Emily Kembell

Practice Areas

Emily focuses her practice on estate planning of all types, trust and probate administration, transfer tax planning, issues relating to business succession planning, and adult and minor guardianships. Emily is a Fellow in the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (“ACTEC”).

Career

In addition to being a partner of KWM, Ms. Kembell is extremely active in the Springfield community. She is currently serving as the Board President of Child Advocacy Center (CAC) and as a board member of the Community Foundation of the Ozarks. She has previously served on several other local charitable boards. She was a prior Co-Chair of the Planning Committee of the Missouri Bar's Annual Estate, Trust & Elder Law Institute, a current member of Greene County Estate Planning Council (GCEPC), and a frequent speaker at several Missouri and Arkansas Bar Associations' CLE Courses.

Professional Memberships

-Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (“ACTEC”)

-Member of the Green County Estate Planning Council (GCEPC)

-Member of the Springfield Metropolitan Bar Association

-Board President of Child Advocacy Center (CAC)

-Board Member of the Community Foundation of the Ozarks

-Springfield's 40 Under 40 in 2011

-Leadership Springfield, Class XXV

-Missouri Lawyers' Weekly - Women's Justice Award recipient 2017

-Co-Chair of the Planning Committee for the Missouri Bar's Estate, Trust & Elder Law Institute in 2018 & 2019

Publications

-​Podcast Guest on the "Simply Tax" Podcast; episode titled "Estate Planning in the New Year"-released on January 24, 2019

-Presenter at the 2021 ACTEC Heart of America Regional Meeting (“State Fiduciary Income Tax Matters”)

-Presenter at the 2019 ACTEC Heart of America Regional Meeting (“Practice Makes Perfect: Case Studies of Modifying Trusts to Reach Perfection”)

-Presenter at the 2018 ACTEC Mo-Kan Regional Meeting (“Please Cobble Comfortable Shoes”)

-Author of "Designating Beneficiaries for Retirement Plan" in Trusts & Estates Magazine, July 2017

-Co-author of the Missouri Bar Guidebook: "Drafting the Basic Will & Trust", 3d. ed

-Presenter at the Missouri Bar Estate, Trust & Elder Law Institute (multiple years)

Expert in these Jurisdictions

New York (2003-Present)

Missouri (2008-Present)

Arkansas (2011-Present)

Education

Awards