Mr. Myron E. Sildon

1963, Missouri
1964, District of Columbia
1965, U.S. Tax Court

of both the American College of Tax Counsel and the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. He is the founder of the Kansas City Estate Planning Symposium and as such, the Award for Excellence in Estate Planning was named in his honor. He was the founder of the National Association for Family Business and is also a member of the Estate Planning Society of Kansas City, the IRS Regional Advisory Council on Exempt Plans and Exempt Organizations, the Board of the Small Business Council of America, and The Group.

Mr. Sildon has lectured at Continuing Legal Education symposia across the country, including the Notre Dame, Duke, William and Mary, Southern Federal, University of Wisconsin, Midwest, and Great Plains tax conferences. He is a co-author of Missouri Bar Association books on closely held corporations, estate planning for the family owned business, and family business planning. He co-authored A Practical Guide to Buy-Sell Agreements, published by ALI-ABA, and his article on dealing with divorce in the family business was published in the July 2006 issue of Estate Planning magazine. He won the Willamette Management Associates 2007 Standard of Excellence Award for his article, "Success in Business Ownership Succession Planning," published in Insights magazine.

In addition to his wide-ranging professional interests, Mr. Sildon has been on the Board of Directors of the Kansas City Symphony, the Kansas City Chamber Orchestra, Kansas City Consensus, and the Business Committee for the Arts. He has been a member of the Ethics Commission of Jackson County, Missouri, and was President of Downtown Kansas City's Rotary Club 13 in 2008-09. He is a 2009 graduate of the FBI Kansas City Citizens' Academy.

Myron Sildon was also awarded a Bachelor of Science in Economics from The Wharton School - University of Pennsylvania, and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Michigan. A native Kansas Citian, he is married and has two grown children.

The Kansas City Estate Planning Symposium, which presents awards each year for excellence in estate planning, has named its first-place honor The Myron E. Sildon Excellence In Tax-Related Estate Planning Award. Mr. Sildon founded the Symposium, which, each spring, draws experts in tax and estate planning issues from across the country to speak in the Kansas City area. The Symposium's Estate Planning Prize Endowment presents the Sildon Award annually.

