Over 25 Years Experience Formerly an Attorney with the Offices of Chief Counsel for the IRS and Tennessee Attorney General, Tax Division
Education: J.D., University of Tennessee, 1980 (Member, Tennessee Law Review); B.S. University of Tennessee at Martin, 1977 (High Honors, Major - Accounting).
Courts: Admitted to Practice before the Tennessee Supreme Court and all state courts in Tennessee; U.S. Tax Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; and U.S. District Courts for the Middle and Western Districts of Tennessee.
Professional, Civic, & Charitable: Extensive experience in complex Family Law cases, including divorce, custody, visitation, child support, domestic violence, modifications, and other matters; Extensive experience handling significant IRS audits, large Tennessee Sales Tax Audits, and Tax Collection Matters; Country Music Assoc. (CMA) voting member, experience in entertainment contract matters.
Metropolitan Nashville Transportation Licensing Commission 1992-2006(Chair, 2002-2006); Tennessee & Nashville Bar Associations (Chair, NBA Family Law Committee - 2003, 2004); Former Pro Bono Board member & member of several committees; Tennessee Lawyer's Assoc. for Women (Treasurer 2001-2003); LAW (former Secretary); Better Business Bureau Autoline Arbitrator; Athena Committee (Scholarship Committee Chair, 1993 -2002); Immanuel Baptist Church Board of Directors (Secretary); Davidson County Democratic Executive Committee (elected 2002-2004); Davidson County Democratic Women, President 1993; Former Board Member of Nashville Women's Political Caucus; former member Hillsboro Community Education Board;former member Rock Harbor Condominium Assoc. Bd.
Reported Tennessee Supreme Court Cases: Mast Advertising & Pub., Inc. v. Moyers, 865 S.W.2d 900 (Tenn.1993); Dobson v. Huddleston, 863 S.W.2d 392 (Tenn.1993); Eusco, Inc. v. Huddleston, 835 S.W.2d 576 (Tenn.1992); Covington Pike Toyota, Inc. v. Cardwell, 829 S.W.2d 132 (Tenn.1992); Hearthstone, Inc. v. Moyers, 809 S.W.2d 888 (Tenn.1991). Representative Court of Appeals Decision: Wadhwani v. White, No. M2005-02655-COA-R3-CV ( Tenn. Ct. App. January 3, 2007). Representative regular reported United States Tax Court Cases (not memorandum decisions): Davis v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 88 T.C. 122 (1987);and Tyrer v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 77 T.C. 577 (1981).
Cynthia M. Odle now uses her years of experience within the State and Federal Governments when representing corporate and individual taxpayers from Tennessee and surrounding states. Additionally, she has been able to use the experience she gained in "finding the hidden assets" and in difficult custody issues to help clients involved in complex family law matters.
Certification is not currently available in Taxation; not certified in any other areas of practice.
