Wayne R. Kramer

Wayne R. Kramer


Kramer Rayson LLP

Recognized since 1995

Knoxville, Tennessee

Practice Areas

Trusts and Estates

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Wayne R. Kramer has over 30 years of experience in his practice areas of Tax, Real Estate, Estate Planning, Administration and Trusts, and Corporate and Transactional. He represents individuals as well as a wide variety of small businesses and large companies. Mr. Kramer has a sound understanding of the law and is problem solver. He searches for "common ground" between parties in conflict and finds the counseling aspect of law to be the most rewarding. He has provided guidance to individuals, small businesses, and large companies through difficult times as well as in periods of growth and prosperity.

Mr. Kramer assists his clients in a myriad of business and tax issues and provides them with much predictability and guidance as they navigate through the complexities of the ever-changing tax and other laws and as they work with state and local authorities who regulate and implement those laws. Mr. Kramer has extensive experience in taxation and has represented clients with regard to many issues and before various administrative bodies, including the Tennessee Department of Revenue and Tennessee State Board of Equalization.

Recent Presentations

Mr. Kramer has spoken and been involved in program presentations with the National Business Institute,Lorman Education Services, Knox County Estate Planning Council, and accounting groups such as the Institute of Management Accountants relative to Tennessee Sales and Use Tax, Ad Valorem real and tangible personal Property Tax, and Federal Estate and Tennessee Inheritance Tax matters.

Representative Matters

Mr. Kramer recently successfully completed a transaction where the co-owner of a small, closely held business needed significant assistance in the sale of his business interest in that entity to the remaining owners. The relationships among the parties were longstanding, and the nuances of completing the transaction, both from a legal and human relationship standpoint, were significant.He also recently handled a complex business transaction where two co-owners of a business sold their interest to a major company. Again, not only were there legal "hoops" through which the parties needed to move, but the transaction also involved emotion and the difficulties which often arise in the sale of a business which often rise in the sale of a business which has been developed through years of hard work.He has also successfully represented clients in a number of tax cases, some of which are identified above.

Location
  • 800 South Gay Street, Suite 2500
    P.O. Box 629
    Knoxville, TN 37929
Education
  • Seattle University, J.D., graduated 1978
  • Southern Methodist University, M.Div, graduated 1975
Bar Admissions
  • Tennessee, Tennessee Bar Association
Affiliations
  • American Bar Association - Member
  • Knoxville Bar Association - Board of Governors
  • Knoxville Bar Association - Secretary/Treasurer - Tax Section
  • Maryville College - Board of Directors
  • Tennessee Bar Association - Member

Kramer Rayson LLP
Headquarters: Knoxville, Tennessee

18 The Best Lawyers in America® awards

3 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards

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Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2013 - Trusts and Estates
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Trusts and Estates, Knoxville (2013)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2024 for work in:
  • Trusts and Estates
Awards:
  • Best Lawyers in America 1995-2013
  • Best Lawyers 2013 Lawyer of the Year for Trusts & Estates
  • City View Top Attorney for Corporate Law, Taxation and Estate Planning/Trusts
  • Mid-South Super Lawyers

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