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| | Address | | 534 S. Kansas Avenue, Suite 925 | | Topeka, Kansas 66603-3407 | | (Shawnee Co.) | | | |
| | Contact Information | | Phone: 785-234-3461 | | Fax: 785-234-3363 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.cdnlaw.com | | |
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| Coffman, DeFries & Nothern,
A Professional Association practices in the following areas of law:
Estate Planning, Federal Tax, State Tax and Local Tax, Partnership, Corporation, Commercial, Probate, Trust and Administrative Law. Appellate Practice. Creditors' Rights, Real Estate, Like Kind Exchanges of Real Estate and Personal Property, Business Organizations and Re-organizations, Legislative Lobbying, Elder Law. | | Year Established: 1949 | | Firm Size: 6 | Representative Clients:
The Boeing Co.; Cessna Aircraft Co.; Colgate-Palmolive Co.; Embarq; General Dynamics; Hills Pet Nutrition, Inc.; ONEOK; Simon Property Group, L.P.; Texaco; V.F. Corp.; Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.; Westar Energy Co. | Reference:
Commerce Bank & Trust, Topeka, Kansas. | Office Hours:
Monday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Tuesday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Wednesday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Thursday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Friday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
| | H. Hurst Coffman (Member) born Topeka, Kansas, June 5, 1948; admitted to bar, 1974, Kansas. Education: Ottawa University (B.A., 1969); Washington College of Law, American University (J.D., 1973). Listed: Best Lawyers in America, Estate Planning. Member: Topeka and Kansas Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Estate Law; Probate Law; Trust Law. Email: H. Hurst Coffman | | S. Lucky DeFries (Member) born Topeka, Kansas, September 20, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, Kansas. Education: Ottawa University (B.A., 1975); Washburn University of Topeka (J.D., 1978). Staff Attorney, Kansas Department of Revenue, Sales and Use Tax Litigation, 1979-1983. Co-Author: Tax Law Chapter of Kansas Annual Survey of Law. Lecturer, "Sales & Use Tax," Washburn University Law School, 1980-1982. Adjunct Professor, State and Local Taxation, Washburn University Law School, 1993—. Member, 1996— and Chairman, 2002, Executive Committee, National Association of State Bar Tax Sections. Secretary of Revenue Advisory Council, 1995—. Listed: Best Lawyers in America, Taxation. Named in, Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers Magazine, 2005-2007. Member: Topeka, Kansas (Member, Sections on: Tax, President, 1995-1997; Administrative, President, 1994) and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Administrative Law; State and Local Tax Litigation; Appellate Practice; Corporate Law. Email: S. Lucky DeFries | | R. Austin Nothern (Member) born Salina, Kansas, October 8, 1938; admitted to bar, 1964, Kansas and Colorado; 1983, U.S. Tax Court. Education: University of Colorado (B.A., 1960); Washburn University of Topeka (J.D., magna cum laude, 1964); New York University (LL.M., in Taxation, 1967). Phi Alpha Delta. Graduate Editor, Tax Law Review, New York University, 1966-1967. Author: "Protecting the Client in Criminal Tax Investigations," Washburn Law Journal 10, 1971. Co-Author: "The Ultimate Burden of the Federal Estate Tax in Kansas-A Dilemma for Executors," Washburn Law Journal 231, 1977. Instructor in Taxation and Real Estate Planning, Washburn University Law School, 1967-1976. Member, Kansas House of Representatives, 1969-1972. Listed: Best Lawyers in America, Estate Planning, Taxation. Member: Topeka and Kansas (Chairman, Tax Section, 1976-1977) Bar Associations. Fellow: American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. Practice Areas: Taxation Law; Estate Planning Law; Corporate Law. Email: R. Austin Nothern | | Susan Krehbiel William (Member) born Yakima, Washington, February 12, 1951; admitted to bar, 1990, Kansas. Education: University of Kansas (B.A., English, 1973; B.S., Business, with highest distinction, 1981; J.D., 1990). Certified Public Accountant, Kansas, 1983. Member: Topeka (Treasurer, 1994-1996) and Kansas Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Taxation; Trust Law. Email: Susan Krehbiel William | | Jeffrey A. Wietharn (Member) born Topeka, Kansas, September 13, 1967; admitted to bar, 1992, Kansas; 1993, Missouri. Education: University of Kansas (B.S., 1989; J.D., 1992). Phi Delta Phi. Member, University of Kansas Law Review, Associate Editor, 1991-1992, Staff Member, 1990-1991. Research Attorney for Chief Judge Mary Beck Briscoe, Kansas Court of Appeals, 1992-1994. Recipient: Topeka Bar Association Outstanding Young Lawyer Award, 1996. Member: Topeka and Kansas Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar. Practice Areas: State and Local Taxation; Federal Taxation; Business Planning; Corporate Planning; Real Estate Law; Estate Planning; Administrative Law. Email: Jeffrey A. Wietharn | | —————————— | | Lance A. Weeks (Associate) born Osborne, Kansas, December 21, 1970; admitted to bar, 1997, Kansas; 1998, Missouri. Education: University of Kansas (B.A., 1993; J.D., 1997); University of Missouri at Kansas City (LL.M. in Taxation, 1998). Member: Topeka and Kansas Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar. Practice Areas: Federal Taxation; Estate Planning; Business Planning; Real Estate. Email: Lance A. Weeks |
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