Laura practices with the firm's Tax and Estate Planning Group. Clients and their families can minimize estate tax with her assistance in making use of applicable exclusions, credits, and exemptions. Her tax planning practice includes family business succession planning, creation of family limited partnerships, annual gifting programs, generation-skipping strategies, charitable planning, and counseling with regard to distributions of qualified retirement assets. Laura also practices in the area of probate and the administration of decedents' estates, counseling families through the estate administration process. In addition, Laura assists clients with basic estate planning, addressing issues such as basic disposition of assets at death, p... » Read More Laura practices with the firm's Tax and Estate Planning Group. Clients and their families can minimize estate tax with her assistance in making use of applicable exclusions, credits, and exemptions. Her tax planning practice includes family business succession planning, creation of family limited partnerships, annual gifting programs, generation-skipping strategies, charitable planning, and counseling with regard to distributions of qualified retirement assets. Laura also practices in the area of probate and the administration of decedents' estates, counseling families through the estate administration process. In addition, Laura assists clients with basic estate planning, addressing issues such as basic disposition of assets at death, probate avoidance, and trust planning for minor children and children with special needs. She is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Laura is licensed to practice law in Missouri and Kansas, and is also a member of the New York Bar.
Laura serves on the Board of Directors of Children’s TLC (Therapeutic Learning Center). She is a past Board member of the Mid-America Planned Giving Council and was Co-Chairman of the 2001 LEAVE A LEGACY™ Campaign for Greater Kansas City. She is a member of the Estate Planning Society of Kansas City. Laura is past president of the Board of Directors of the Children's Emergency Shelter Home of Reno County, Kansas, and she was chosen to participate in the Leadership Hutchinson program through the Hutchinson, Kansas Chamber of Commerce. » Read Less Laura practices with the firm's Tax and Estate Planning Group. Clients and their families can minimize estate tax with her assistance in making use of applicable exclusions, credits, and exemptions. Her tax planning practice includes family business succession planning, creation of family limited partnerships, annual gifting programs, generation-skipping strategies, charitable planning, and counseling with regard to distributions of qualified retirement assets. Laura also practices in the area of probate and the administration of decedents' estates, counseling families through the estate administration process. In addition, Laura assists clients with basic estate planning, addressing issues such as basic disposition of assets at death, probate avoidance, and trust planning for minor children and children with special needs. She is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Laura is licensed to practice law in Missouri and Kansas, and is also a member of the New York Bar.
Laura serves on the Board of Directors of Children’s TLC (Therapeutic Learning Center). She is a past Board member of the Mid-America Planned Giving Council and was Co-Chairman of the 2001 LEAVE A LEGACY™ Campaign for Greater Kansas City. She is a member of the Estate Planning Society of Kansas City. Laura is past president of the Board of Directors of the Children's Emergency Shelter Home of Reno County, Kansas, and she was chosen to participate in the Leadership Hutchinson program through the Hutchinson, Kansas Chamber of Commerce.
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