Bar Association.(Also at Chattanooga, Knoxville and Nashville Offices)
 
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