The Kansas City Estate Planning Symposium

The prize is intended to encourage student participation and excellence in the study of estate planning at the UMKC School of Law.

The recipients of the 2010 Kansas City Estate Planning Symposium Prize are as follows:

For tax related papers:
First Place: Hamid M. Pour - Formula And Defined Value Clauses - The Fight Against The IRS's Public Policy Arguments

Second Place: Ryan Lee White - Family Business Succession Planning And The Uncertainty in 2010

For non-tax related papers:
First place: Andrea Leigh Ridlen - Keeping It In The Family: The Obstacles To Transferring Property At Death To Children Of First Marriages

Second Place: Arthur Salazar* - Pet Trusts: Begging For Some Of Your Estate

Selection committee:

Law School:

  • Prof. Cheslik
  • Randy Gardner

FEPS committee:

  • Gene Pal
  • Lynn Cockle

Estate Planning Society:

  • Gretchen Gold
  • Mindy Ward

Download The Announcement from the Faculty (pdf)

Download The 2010 Flyer (pdf)

Download The 2009 Application (pdf)

Suggested Topics (pdf)

Past Estate Prize Winners (pdf)

2009 Estate Planning Prize Recipients

For more information contact:

Daniel J. McCarroll
Director, Continuing Legal Education
UMKC School of Law
5100 Rockhill Road
Kansas City, MO 64110-2499
816-235-1644
Phone: 816.235.1648
Fax: 816.235.5414
Email: mccarrolld [at] umkc [dot] edu