Gordon Wright is past Chair of the Firm's Estate Planning Practice Group and a member of the Firm's Trusts, Estates & Personal Planning Service Team.  He concentrates his practice in the areas of estate planning and estate administration, employee benefits and taxation. Gordon is active as a Fellow in the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC) where he serves on the Employee Benefits Committee and the Fiduciary Income Tax Committee.

Education

J.D., Stanford University, 1982

B.A., Vanderbilt University, magna cum laude; 1979

• Phi Beta Kappa

Distinctions

• AV Rating by Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory
• Woodward/White’s The Best Lawyers in America® in the areas of Trusts & Estates and Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, 2006-present
• Best Lawyers® 2012 and 2020 Louisville Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law "Lawyer of the Year"
• Recognized among Kentucky Super Lawyers® in the areas of Estate & Probate and Employee Benefits Law
• Recognized as one of the "Top Lawyers" in the areas of employee benefits law and trusts, wills & estates law by Louisville Magazine
• Louisville Bar Association Outstanding Volunteer Lawyer Award

Professional Activities

• American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, Employee Benefits Committee and Fiduciary Income Tax Committee
• Louisville and Kentucky Bar Associations, Probate Committees
• Louisville Bar Association Diversity and Inclusion Committee, Member
• Estate Planning Council of Metro Louisville, Past President and Member, Executive Committee
• Louisville Employee Benefits Council, Past President and Member, Executive Committee
• Louisville Deferred Compensation Practitioners

News

Presentations

• "Are You Secure in your IRA Knowledge: Estate Planning for IRAs After the SECURE Act," Charitable Gift Planners of Kentuckiana, September 2022
• Panelist, "Getting Inside Obergefell: Marriage Equality's Implications for Kentucky Law," University of Louisville School of Law, January 2016
• "Basics of Estate Planning for Retirement Assets," Kentucky Bar Association, June 2011.
• "Notable Tax Developments of Interest to Estate Planners," Tenth Annual Vincennes University Wills, Trusts, and Ethics Institute, December 2008.
• "Publicity `Tests´ and (Dis)agreements: Evaluating Risks and Rewards of Testamentary and Revocable Trust Planning," 35^th Annual Midwest/Midsouth Estate Planning Institute, University of Kentucky College of Law, July 2008.
• "Post-Mortem Estate Planning and Income Tax Savings Strategies," Southern Indiana Estate Planning Council, January 2008.
• "Notable Tax Developments of Interest to Estate Planners," Vincennes University Estate Planning Institute, December 2007.
• "Non-Tax Aspects of Family Business Succession Planning," Louisville Bar Association, September 2007.
• "Dealing with the Other Tax: Income Tax Problems In Estate Administration," 34^th Annual Mid-West/Midsouth Estate Planning Institute, University of Kentucky College of Law, July 2007.
• "How to Correct Planning Errors Discovered After Death," Moderator, WebCredenza, Inc. National Teleseminar, July 2005.
• "Estate Planning and the New Bankruptcy Law," Louisville Bar Association, April 2005.

• Central Presbyterian Church, Elder
• AIDS Interfaith Ministries, Board of Directors
• St. William Neighborhood Center, Financial Committee
• Just Fund Kentucky, Grant Committee