Gentry C. Collins
Gentry Collins is an attorney in the firm's Lexington, Kentucky office where she is a member of the firm's Trusts & Estates Service Group. Gentry works with individuals and families to develop and implement estate plans that are tailored to achieve their unique lifetime objectives. She has experience drafting estate plans; planning for estate, gift, and Kentucky inheritance tax; planning for long-term care; designing and implementing business succession plans; counseling clients on business entity selection; administering estates and trusts; litigating fiduciary disputes; and elder law. Gentry works with clients in the emotional processes of estate planning and administration and works to make complex estate and tax planning understandable for the client.
Office of General Counsel, Ethics Subcommittee, Member
Children's Advocacy Center of the Bluegrass, Board of Directors
Lexington Leadership Foundation Amachi Program
Blue Grass Community Foundation (BGCF365), Board of Directors (2023-26)
Lexington Opera House, volunteer
University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law
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University of Kentucky College of Law Scholarship Recipient (2015-18)
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Tax Law Society, President
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National Tax Law Moot Court, Member
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Honors Council, Member
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Student Government Association Supreme Court, Associate Justice
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Trial Advocacy Board, Member
cum laude, with honors
University of Kentucky
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Presidential Scholar
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Lewis Honors College, graduate
Gentry grew up in Shepherdsville, Kentucky and is a proud alumni of the University of Kentucky. Prior to joining the firm, she was an estate planning and administration attorney with a firm in Lexington. During law school, Gentry was a judicial extern for Judge Lucinda Masterson, Fayette Circuit Court, Family Division (Sept.-Dec. 2017).
Outside of work, she enjoys her involvement in the Lexington Leadership Foundation Amachi Program and the Bluegrass Community Foundation - BGCF365.
Kentucky Super Lawyers®, Rising Star (2020-24)
Kentucky Super Lawyers® Honors 49 Stites & Harbison Attorneys for 2024
LOUISVILLE, Ky.—The 2024 edition of Kentucky Super Lawyers® recently honored 49 Stites & Harbison, PLLC attorneys in the Covington, Frankfort, Lexington and Louisville, Ky., offices. The publication named 35 attorneys to the Super Lawyers® list and 14 attorneys to the Rising Stars® list.
Blue Grass Community Foundation Elects Gentry C. Collins to Board of Directors
LEXINGTON, Ky.—Blue Grass Community Foundation has elected Stites & Harbison, PLLC attorney Gentry C. Collins to its Board of Directors. She will serve a three-year term.
Children’s Advocacy Center of the Bluegrass Elects Gentry Collins to Board of Directors
LEXINGTON, Ky.—Children’s Advocacy Center of the Bluegrass (CAC of the Bluegrass) has elected Stites & Harbison, PLLC attorney Gentry C. Collins to its Board of Directors. She will serve a three-year term.
Kentucky Super Lawyers Honors 49 Stites & Harbison Attorneys for 2023
LOUISVILLE, Ky.—The 2023 edition of Kentucky Super Lawyers recently honored 49 Stites & Harbison, PLLC attorneys in the Covington, Frankfort, Lexington and Louisville, Ky., offices. The publication named 37 attorneys to the Super Lawyers list and 12 attorneys to the Rising Stars list.
Stites & Harbison Welcomes Gentry Collins
LEXINGTON, Ky.—Stites & Harbison, PLLC welcomes attorney Gentry C. Collins to the firm. She joins the Trusts & Estates Service Group and will be based in the firm’s Lexington, Ky., office servicing clients across the Commonwealth.