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Spencer Fane attorney Vincent Aiello

Spencer Fane attorney Vincent Aiello

Vincent Aiello
Of Counsel

Las Vegas

Spencer Fane attorney Nick Alman

Spencer Fane attorney Nick Alman

Nicholas J. (Nick) Alman
Partner

Tampa

Spencer Fane attorney Scott Awerkamp

Spencer Fane attorney Scott Awerkamp

Scott Awerkamp
Of Counsel

St. George

Vincent Aiello helps business owners solve legal problems to secure revenue flow and reduce business risks. As a lawyer and business owner he has firsthand experience handling complex commercial litigation and transactional matters for his clients. His client base spans a broad spectrum of businesses including household-name consumer brands, banks, construction companies, and family ventures. As legal counsel he advises personal family foundations on managing and protecting their wealth. While each of his clients may take on a unique shape or size, they all face complex legal and business challenges, which is precisely where Vincent has focused his commercial legal practice.

Nick Alman stewards clients through a broad range of legal needs, including corporate, tax, and dispute resolution matters while providing unparalleled counsel in tax planning and controversy. He is driven to resolve legal problems as thoroughly, effectively, and efficiently as possible.

Scott Awerkamp is based in our St. George, Utah office. He has extensive experience in estate planning including wills, trusts, tax savings, probate, trust administration, asset protection, charitable giving, guardianships, conservatorships, and elder law. Scott’s work and service provide his clients with peace of mind, knowing they have a well-designed plan that will benefit their families in many ways.

Amanda M. Barron
Of Counsel

Omaha

Johnny G. Beech
Of Counsel

Oklahoma City

Scott E. Blakesley
Partner

Kansas City

Amanda Barron provides clients with informed legal counsel on the best ways to structure business transactions and arrange personal finances, allowing them to meet desired tax objectives and long-term estate planning goals. She utilizes the full spectrum of options to create unique solutions that satisfy immediate needs while reducing taxes and protecting wealth for future generations.

Johnny Beech has more than 30 years of experience as a litigator focusing on contracts, financial services matters, and trust issues.

Scott Blakesley is a partner and leader of the firm’s Kansas City estate planning group.

Jonathan R. Burns
Partner

Nashville

Kim Bushek
Of Counsel

Overland Park

Spencer Fane attorney Bill Clarke

Spencer Fane attorney Bill Clarke

William A. (Bill) Clarke
Partner

Phoenix

Jonathan R. Burns helps both individuals and businesses with structuring transactions and arranging their personal financial affairs to minimize, defer, or eliminate taxes. He concentrates his practice in the areas of estate planning, probate, corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, real estate, and taxation.

Kim helps her clients by identifying practical and workable solutions for a wide variety of tax issues affecting individual and business clients. Her educational background includes an undergraduate degree in accountancy and Juris Doctor and an advanced Master of Law Degree in Taxation that gives her an excellent depth of knowledge regarding complex tax matters.

William (Bill) Clarke provides informed and experienced counsel to businesses, families, and individuals on structuring business transactions and personal finances, aligning strategies to achieve tax objectives, and developing estate planning goals.

Maureen H. Cook
Associate

Denver

Ryan K. Crayne
Partner

Dakota Dunes, Minneapolis

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Spencer Fane attorney Frank Crociata

Spencer Fane attorney Frank Crociata

Frank Crociata
Of Counsel

Phoenix

Maureen H. Cook handles aspects of trust and estate matters, including probate, trust administration, and probate litigation. Her experience encompasses creating simple and complex wills and trusts, financial power of attorney documents, and advanced medical directives.

Ryan Crayne helps clients craft effective estate plans, allowing families to transition, and protect wealth for future generations. He develops a deep understanding of each individual situation to provide creative solutions that account for all eventualities while dealing with often difficult or uncomfortable topics.

Frank Crociata helps clients navigate the intricacies of state and local tax laws associated with business operations, structuring, and personal financial transactions.

Joshua A. Decker
Of Counsel

Overland Park, Kansas City

Spencer Fane attorney Samuel DiPietro

Spencer Fane attorney Samuel DiPietro

Samuel M. DiPietro
Senior Associate

Phoenix

Gerald F. (Jerry) Ehrlich
Of Counsel

Phoenix

Joshua Decker is Of Counsel with the firm and focuses his practice on estate planning, tax planning, and trust and estate administration. He helps families navigate all areas of estate planning with special knowledge in special needs planning and charitable giving.

