Dave advises clients regarding lifetime financial planning involving special needs of children, spouses and financial planning related to divorce. He prepares estate planning documents, including wills and trusts containing complicated tax and distribution provisions, family limited partnerships, irrevocable life insurance trusts, irrevocable gift trusts, grantor retained annuity trusts, qualified personal residence trusts, charitable remainder trusts and many other sophisticated estate planning devices. Dave also advises clients on estates and trusts in federal estate tax audits and litigation.
He is a member of the Advisory Committee of Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning of the University of Miami. He was an adjunct faculty member in the graduate tax program at the Washington University School of Law for more than 20 years, teaching courses on "Taxation of Foreign Income and Aliens" and "Fiduciary Income Tax." He also formerly served as Editor-in-Chief of The Tax Lawyer.
Awards & Recognitions
· The Best Lawyers in America, Tax Law, Trust & Estates, 1983-2012; St. Louis Tax Lawyer of the Year, 2012
Professional Associations & Memberships
· American Bar Association, Section of Taxation, Former Vice-Chair of Publications; Real Property, Trust & Estate Law Section, Senior Associate Articles Editor, Probate and Property magazine
· American College of Tax Counsel, Former Regent and Founding Member
· American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, Former Regent
· American Law Institute, Life Member
· The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
· The Missouri Bar
Civic Involvement
· Jewish Center for the Aged, Former Board Member
· Jewish Federation of Saint Louis, Former Board Member, various committees
· Saint Louis Community Foundation, Former General Counsel
· United Hebrew Congregation, Former Board Member
News & Publications
News
10.13.11, Twelve Husch Blackwell Attorneys Named "Lawyers of the Year" by Best Lawyers
9.6.11, More Than 100 Husch Blackwell Attorneys Named to Best Lawyers 2012
Publications
1.1.06, Missouri Estate Planning & Will Drafting, and Estate Administration Forms