Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Mr. Brown's primary areas of responsibility include business, estate and tax planning for closely held corporations, individuals with large estates, and real estate investors.  Peter also assists clients in the management of their real estate and financial assets.

Prior to joining Lathrop & Gage, Mr. Brown was a member at Husch & Eppenberger, LLC and co-managed their Tax & Estate Planning Practice Group.  He also worked for the Internal Revenue for six years where he was manager of the Estate & Gift Tax Group.

Mr. Brown frequently lectures on tax subjects and is a former instructor in partnership tax at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

Areas of Practice

• Wealth Strategies
• Tax

West Practice Categories

Taxation Law

Bar Admissions

• Missouri, 1969
• Kansas, 1982

Professional Associations and Memberships

• The Missouri Bar
• Kansas Bar Association
• American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (Fellow, Business Planning and Charitable Gift Committees)
• Estate Planning Society of Kansas City (Past-President)
• Estate Planning Symposium Committee (Past Chair)
• Lawyers Association of Greater Kansas City
• Briarcliff Development Co., Inc. (Board of Directors)
• Garney Companies, Inc. (Board of Directors)
• Metropolitan Kansas City Performing Arts Center (Steering Committee, Project Oversight Committee)

Honors and Awards

• Selected as one of the Top 100 Wealth Strategies Attorneys in the USA, Worth Magazine, 2006
• Selected for Missouri/Kansas Super Lawyers, 2006-2009
• Selected among Best Lawyers in America®, 2001-2010
• Martindale-Hubbell® "AV" Rating

Education

• University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, 1977
  LL.M. Taxation
• Washington University School of Law, 1969
  J.D.
• Westminster College, 1966
  B.A.

Published Works

• 56 Lathrop & Gage Attorneys Named Best Lawyers in America, 2009
• 52 Lathrop & Gage Attorneys Named Super Lawyers, 2008
• National Best Lawyers Roster Includes 50 Lathrop & Gage Attorneys, 2008
• 45 Lathrop & Gage Attorneys Named Super Lawyers, 2007
• Two Lathrop & Gage Attorneys Among Worth Magazine's Top 100, 2006
• Recent Honors for Lathrop & Gage Attorneys - Litigation Insert No. 5 - Fall 2006, 2006
• National Best Lawyers Roster Includes 36 Lathrop & Gage Attorneys, 2006

Address

2345 Grand Blvd.
Suite 2800
Kansas City, MO 64108

Phones

(816) 460-5403 (Business Phone)

Faxes

(816) 292-2001 (Business Fax)

Emails

Contact Us (Business Email)

Websites

http://www.lathropgage.com/