Attorney

Gentry C. Collins

859-226-2217

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.

Bar Admissions

Kentucky

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky

Firm Leadership

Office of General Counsel, Ethics Subcommittee, Member

Memberships

Kentucky Bar Association

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Elder Law Section; Trusts and Estates Section; Young Lawyers Division

Fayette County Bar Association

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Member

Bluegrass Estate Planning Council

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Member

Community Involvement

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

Education

J.D.,

2018

University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law

Org / Honor

University of Kentucky College of Law Scholarship Recipient (2015-18)

Tax Law Society, President

National Tax Law Moot Court, Member

Honors Council, Member

Student Government Association Supreme Court, Associate Justice

Trial Advocacy Board, Member

B.S., Accountancy,

2015

cum laude, with honors

University of Kentucky

Org / Honor

Presidential Scholar

Lewis Honors College, graduate

More Than Stites & Harbison

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.

Accolades

Kentucky Super Lawyers®, Rising Star (2020-25)