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Stanley M. Burnstein

  

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Career Overview:  From 1962 to 1966, Stanley Burnstein was a member of the tax department of Arthur Andersen & Co. providing tax planning for business owners, high net worth individuals, trusts, and estates.  Stanley lectures extensively throughout the country to business and professional organizations, and counsels family-owned businesses and investors.  Stanley has a talent for explaining very technical subjects in an understandable manner.

Experience Overview:  Stanley advises business owners and investors on the purchase and sale of the business, business operations, financing, business succession planning, taxation, estate planning, wills, and trusts.

Education:  Stanley received his Juris Doctor degree in 1962 and his Bachelor of Science degree in 1958 from the University of Missouri – Columbia.  In law school, Stanley received the American Jurisprudence Award in Negotiable Instruments.  He has published in the Journal of Estate Planning.

Bar Admissions:  Missouri, Kansas

Professional Affiliations and Memberships:  Served as a member of the board of directors of the Kansas City Estate Planning Council; Served as Chairman of the Taxation Committee for the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association; Chairman of the UMKC/CLE Estate Planning Internship Program

Additional Information:  Stanley is also a Certified Public Accountant, having received the highest rank in tax accounting at the University of Missouri – Columbia.  Stanley has been elected a Fellow in the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.  He also was the moderator of the National Estate Planning Audio Program entitled Stanley Quizzes the Experts.

Martindale-Hubbell rating of AV.

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