H. Joseph Price, Jr.

Shareholder/Director

jprice@dysarttaylor.com                            Legal Assistant: Laurie McBee
816-714-3024                                              816-714-3036
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“Joe has guided me through a legal maze at what was the most difficult time in my life. He continues to provide me with guidance, direction, and understandable explanations as I sort through complex financial arrangements that are well beyond my competence.”

Bio

Forty-one years into his practice, Joe Price draws on decades of experience helping businesses and individuals plan for their future through estate planning, tax planning, business succession planning and wealth preservation.

Joe occupies a unique position in the Kansas City estate planning community. He is one of only five individuals who has been elected as a Fellow of the American College of Tax and Estate Counsel (ACTEC) and as an inductee into the Kansas City Estate Planning Society Hall of Fame.

Joe had the privilege of working with great mentors early in his career and has spent decades giving back to the community by serving as an adjunct professor at the UMKC School of Law and as Chairman of the Student Development Committee of the Kansas City Estate Planning Symposium which provides scholarships and internships to law students.

Joe has served in leadership positions at several large firms. His experiences and responsibilities included managing estate planning and tax law departments. Additionally, he was the executive vice president of BryanMark Financial Group, the Saint Louis office of the M Financial Group which specialized in estate planning and asset preservation purposes.

 

Experience

  • Represented several clients in significant lifetime giving transactions.
  • Advised clients in life insurance for estate planning and asset preservation purposes.
  • Represented several clients and/or assisted in the resolution of trust or estate disputes. 

Activities

PROFESSIONAL
  • American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC)
    • Fellow, 2003-present
  • Estate Planning Society of Kansas City
    • President, 2014-2015
  • Recent Developments in Federal Taxes
    • Chairman and Moderator, 2010-present
  • Kansas City Estate Planning Symposium
    • Chairman, 2005
    • Chairman, Exhibitors & Underwriter Committee, 2009-present
    • Member, Program Committee, 1998-present
  • UMKC School of Law
    • Adjunct Professor, 1998-present
  • Heart of America Tax Institute
    • Member, 1986-1996
COMMUNITY
  • The Inside Scoop, a KU Basketball online newsletter
    • Co-Founder, 2013-present
EDUCATION
  • The University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, J.D., 1978
  • University of Kansas, B.A., with distinction, 1975
HONORS
  • Missouri Lawyers Media, POWER List (Estate Planning & Tax), 2022
  • The Best Lawyers in America, 2007-present
  • The Best Lawyers in America, Lawyer of the Year, 2022
  • Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers, 2017-present
  • Hall of Fame of the Estate Planning Society of Kansas City, 2018
  • American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, Fellow
SEMINARS
  • “Intermediate Estate Planning 2021,” Kansas City Estate Planning Symposium, January 2021
  • “Issues and Considerations Regarding Using Trust vs. Wills; Importance of Trustee Selection,” Kansas City Estate Planning Symposium Fundamentals seminar, 2017
  • “The Ever-Expanding Role of IRAs and Qualified Retirement Plans in the Estate Planning Process,” Kansas City Estate Planning Symposium Fundamentals seminar, 2013-2014
  • “Anatomy of Life Insurance Policies and Annuities” ACTEC Heart of America Regional Meeting, May 2013
  • “When the Model Rules Collide with Real World Behavior,” 34th Annual Recent Developments in Federal Taxes seminar, Kansas City, MO, February 2013
  • “The Multi-Generation IRA,” The American College, Bryn Mawr, PA, June 1999
  • “The Uses of Life Insurance with Pass-Through Entities,” ALI-ABA, 1995 – 1998
  • “The Uses of Life Insurance with S Corporations,” ALI-ABA, 1993 – 1994
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