Keith Herman

Keith Herman focuses his practice on tax planning, creditor and divorce protection, and estate and trust administration.

As many of Keith’s high-net-worth clients have closely held businesses and private foundations, he often provides advice on matters relating to these entities, including the transition of a business to the next generation. He has extensive experience with retirement account planning, asset protection, divorce protection, and family-owned business succession planning. Keith works with many multigenerational families to preserve their wealth and educate younger family members, including representing family offices.

Keith represents individual and corporate trustees with respect to all aspects of their fiduciary duties and the trust administration process, including trust litigation. He also represents individuals on their rights as beneficiaries of trusts.

Keith routinely handles gift tax audits, estate tax audits, and premarital agreements. He has been retained as an expert with respect to the marital property characterization of trust assets and trust distributions.

In addition to being an elected fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, Keith is a former adjunct professor at the Washington University School of Law, teaching Family Wealth Management I and Family Wealth Management II. He is also certified as a Trust and Estate Practitioner (TEP) by the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, an international organization for attorneys and other advisors who focus on family inheritance and succession planning.

American Bar Association, Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section

American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, Fellow

Missouri Bar Association, Probate & Trust Law Committee

Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis

Estate Planning Council of St. Louis