Samuel DiPietro collaborates with families and their advisors to develop customized estate plans that promote financial literacy, preserve family history, and convey the deeper meaning behind family wealth.

Jerry Ehrlich counsels individual and business clients in the areas of corporate and business transactions, federal income taxation, trusts and estates as well as real estate acquisition, sale, and finance. With a diverse background in many transactional law matters, he prides himself in taking a holistic approach to clients’ problems and identifying key business and legal issues.

Jeff D. Figge
Partner

St. Louis

David E. Funkhouser III
Partner

Phoenix

Spencer Fane attorney John Gates

Spencer Fane attorney John Gates

John Gates
Of Counsel

Salt Lake City

Jeff Figge practices in the estate planning and business transactions groups. In his business practice, Jeff represents privately held and startup entities on formation, sales and acquisitions, complex contract negotiations and implementation, and various organizational, tax, and corporate succession issues.

David Funkhouser counsels clients in complex commercial litigation matters. He is a deeply trusted advisor to many of the nation’s largest consumer loan servicers, mortgage origination companies, and financial institutions, using a client-centric, results-oriented approach to each and every matter he is entrusted with by his clients. David also routinely handles real estate disputes and contract litigation, as well as fiduciary, trust, and probate litigation. He has also defended clients in multiple class-action lawsuits across the country.

John Gates represents many of Utah’s most successful and long-standing businesses and individuals as a trusted and highly sought-after Utah business and estate planning lawyer.

Gerald P. (Gerry) Greiman
Of Counsel

St. Louis

Spencer Fane attorney Chris Harris

Spencer Fane attorney Chris Harris

Chris L. Harris
Of Counsel

Dallas

Steven Hoth
Partner

Denver

Gerry Greiman concentrates his practice in areas of business disputes, trust and estate disputes, and other complex civil litigation. He has handled and won a broad range of cases in various federal and state courts around the country, including the U.S. Supreme Court. Gerry is skilled and experienced at handling matters at both the trial and appellate levels, and in the alternative dispute resolution context.

Chris Harris helps clients minimize their income tax liability, with a specific focus on structuring and negotiating business transactions in the real estate, oil and gas, health care, and private equity industries. He advises a variety of clients on how to secure the future of their commercial enterprise, non-profit organization, or personal legacy through efficient tax structures.

Derek Larsen-Chaney
Partner

Tampa

James R. (Jim) Loranger
Partner

St. Louis

Kelly Mooney
Of Counsel

Phoenix

Derek Larsen-Chaney helps clients to close real estate deals in an efficient manner while prioritizing the avoidance of any unnecessary or potentially costly delays during and after the transaction. His strong background in real estate is beneficial to his work on property transactions, which he can analyze from a business and legal perspective while understanding the concerns and challenges for stakeholders involved.

Jim Loranger helps businesses with mergers and acquisitions, financing of development projects using tax credit incentive programs, corporate governance, planning, and other business transactions.

Kelly Mooney provides clients with focused counsel on all matters related to federal taxation with an understanding that tax issues impact virtually every aspect of business, investment, and personal wealth management. She works collaboratively with attorneys in other practice groups to structure transactions that comply with federal tax law, offer tax relief when applicable, and provide tax-efficient results for her clients.

Spencer Fane attorney Namrita Notani

Spencer Fane attorney Namrita Notani

Namrita S. Notani
Of Counsel

Plano

Serena O'Neil
Partner

St. Cloud, Minneapolis

Gary A. Powell
In Memoriam (1953 – 2024)

Springfield

Namrita Notani is dedicated to helping individuals, families, and businesses plan for the future – protecting assets, managing wealth transfers, and guiding clients through complex real estate and business transactions. She brings a wealth of experience and a unique perspective to her practice thanks to her diverse background as both a former dentist and an immigrant from India. Her journey from healthcare to law reflects her passion for serving her community and helping individuals, families, and businesses navigate complex legal and financial challenges.

Serena O’Neil has a person-centered estate planning practice in which she partners with her clients to create estate plans that put their wishes at the forefront. Just as every person is unique, she strongly believes that every client deserves a uniquely designed estate plan to fit their family, wealth, charitable, and business goals.

