Lynda Wray Black

Lynda Wray Black practices in the areas of estate and gift taxation, estate planning, probate, family law, guardian/conservatorship law, and assisted reproductive technology law. Ms. Black is a member of the firm’s fertility law group. She was admitted to the state bar of New York in 1990 and the state bar of Tennessee in 1996.

A native of Memphis, Tennessee, Ms. Black received a B.A. in Philosophy, summa cum laude, from the University of Memphis in 1986. She earned her Juris Doctorate degree from Yale Law School in 1989. Ms. Black is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, having been on the faculty since 1997 first as an adjunct professor and joining the full-time faculty in 2010. At the University of Memphis School of Law, Ms. Black has taught courses in Reproductive Rights, Family Law, Estate Planning, Contracts, Commercial Law, Business Organizations, Non-Profit Organizations, Trust Law, and Decedents’ Estates.