MEMBERS OF FIRM
E. Denver Vold (Member) born Springfield, Missouri, November 10, 1940; admitted to bar, 1965, Missouri; 1966, Kansas; 1970, U.S. Tax Court. Education: University of Missouri-Kansas City (B.A., 1964); University of Missouri at Kansas City (J.D., 1965; LL.M., in Taxation, 1970). Phi Alpha Delta (Justice: Benton Chapter, 1964; Kansas City Alumni Chapter, 1975). Co-Author: "The Law of Health Care Decision-Making," University of Missouri at Kansas City/Continuing Legal Education, 1995. Author: "Estate Planning and The Tax Shelter," University of Missouri at Kansas City/Continuing Legal Education, 1985. Instructor, Estate Planning, Rockhurst University, Kansas City, Missouri, 1979. Adjunct Instructor, Estate Planning, New York Institute of Finance, 1980. Faculty Member, College for Financial Planning, Denver, Colorado, 1981-1982. Speaker: University of Missouri-Kansas City; Missouri Bar Association; and Kansas Bar Association sponsored Continuing Legal Education Programs. Speaker: University of Missouri-Kansas City Law School; Missouri Bar Association; Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association and Kansas Bar Association Programs on Estates, Trusts and Estate Taxes. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan (Member, Probate Subcommittee), Johnson County and Kansas Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar (Member, Probate and Trust Subcommittee); Estate Planning Council of Eastern Kansas; The Estate Planning Society; National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys. Practice Areas: Probate; Trusts and Estates.Email: E. Denver Vold
J. Joseph Morris (Member) born Waterloo, Iowa, June 5, 1942; admitted to bar, 1975, Missouri; 1994, Kansas. Education: University of Iowa (B.A., 1965); Central Missouri State University (M.A., 1967); University of Missouri at Kansas City (J.D., 1974). Phi Alpha Delta. Faculty, American Business Institute Estate Planning Conference, Kansas City, 1987. Committee Member, Kansas City Estate Planning Symposium, 2000-2007. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan (Member, Probate Subcommittee), Johnson County, Clay County and Kansas Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar (Member, Probate and Trust Subcommittee); Estate Planning Council of Eastern Kansas; The Estate Planning Society of Kansas City; Mid-America Planned Giving Council. Practice Areas: Probate; Trusts and Estates.Email: J. Joseph Morris
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Amy B. DeGraeve (Associate) born Kansas City, Missouri, September 9, 1977; admitted to bar, 2004, Missouri; 2005, Kansas. Education: University of Missouri, Kansas City (B.A., 2001; J.D., 2004; LL.M., 2006). Author: "United States v. Craft: Pulling the Stakes from under the Tenancy by the Entirety," University of Missouri at Kansas City Law Review. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan and Kansas Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar. Practice Areas: Wills; Trust Law; Probate; Inheritance Tax; Estate Tax; Elder Law.Email: Amy B. DeGraeve
Seamus P. Smith (Associate) born Springfield, Missouri, November 1, 1979; admitted to bar, 2005, Kansas; 2007, Missouri; U.S. District Court, District of Kansas and U.S. Tax Court. Education: Benedictine College (B.A., Business Administration, cum laude, 2002); University of Kansas (J.D., 2004); University of Missouri-Kansas City (LL.M., in Taxation, 2006). Adjunct Teacher, Business and Tax Law, Benedictine College. Presenter: IRA's Payable To Trust: Allocation to Income and Eligibility for Marital Deduction as OTIP, 43rd Annual Kansas Tax Conference, 2006; Creative Solutions for Outdated ILITS, 44th Annual Kansas Tax Conference, 2007. Associate, Vold & Morris LLC, Leawood, Kansas. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan, Johnson County, Kansas and American Bar Associations; Overland Park South Rotary Club; NE Johnson County Chamber of Commerce. (Also Of Counsel, Newbery, Ungerer & Hickert LLP). Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Trust Planning; Probate; Business Planning; Tax Planning.Email: Seamus P. Smith
OF COUNSEL
C. David Newbery (Of Counsel) born Goodland, Kansas, June 4, 1947; admitted to bar, 1974, Kansas and U.S. District Court, District of Kansas; 1986, U.S. Tax Court; 2000, U.S. Supreme Court; 2005, Missouri. Education: University of Kansas (B.A., 1969; M.B.A., 1971; J.D., 1973). Approved Civil Mediator, Kansas Supreme Court, 2001. Approved Dispute Resolution Neutral, Missouri Bar, 2001. Certified Public Accountant, Kansas, 1975. Assistant Professor of Taxation, Washburn University School of Business, 1982-1988. Adjunct Professor, Washburn University School of Law, 1977, 1978, 1983, 1991-1998. Director of Taxation, Kansas Department of Revenue, 1976-1979. Kansas Correspondent for State Tax Notes, 1991-2005. Co-Author: "An Accounting Primer for Estate Planning, Probate and Trust Counsel (The New Kansas Uniform Principal and Income Act)," The Journal of the Kansas Bar Association, Vol. 71, Number 6, June/July 2002; Chapter on "Kansas Taxes," Tax Analysis' State Tax Baedeker - A Master Guide to State Taxation, 2001; "Equity Planning for the Closely Held Corporation," The Tax Advisor, April 1988; "The Tax Reform Act of 1986: Will it Affect Residential Income Property Values?," The Real Estate Appraiser and Analyst, Spring 1988; "Should Points be Paid for a Lower Home Mortgage Interest Rate?," Real Estate Issues, November 1987; "A Logical Approach to Sales Tax on Services," Kansas Business Review, Spring 1987. Author: "Kansas' Public Disclosure Law Uncovers Major Policy Change in Interest Calculation Method," State Tax Notes, Vol. 21, Number 9, August 27, 2001; "Board of Tax Appeals Softens Department's Hard-Line Approach to Tax Administration," State Tax Notes, September 11, 1995; The Kansas Supreme Court Decision in Morton Thiokol: Taxation Versus Combination," State Tax Notes, Vol. 5, Number 26, December 1993. Member: Mediation Panel, Associates in Dispute Resolution, LLC; Kansas Society of CPA's; Northeast Kansas Chapter of CPA's. Member: Topeka, Kansas and American Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar. Fellow: Kansas Bar Foundation. (Also Member, Newbery, Ungerer & Hickert LLP). Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Probate; Trust Administration; State Taxation; Federal Taxation; Mediation; Nonprofit Organizations Law.Email: C. David Newbery