Listed: Best Lawyers in America by Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith every year since its 1998 inception in the three categories of Tax, Estates and Trusts, and Employee Benefits Law; Who's Who in American Law. University of Missouri at Kansas City annual award renamed The Myron E. Sildon Excellence in Estate Planning Award, 2003. Recipient: St. George Medal in recognition of exemplary service in the control of cancer, 1993; Volunteer of the Year Award from the Corporate Volunteer Council of Kansas City, 1984. Graduate of the Kansas City FBI Citizens Academy, 2009. Author: "Divorce Planning: Strategies for Dealing with Divorce and the Family Business," Estate Planning Magazine, July 2006; "Business Ownership Succession Planning," Special Issue 2007 of Insights magazine (published by Willamette Management Associates); this article won the Willamette Management Associates 2007 Standard of Excellence Award. Co-Author: Missouri Bar Association Course Books on Closely-Held Corporations, 1998, and Estate Planning for Family-Owned Business, 1997; "A Practical Guide to Buy-Sell Agreements," ALI-ABA, 2002. Co-Editor, "Tax Aspects of Transactions Between the Corporation and Its Shareholders," Missouri Corporate Practice, 1973. Participation in numerous tax programs for Bar Associations, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and other similar organizations having lectured on buy-sell agreements, professional corporations, pension and profit sharing plans, employee stock ownership plans, Section 401(k), deferred compensation, succession of privately held companies, family holding companies, the use and misuse of the marital deduction and joint property, marital separations, breaking up the family business, and various other aspects of tax and estate planning. Speaking at among others Notre Dame, Southern Federal, Duke University, and William & Mary. Speaker: William & Mary Tax Institute, 1989, 1992; Notre Dame Tax and Estate Planning Institute, 1997, 1998, 2002; Midwest Estate, Tax and Business Planning Institute, 2000, 2004, 2005; "Avoiding Malpractice Thru Sound Ethics Practices," Georgia Tax Conference, 1993; "Succession Planning For The Family Business Owner, Southern Federal Tax Institute," 1993, 1995; "Buy Sell Agreements," Duke Estate Planning Institute, 1997; "Succession Planning for Accountants," AICBA Annual Conference, 2002; "Getting the Family Business Ready to Sell," Georgia Federal Tax Institute, 2003; "Dealing with Divorce in the Family Business," ALI-ABA Institute, Estate Planning for the Family Business Owner, 2005; "Getting the Family Business Ready to Sell," Edward Jones Tax and Legal Professionals, 2005; "Special Tax and Ethics Issues in Buy-Sell Agreements," Great Plains Tax Institute, 2006; "Dealing with Divorce in the Family Business," St. Louis Estate Planning Counsel, 2007. Engagements: Exit Strategies for the Business Owner, Notre Dame Tax and Estate Planning Institute, 2002; Family Business Exit Strategies, AICPA Succession Planning Conference, Las Vegas, 2002; Succession Planning for the Business Owner, University of Wisconsin (Madison) the Family Business Center, 2003; Getting the Family Business Ready to Sell, Georgia Federal Tax Institute, 2003; Dealing with Divorce in the Family Business, Midwest Estate Tax and Business Planning Institute, Indianapolis, 2004; Getting Money out of the Family Business, ALI-ABA Estate Planning for the Family Business Owner, San Francisco, 2004; Getting the Family Business Ready to Sell, ALI-ABA Estate Planning for the Family Business Owner, 2004; Divorce in the Family Business, Eastern Kansas Estate Planning Council, 2005; Buy-Sell Agreements, Midwest Estate, Tax and Business Planning Institute, 2005; Getting the Family Business Ready to Sell, ALI-ABA Estate Planning for the Family Business Owner, 2005; Getting the Family Business Ready to Sell, Edward Jones Tax and Legal Professionals, 2005; Dealing with Divorce in the Family Business, Edward Jones Tax and Legal Professionals, 2005; Unique Provisions in Buy-Sell Agreements., ALI-ABA Estate Planning for the Family Business Owner; 2006; Getting the Family Business Ready to Sell; ALI-ABA Estate Planning for the Family Business Owner, 2006; Dealing With Divorce in the Family Business, ALI-ABA Estate Planning for the Family Business Owner; 2006; Special Tax and Ethics Issues in Buy-Sell Agreements, Great Plains Tax Institute, 2006; Dealing with Divorce in the Family Business, St. Louis Estate Planning Council, 2007; Business Strategies in Buy-Sell Agreements, ALI-ABA Estate Planning for the Family Business Owner, 2007; Dealing with Divorce in the Family Business, Duke Estate Planning Conference, 2007; Divorce in the Family Business, ALI-ABA Estate Planning for the Family Business Owner, 2008; Getting the Family Business Ready to Sell, ALI-ABA Estate Planning for the Family Business Owner, Boston, 2008; Dealing with Divorce and Non-Traditional Relationships in the Family Business, ALI-ABA Estate Planning for the Family Business Owner, Santa Fe, 2009; Dealing with Divorce and Non-Traditional Relationships in the Family Business, Notre Dame Tax & Estate Planning Institute, 2009; Re-Engineering Tax and Estate Planning Practices in an Uncertain Economy (panel), Notre Dame Tax & Estate Planning Institute, 2009; Fundamentals of Estate Planning, Kansas City Dental Implant Society, 2010; Dealing with Divorce and Non-Traditional Relationships in the Family Business, ALI-ABA Estate Planning for the Family Business Owner, Chicago, 2010; Getting the Family Business Ready to Sell, ALI-ABA Estate Planning for the Family Business Owner, Chicago, 2010; Dealing with Divorce and Non-Traditional Relationships in the Family Business, Douglas County, Kansas Estate Planning Council, 2010; Getting the Owner Off the Dime in Business Succession Planning, ALI-ABA Sophisticated Estate Planning Institute, Boston, 2010. Program Chairman, "Tax Aspects of Litigation," Practicing Law Institute, 1979; Heart of America Tax Institute, 1977; Federal Estate Planning Symposium, 1985; Employee Benefits Institute, 1989; Co-Chair ALI-ABA Symposium Estate Planning for the Family Business Owner, 1992—. Program Chairman, Employee Benefits Institute, 1990. General Chairman and Founder, Kansas City Estate Planning Symposium, 1982. President: Estate Planning Association of Kansas City, 1972-1973; Estate Planning Council of Kansas City, 1981-1982. Member: IRS Regional Advisory Council on Exempt Plans and Exempt Organizations 1996—; Small Business Council of America - the National Board of Governors, 1985—. Vice President and Board of Directors, The Group, Inc., 1974—. Member National Board of Directors, 1989 - 1992; Chairman, Missouri Division, 1989-1992, American Cancer Society, Inc. Board of Trustees, Kansas City Symphony, 1988-1994. Member, Board of Directors: Kansas City Camerata 1996-1998; Kansas City Chamber Orchestra, 1999-2002; Kansas City Ballet, 1970-1974; Young Audiences, 1972-1974. Advisory Board, Business Committee for the Arts, 2001-2007. Co-Founder, Kansas City Consensus. Founder of the Eggs & Issues Breakfast Group. Member, Board of Directors, 1994 -2000; President, 1998 - 1999 and still a Current Member, Plaza Club. President 2008-2009, Director 2005-2010, Paul Harris Fellow and current member, Kansas City Downtown Rotary #13. Former Member, Ethics Commission of Jackson County, Missouri. Member: The Missouri Bar; Kansas City (Chairman, Tax Section, 1977) and American (Employee Benefits, Small Business, and Personal Service Committees, Tax Section) Bar Associations; Estate Planning Society of Kansas City; Estate Planning Council of Kansas City (President 1981-1982); Estate Planning Association of Kansas City (President 1972-1973). Fellow: American College of Tax Counsel; American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.