In this installment of "Where There's a Will," Eddy Smith explains more trusts and estates-related developments from 2023, including federal estate and gift taxes and the Corporate Transparency Act.

Read about the lawyers who have recently been reinstated, disbarred, suspended, censured or transferred their licenses to disability inactive status.

Enjoy Robert Frost's seasonal poem, "Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening."

Those interested in running for an elected office with the Tennessee Bar Association or as a TBA delegate to the American Bar Association (ABA) House of Delegates have until Feb. 15 to qualify for the 2024 ballot. Positions open this year on the TBA Board of Governors include a new vice president from the state's West Grand Division, four district governors and six grand division governors. For the ABA House of Delegates, four positions are available. To qualify for any of these roles, candidates must file a nominating petition, including the signatures of 25 TBA members in good standing, with the TBA executive director by emailing barED@tnbar.org, or by mail to 3310 West End Ave., Ste. 590, Nashville, TN 37203. The TBA’s website has more information on the election process and the list of available positions.

Suzanne Craig Robertson, former editor of the Tennessee Bar Journal, and Gary Wade, former chief justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court, will be featured speakers at the Rose Glen Literary Festival in Sevierville on Feb. 24. Robertson is the author of “He Called Me Sister: A True Story of Finding Humanity on Death Row," the story of her family's 15-year friendship with Cecil Johnson, who was on Tennessee's death row and was executed in 2009. Johnson's final appeal prior to his execution for multiple counts of first-degree murder was heard during Wade's tenure as chief justice. Join them for an engaging conversation highlighting their perspectives on Johnson’s life and legacy. The event will take place from 2-3 p.m. EST at the Sevierville Convention Center, 202 Gists Creek Rd., Sevierville 37876.