AREAS OF PRACTICE
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Estate Planning
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Probate and Trust Administration
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Business Planning and Succession
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Tax Planning
EDUCATION
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University of Missouri at Kansas City School of Law
- LL.M, 2017 in Taxation
- CALI Award, Federal Income Tax of Estates and Trusts
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University of Missouri at Kansas City School of Law
- J.D., 2016
- Articles & Symposium Editor, UMKC Law Review
- Dean’s List
- CALI Award, Property Transaction and State and Local Tax
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University of Missouri at
Kansas City School of Business
- M.B.A., 2015
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University of Missouri at Columbia
- B.S., magna cum laude, 2012
BAR ADMISSIONS
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Missouri
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Kansas
Experience
Brynne provides clients with thoughtful counsel in the practice areas of estate planning, taxation, and business law. She partners closely with each client to develop a plan or solution that best fits their specific needs and wishes.
She counsels individuals and families on estate planning, probate and trust administration, and estate, gift, and income taxation. With experience in both drafting estate plans and administering estates and trusts, Brynne helps clients anticipate how their decisions will function in real life for them and their families. Throughout her practice, she has drafted estate planning documents of all types and levels of complexity.
Brynne represents exempt and nonprofit entities. She has experience forming public charities and private foundations (both in corporate and trust form), filing the initial application for federal tax-exempt status, and counseling exempt and nonprofit entities on operational and tax matters. Brynne also represents for-profit entities, usually closely held or family-owned businesses, with business formation, choice of entity decisions, succession planning, and general governance matters.
In addition to private practice, Brynne has served as Trust Counsel within a trust company, during which she advised on the administration of estates, foundations, and trusts, specifically the duties required of and the discretion afforded to a corporate fiduciary under governing documents and statute. She has extensive experience drafting complex nonjudicial settlement agreements and release and indemnification agreements. In this role, Brynne oversaw outside counsel on court-involved matters and special projects, which gives her a distinct understanding of the expectations that corporate fiduciaries have of their outside counsel.
Brynne and her husband, Eric, have a daughter, Nora, and a senior Boxer pup, Watson.
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