Gold, Gretchen M.

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Ms. Gold's area of practice is in estate and trust taxation, estate planning, probate and trust administration, probate trust litigation, guardianships, charitable and not-for-profit planning, business succession, and wealth preservation planning.

Ms. Gold provides lifetime financial planning involving special needs of children, spouses, and financial planning related to divorce.  Gretchen assists clients in the preparation of estate planning documents, from Wills and Trusts containing complicated tax and distribution provisions, to 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.

Areas of Practice

• Wealth Strategies
• Tax

West Practice Categories

Taxation Law

Bar Admissions

• Missouri, 1992
• Kansas, 1993
• Oklahoma, 2001

Professional Associations and Memberships

• The Missouri Bar (Member, 1992-present; Vice-chair of the Standing Committee on Legal Assistants, 1995-1998)
• The Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association (Member, 1992-present; Probate Trust Committee, 1995-present; Public Service Committee, 1993)
• Children's Mercy Hospital (Planned Gift Council, 1998-present)
• The Kansas City Estate Planning Society (Board Member, 2004-present)
• The Kansas City Estate Planning Symposium (Formerly the Federal Estate Planning Society Symposium), (Planning Committee, 2005-present)
• Tommy Simone Memorial Scholarship Fund (Committee Member, 1997-2005)
• Saint Pius X High School (School Board Member, 1996-2002; School Board President, 1999-2001)
• Saint Pius X High School (Capital Campaign Committee, 1997-2002)

Honors and Awards

• Order of the Bench and Robe
• Law Review (Note & Comment Editor)
• American Jurisprudence Award - Property I and Civil Procedure I
• The Law Council

Education

• University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, 1992
  J.D.
  Honors: with distinction
• Missouri Western State University, 1983
  B.S., Political Science

Published Works

• Important Estate Tax Changes Effective January 1, 2010, 2010

Address

2345 Grand Blvd.
Suite 2800
Kansas City, MO 64108

Phones

(816) 460-5410 (Business Phone)

Faxes

(816) 292-2001 (Business Fax)

Emails

Contact Us (Business Email)

Websites

http://www.lathropgage.com/