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Lathrop GPM

Private Wealth Law

High Net Worth Guide 2025 : Kansas

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Lathrop GPM

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The Lathrop GPM Trusts, Estates & Legacy Planning team offers comprehensive strategies for individuals and families with significant wealth (and the advisors who support them), nonprofit foundations and family offices, employing savvy navigation of the ever-changing tax landscape, cutting-edge estate planning techniques, and – when needed – advocacy in disputes involving trusts or estates.

Individuals and entities with significant wealth need legal advisors who can provide custom solutions to their most crucial wealth transfer and business succession concerns. Understanding your estate planning and succession goals – and helping to achieve them with the lowest possible tax consequence – is our #1 priority. Additional information and qualifications:

  • 33 lawyers and 9 professionals, with decades of experience in the nuances and complexities of wealth strategies, estate, and transfer tax planning; one of the largest, most well-known and established Trusts, Estates & Legacy Planning groups in the Upper and Central Midwest.

  • Lathrop GPM offers a full array of services for high net worth clients, including Corporate, Real Estate, Tax, Intellectual Property, Employment, Dispute Resolution, Succession Planning, and more.

  • Lathrop GPM represents many closely held businesses and has established a strong record serving as trusted advisors and outside general counsel. Our Trusts, Estates & Legacy Planning attorneys also serve as advisors to trustees of trusts and family offices.

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Private Wealth Law - Kansas

Band 1

What the Team is Known For
The trusts, estates and legacy planning team at Lathrop GPM advises wealthy clients on estate administration and trust matters. The team also has experience advising on art law.
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Strengths

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  • Lathrop's attorneys demonstrate superior sophistication and an uncanny ability to explain things in understandable terms. They are broadly supported and are able to unpack anything thrown at them.

    Private Wealth Law respondentHigh Net Worth

  • Its strengths are accessibility, responsiveness, ability to explain complex issues to clients, and, above all, an extensive knowledge and high levels of expertise in any topic we have brought to them.

    Private Wealth Law respondentHigh Net Worth

  • Lathrop GPM's strengths are its incredibly gifted and experienced estate planning team, attention to detail, and the fact it has the largest practice group in estate and tax planning in our area.

    Private Wealth Law respondentHigh Net Worth

  • Its client base includes some of the wealthiest families in the area. Those families can afford and expect the best. This firm has the reputation of being on the cutting edge of estate and trust law.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • James Betterman
    James Betterman

    James Betterman

    James Betterman advises high net worth clients on a range of private client matters, including estate planning, wills and trusts. He also advises on tax matters.

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  • Peter W Brown
    Peter W Brown

    Peter W Brown

    Peter Brown has considerable experience advising high net worth clients, particularly on estate and tax planning.

    • Peter is not just an attorney, he is very knowledgeable in financial matters too.

      Private Wealth Law respondentHigh Net Worth
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  • Ruth Brackney
    Ruth Brackney

    Ruth Brackney

    Ruth Brackney advises her clients on estate planning, trusts and tax matters. Her work includes advising wealthy individuals and families on gift and estate tax returns and family limited partnerships.

    • Ruth Brackney is very astute in understanding the relationship between our personal and business lives, and how they are fundamentally intertwined.

      Private Wealth Law respondentHigh Net Worth

    • Ruth Brackney is an incredible person and attorney. She has an unmatched level of expertise and responsiveness.

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  • Joseph Growney
    Joseph Growney

    Joseph Growney

    Joseph Growney is an expert in sophisticated estate planning, including cross-border planning matters.

    • Joseph Growney is one of the best estate planning attorneys in Kansas City. He is my go-to for estate work.

      Private Wealth Law respondentHigh Net Worth

    • Joseph is responsive and highly experienced in estate planning.

      Private Wealth Law respondentHigh Net Worth

    • Joseph Growney is a high-level estate planning attorney. As an organisation, we appreciate his abilities and his work with our clients.

      Private Wealth Law respondentHigh Net Worth

    • We love working with Joe. He's very patient and understands the personalities of the family members he has to work with.

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  • Justin Whitney
    Justin Whitney

    Justin Whitney

    Justin Whitney handles estate planning and taxation matters. He advises on complex structuring and on strategies around gifting and trusts.

    • Justin Whitney is very responsive, knowledgeable, personable and a great partner.

      Private Wealth Law respondentHigh Net Worth

    • Justin exemplifies the professionalism, collaboration and expertise I would want in any legal professional I could work with.

      Private Wealth Law respondentHigh Net Worth

    • Justin is one of the top professionals we work with. He listens, understands and connects with our clients before delivering the exact solutions they need.

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