Our Group

Jerry R. Caruthers, Founder

  • MAI, Member Appraisal Institute
  • CAE, Certified Assessment Evaluator, International Association of Assessing Officers
  • TCA, Tennessee Certified Assessor by the State Board of Equalization
  • Qualified Registered Taxpayers' Representative by the State Board of Equalization
  • Realtor, National Association of Realtors
  • Member, Institute for Professionals in Taxation

Experience:

Broad experience extending to all types of real estate and personal property negotiations and appeals in 46 states.

Taylor Caruthers, President

  • Certified General Real Estate Appraiser
  • Licensed in California, Georgia, Nevada, and Tennessee
  • Qualified Registered Taxpayers' Representative with Arizona and the Tennessee State Board of Equalization
  • Real Estate Broker – Tennessee

Experience:

Over 25 years extensive property tax appeal experience before assessors and appeal boards throughout the country.

Fred Ridolphi

Fred M. Ridolphi Jr.
Mr. Ridolphi is a graduate from Washington and Lee University and the University of Alabama School of Law. He is an arbitrator for the New York Stock Exchange and the National Association of Securities Dealers. Mr. Ridophi is also a Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 31 Mediator. He is a member of the Memphis, Tennessee (former Board of Directors) and American Bar Associations; the Alabama State Bar; and the Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association.

Leean West

Registered and Certified Real Estate Appraiser – Texas

Member of the Texas Association of Assessing Officers

Certified Property Tax Consultant – Texas

Specializing in evaluations of specialized/unique property appraisals; i.e. Industrial, Utility, Oil & Gas Minerals, Commercial, and Personal Property.  Represent various types of commercial property in the Houston Metropolitan Area and throughout Texas, Louisiana, Missouri, Tennessee and Colorado.