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HARVARD W. MUHM is a member of the St. Louis law firm of Muhm & Reilly, LLC, where he practices in the area of estate and trust planning. He is a member of The Missouri Bar, the American Bar Association and the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis. Mr. Muhm earned his B.A. degree at Trinity University, his J.D. degree at the University of Missouri - Columbia and his LL.M. degree (taxation) from Washington University in St. Louis. He is named in The Best Lawyers in America. NORMAN S. NEWMARK is an attorney with Guilfoil Petzall & Shoemake LLC in St. Louis, Missouri. Mr. Newmark earned his J.D. degree from Washington University (Order of the Coif), his LLM degree (in taxation) from Washington University and his B.A. degree, cum laude, from Boston University. He focuses his practice on sophisticated corporate, tax and estate planning matters and has extensive experience in probate and tax controversy matters. Mr. Newmark has published articles in The Banking Law Journal, Bowne Digest for Corporate & Securities Lawyers and St. Louis Dentistry regarding mergers and acquisitions, estate planning for closely held business owners, dental malpractice and related asset protection issues. He has previously lectured before various legal, accounting, medical and dental societies and numerous other groups on a wide range of topics, including estate planning, probate, sophisticated corporate and tax matters. Mr. Newmark is a member of The Missouri Bar, the Oklahoma Bar Association and the U.S. Tax Court. KATHERINE RUOCCO is the managing principal of Ruocco Law Office LLC, where her practice includes estate planning, elder law and Medicaid planning. Ms. Ruocco has more than ten years experience in the legal and financial industries, including multi-national management consulting work at Ernst & Young LLP; authorship and development of multi-national financial services education, legal and estate planning materials and publications at Edward Jones brokerage firm; and acting as a nationwide estate planning and wealth transfer resident expert for the Edward Jones Trust Company. Her responsibilities included educating investment representatives and clients across the country, delivery of estate planning seminars and workshops, and development of estate planning publications. Ms. Ruocco is a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, The Missouri Bar, the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (with membership in the Elder Law, Trusts, and Estates committees), the Lawyers Association of St. Louis, and actively volunteers in the elder law and estate planning areas of Legal Services of Eastern Missouri. She earned her B.A. degree, cum laude, from the University of Missouri-St. Louis, her M.B.A. degree, cum laude, from Lindenwood University and her J.D. degree from St. Louis University School of Law. CORT MACBETH SMITH is an attorney in The Barklage Law Firm, LLC in St. Charles. Mr. Smith practices in the areas of estate planning, administration and litigation, including fiduciary liability law, elder law and special needs trusts. He has previously lectured for National Business Institute on estate planning and administration matters. Mr. Smith is a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys and the St. Charles County Bar Association. He earned his B.A. degree from the University of Missouri - Columbia and his J.D. degree from the University of Missouri - Kansas City, where he was the recipient of the Kansas City Estate Planning Symposium Prize for his research and writing on Missouri's Discovery of Assets statute.
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