• LLC Management Structures, LLCs vs S Corporations: Entity Selection Explained, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Springfield, Illinois, March 19, 2008
  • Exchanges of Property under Section 1031, Illinois CPA Society, Columbia, Illinois, January 2008
  • Exchanges of Property under Section 1031, Tax Update and Planning Seminar, Mathis, Marifian, Richter & Grandy, Ltd., September 2007
  • The Future of Charitable Giving: Should Charities Fear Estate Tax Repeal?, Tax Update and Planning Seminar, Mathis, Marifian, Richter & Grandy, Ltd., September 2006
  • The Future of Charitable Giving: Should Charities Fear Estate Tax Repeal?, Sangamon Valley Estate Planning Council, Springfield, Illinois, June 20, 2006
  • Estate, Gift and Generation Skipping Update, 2003 Federal Tax Conference, Illinois State Bar Association — Federal Taxation Section, January, 2006
  • Estate, Gift and Generation Skipping Update, 2003 Federal Tax Conference, Illinois State Bar Association — Federal Taxation Section, October 2003
  • Estate, Gift and Generation Skipping Update, Tax Update and Planning Seminar, Mathis, Marifian, Richter & Grandy, Ltd., September 2003
  • Estate, Gift and Generation Skipping Update, 2002 Federal Tax Conference, Illinois State Bar Association — Federal Taxation Section, November 2002
  • Estate, Gift and Generation Skipping Update, Tax Update and Planning Seminar, Mathis, Marifian, Richter & Grandy, Ltd., September 2002
  • Estate, Gift and Generation Skipping Update, 2001 Federal Tax Conference, Illinois State Bar Association, October 2001
  • Tax Issues on Divorce, Tax Update and Planning Seminar, Mathis, Marifian, Richter & Grandy, Ltd., October 1999
  • Due Diligence Review of Seller’s Business, Instructing the Sale or Acquisition of a Business, Tax Update and Planning Seminar, Mathis, Marifian, Richter & Grandy, Ltd., September 1998
  • Employment Related Provisions, Tax Update and Planning Seminar, Mathis, Marifian, Richter & Grandy, Ltd., September 1997

Legal Services

Education

  • Washington University in St. Louis
    LL.M. 2001
  • Saint Louis University
    JD 1996
    BA in English 1993

Bar Admissions

  • Illinois
  • Missouri

Court Admissions

  • Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
  • United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois
  • United States Tax Court
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