Gary Powell was a founding partner of the firm’s Springfield office, and a member of the Tax, Trusts, & Estates Group. Gary had more than 40 years of experience in estate planning, trust and estate administration, and tax and business transactions. His leadership abilities and expertise with sophisticated estate planning, business succession planning, business formation and acquisitions, and shareholder and buy-sell agreements were evident as he earnestly served clients and supported colleagues.

Jacklyn (Jackie) Pringle
Of Counsel

Overland Park

Stephen (Steve) Rickles
Partner

Denver

Neil M. Rosenstein
Of Counsel

Houston

Jackie Pringle focuses her practice on providing clients with legal counsel on complex tax matters including estate planning; probate administration; tax controversy; state and local tax issues; and international withholding taxes, U.S. compliance issues, and entity formation. Her clients include businesses of all sizes as well as high net worth individuals.

Steve Rickles practices in the employee benefits, estate planning, and business and tax exempt organizations areas.

Neil Rosenstein works with clients on estate planning, estate and trust administration, real estate, drafting of contracts, and tax and business planning.

Dan Sciullo
Partner

Denver

David C. (Dave) Seitter
Partner

Kansas City

Spencer Fane attorney Travis Strickler

Spencer Fane attorney Travis Strickler

Travis L. Strickler
Associate

Nashville

Dan Sciullo recognizes that counseling clients on business planning, tax planning, and estate planning involves more than just providing answers to his clients’ legal questions. Dan provides clients with solutions to their problems, and in providing those solutions, he recognizes the importance of considering and addressing business and family dynamics.

Dave Seitter simplifies complex business issues critical to his clients’ transactions and responds rapidly to provide legal counseling to dynamic business situations.

Travis continuously evaluates and helps define a client’s tax objectives and estate planning and business succession goals while providing them beneficial insight into the full spectrum of options available. This allows him to help structure transactions and arrange personal finances to satisfy immediate needs while planning for long-term success. Prior to entering private practice, he spent time as an associate with one of the largest financial security companies in the nation, where he received significant experience related to his current legal work.

Spencer Fane attorney Melissa Szymanski

Spencer Fane attorney Melissa Szymanski

Melissa A. Szymanski
Associate

St. Louis

Samuel Thomas
Of Counsel

Houston

Melinda M. (Mindy) Ward
Partner

Overland Park

Melissa Szymanski helps clients protect wealth and preserve assets through comprehensive strategies intentionally designed to prioritize both immediate and long-term needs. She focuses her practice on the areas of estate planning, tax law, wealth preservation, and general business law.

Samuel is Board Certified in Estate Planning and Probate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and focuses his practice on the representation of high net-worth individuals, families, and fiduciaries with respect to estate planning, probate, estate, and trust administration, closely-held business succession planning, entity formations, and wealth preservation.

Melinda (Mindy) Ward provides clients with a high level of efficient service and expertise in complex estate, business, and gift and tax planning issues. She is well-versed in handling wills and trusts, family limited partnerships, limited liability companies, S-corporations, irrevocable trusts, charitable trusts, and other sophisticated estate and business planning devices. In addition, Mindy advises clients in all types of fiduciary controversies, administers estates and trusts, and prepares federal and state individual, estate, gift, corporate, and generation-skipping tax returns, as well as fiduciary income tax returns for estates and trusts.

Scott Woody
Senior Associate

Santa Fe

Nicole Zaworska
Associate

Tampa

David N. Zimmerman
Of Counsel

Overland Park

Scott Woody focuses his practice on tax planning at the state and local levels, while also handling tax controversies and any associated litigation. He has valuable experience in contract preparation and analysis, Tribal taxation, and matters and regulatory challenges related to federal and state agencies. This often involves assisting clients with effectively structuring business transactions and arranging personal financial affairs to minimize, defer, or eliminate tax obligations that align with a client’s specific objectives.

Nicole Zaworska represents private and public domestic and international companies, as well as individuals, in a broad range of business and transactional matters, including corporate governance and organizational issues, mergers and acquisitions, and taxation. Her experience also includes a strong background in real estate financing, deal structure, and associated litigation.

Based in the firm’s Kansas City office, Dave is a partner with the corporate practice group. Honored with his selection to Best Lawyers in America and Super Lawyers, Dave brings a wealth of knowledge to the firm, including experience in taxation, corporate, estates and trust, non-profit organizations, and real estate.