Bernard J. "B.J." Hickert, admitted to bar, 1980, Kansas; also admitted to practice before U.S. District Court, District of Kansas; U.S. Tax Court. Preparatory education, Benedictine College (B.A., cum laude, 1977); legal education, University of Kansas School of Law (J.D., 1980); University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law (LL.M., Taxation, 1995). Adjunct Professor: Washburn University School of Law, 2006-2014; University of Kansas School of Law, 2013-2018. Member: Topeka Bar Association; Kansas Bar Association; American Bar Association. Fellow: American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. Estate Planning; Probate; Trust Administration; Business Law. E−Mail: Bernard J. "B.J." Hickert
C. David Newbery, admitted to bar, 1974, Kansas; also admitted to practice before U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. District Court, District of Kansas; U.S. Tax Court. Preparatory education, University of Kansas (B.A., 1969; M.B.A., 1971); legal education, University of Kansas School of Law (J.D., 1973). Approved Civil Mediator, Kansas Supreme Court, 2001. Certified Public Accountant, Kansas, 1975. Director of Taxation, Kansas Department of Revenue, 1976-1979. Adjunct Professor, Washburn University School of Law, 1977; 1978; 1983; 1991-1998. Assistant Professor, Taxation, Washburn University School of Business, 1982-1988. Member: Topeka Bar Association; Kansas Bar Association; American Bar Association; Kansas Society of Certified Public Accountants (Northeast Kansas Chapter). Fellow: Kansas Bar Foundation. Estate Planning; Probate; Trust Administration; Taxation; Private Foundations. E−Mail: C. David Newbery
James W. Newbery, admitted to bar, 2014, Kansas; also admitted to practice before U.S. District Court, District of Kansas. Preparatory education, University of Missouri-Kansas City (B.A., Economics/minor in Spanish, 2005); legal education, Washburn University School of Law (J.D., 2013). Member: Topeka Bar Association; Kansas Bar Association. E−Mail: James W. Newbery
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Seamus P. Smith, admitted to bar, 2005, Kansas; 2007, Missouri; also admitted to practice before U.S. District Court, District of Kansas; U.S. Tax Court. Preparatory education, Benedictine College (B.A., cum laude, 2002); legal education, University of Kansas School of Law (J.D., 2004); University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law (LL.M., Taxation, 2006). Member: Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association; Johnson County Bar Association; Kansas Bar Association; American Bar Association. E−Mail: Seamus P. Smith