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Richard D. Woods

Of Counsel

5901 College Boulevard
​Suite 280
Overland Park, KS 66211
rwoods@kwm-law.com
(913) 469-0900

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AREAS OF PRACTICE

  • Estate Planning

  • Probate, Trust & Estate Administration

  • Estate and Gift Tax Planning

  • Real Estate

 

EDUCATION

  • University of Missouri - Columbia
    J.D., 1975
    Order of the Coif

  • University of Kansas
    B.A., 1972
    Phi Beta Kappa

                           

BAR ADMISSIONS

  • Missouri 

  • Kansas 

  • Illinois

Experience

Dick Woods joined the firm in 2001, practicing primarily in Estate Planning and Real Estate where he now has over 43 years of experience, and is licensed to practice in both Kansas and Missouri. Mr. Woods is experienced in trust and estate planning for estates of all sizes, preparation of federal estate, gift and generation skipping tax returns, and probate and trust administration. He received his B.A., with distinction, from the University of Kansas in 1972, and his J.D. from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1975 where he was a member of Order of the Coif and a member of the editorial staff of the Missouri Law Review.

 

Mr. Woods is a member of the Kansas Bar Association, Missouri Bar, Johnson County Bar Association, Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association and Estate Planning Society of Kansas City.  He has been a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC) since 1988 and is a former ACTEC Kansas State Chair. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America, SuperLawyers and has been featured as a speaker at numerous seminars on estate planning, probate and real estate.

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