10 LBMC tax partners
Shareholder Partner, Partner-in-Charge – Tax Services and Tax Principal are among the current titles held by these LBMC tax partners in Tennessee and Kentucky offices. A reader can learn how tax partners work at LBMC from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
April Mitchell
LinkedInExperience: Shareholder Partner, Tax and Wealth Advisory · LBMC
April Mitchell has been Shareholder Partner, Tax and Wealth Advisory at LBMC since June 2019, based in Knoxville, Tennessee, and the profile headline names the Wealth Advisory Services Leader role and work with high-net-worth individuals, trusts and estates. April Mitchell was Tax Senior Manager at LBMC from 2007 to 2019.
Bruce Beck
LinkedInExperience: Tax Partner · LBMC
Bruce Beck is currently Tax Partner at LBMC, based in Brentwood, Tennessee, and the profile headline also reads Tax Partner at LBMC. The profile does not give a start date for the role and lists it at partner level, with no other employers shown in the listing.
Chuck Tomlin
LinkedInExperience: Shareholder/Partner, Tax Services · LBMC
Chuck Tomlin has been Shareholder/Partner, Tax Services at LBMC since September 1999, based in the Nashville metropolitan area. The profile describes helping business owners and executives navigate complex tax landscapes, and the headline names Chuck Tomlin's tax services role at LBMC, PC.
David Garmer
LinkedInExperience: Tax Shareholder Partner · LBMC
David Garmer has been Tax Shareholder Partner at LBMC since November 2022, based in the Knoxville metropolitan area, and the profile headline names M&A and private equity tax work for manufacturing, distribution and service industries. David Garmer was Senior Tax Manager at Crowe from 2008 to 2022.
Jay Hancock
LinkedInExperience: Shareholder Partner · LBMC
Jay Hancock has been Shareholder Partner at LBMC since September 2019, based in Brentwood, Tennessee, and the profile says Jay Hancock leads LBMC's State & Local Tax Practice. Jay Hancock was Executive Director at EY from 2002 to 2019 and Tax Consultant at Arthur Andersen & Co. from 1998 to 2002.
Jeffery Drummonds, CPA
LinkedInExperience: Partner-in-Charge – Tax Services · LBMC
Jeffery Drummonds is listed as Partner-in-Charge – Tax Services at LBMC from July 2001 with no end date, based in Brentwood, Tennessee, and as LBMC Shareholder since January 2024. Jeffery Drummonds was Managing Partner of LBMC from June 2015 to January 2024.
Jonathan Cooke
LinkedInExperience: Partner - Tax Services · LBMC
Jonathan Cooke has been Partner - Tax Services at LBMC since January 1992, based in Brentwood, Tennessee. The profile headline gives the same title under the firm's full name, Partner - Tax Services at Lattimore Black Morgan & Cain, PC, where the title names tax services as the practice.
Nicole Jeppesen, CPA
LinkedInExperience: Shareholder/Partner, Tax Services · LBMC
Nicole Jeppesen has been Shareholder/Partner, Tax Services at LBMC since June 2021, based in the Greater Chattanooga area, and the profile headline names the Chattanooga Market Leader role and tax strategy for high net worth individuals and closely held businesses. Nicole Jeppesen held other roles at the firm as Senior Tax Manager from 2018 to 2021 and Tax Manager from 2015 to 2018.
R. Wayne Elbert
LinkedInExperience: Tax Principal · LBMC
R. Wayne Elbert has been Tax Principal at LBMC since October 2023, with the role listed in Louisville, Kentucky. R. Wayne Elbert was Tax Principal at Strothman and Company, which the profile says is now part of LBMC, from December 2013 to November 2023, and Consultant/CPA at Healthcare Practice Consultants, LLC from 2008 to 2013.
Tim Sturm
LinkedInExperience: Partner - Tax · Lattimore Black Morgan & Cain, PC
Tim Sturm has been Partner - Tax at Lattimore Black Morgan & Cain, PC since July 2003, and the profile also lists Shareholder - Tax at LBMC from the same month, based in the Nashville metropolitan area. The profile headline names business tax work for family-owned and closely held businesses and estate, gift and income tax.
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01What does a typical week look like for you as a tax partner?
- 02How has your own tax practice changed since you became a partner?
- 03What do people outside the field most often misunderstand about the tax side of a business decision?
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