Natasha N. Hazlett

** Now Serving Clients in Tennessee & Idaho**

Natasha focuses her practice primarily on estate planning, probate, along with estate and trust administration. She also has extensive experience in administering and settling complex and contested decedent’s estates, handling will contests, establishing guardianships and conservatorships, and drafting estate planning documents.

Natasha is a frequent speaker on the topics of estate planning and probate.

Prior to joining Johnson May, Natasha worked for a large law firm in Memphis, Tennessee, where she practiced in the areas of estate planning, tax, probate, civil litigation and bankruptcy.

Natasha graduated from Southern Methodist University with B.A. degrees in both Political Science and Advertising. She received her J.D. from the Dedman School of Law at Southern Methodist University.

When she is not practicing law, Natasha enjoys spending time with her three young children and connecting women in her community through Our Gathering Table, an organization she founded to help women find and build deep friendships.

Representative Matters

• Represented personal representatives and trustees in administering multi-million dollar estates & trusts.
• Represented beneficiaries in breach of fiduciary litigation against Trustee and Personal Representative.
• Represented beneficiaries in litigation to remove Personal Representative.
• Represented guarantors in litigation over multi-million dollar personal guarantees.
• Represented corporate trustee in litigation regarding trust modification.
• Assist family members in obtaining guardianship and conservatorships over loved ones.
• Negotiated favorable settlement between four adversarial parties in a highly controversial estate matter.
• Represented shareholder in a derivative action.
• Advised national hotel management company regarding sales tax and hotel tax issues.
• Represented insurance guaranty association in nursing home litigation.
• Represented lender in complex Chapter 11 adversarial proceeding and obtained favorable non-dischargeable judgment against debtor.
• Represented non-profits in obtaining 501(c)(3) classification

 Speaking Engagements

“Estate Planning Basics: Client Interviews & Planning for Incapacity”

“Probate & Inheritance in Idaho” Presentation for the Idaho Land Title Association

“Drafting Basic Estate Planning Documents: Client Interviews & Key Elements of Effective Wills”

“Ethical Considerations in Tax Law and Charitable Planning with Retirement Plan Assets”

“Using Living Trusts and Powers of Attorney as Estate Planning Tools”

“Planning Methods to Control Medical Treatment”

“Asset Protection after the Tennessee Investment Services Act”

“Foreclosures: How Bankruptcy Changes the Landscape”

“Expert Testimony: Going Back to the Basics: An Analysis of Federal and State Law Governing the Admissibility of Expert Testimony”

“Law Practice Ethics”

Publications

Author, “Expert Witnesses: Judges call into question whether experts help juries or replace them,” special to the Memphis Business Journal, 2005″