Amy DeGraeve

Ms. DeGraeve is an associate in the wealth strategies department. She limits her practice to basic corporate and LLC business matters, and to estate planning, including wills, trusts, probate, inheritance tax, estate tax and elder law. She drafts ante-nuptial agreements, corporate and LLC documents and conducts real estate transactions for clients.

Prior to joining the firm, Ms. DeGraeve worked as a senior associate for an estate and tax planning law firm. She also served as a Teaching Assistant for the legal writing program during her time in law school.

Court Memberships

• Kansas
• Missouri

Honors

• First Place, 2003 Estate Planning Prize, Non-Tax (Kansas City Estate Planning Symposium)
• Staff member, UMKC Law Review , 2002-2004
• Staff member, The Urban Lawyer, 2002-2003

Professional Affiliations

• Cancer Action, Inc., Board of Directors
• The Missouri Bar
• Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
• Kansas Bar Association
• Johnson County Bar Association
• Children’s Mercy Planned Giving Council
• The Estate Planning Society of Kansas City
• Estate Planning Council of Eastern Kansas
• Association of Women Lawyers

Publications

• Author, United States v. Craft: Pulling the Stakes Out From Under the Tenancy By the Entirety, 71 University of Missouri – Kansas City Law Review 731, Spring 2003

Presentations

• Speaker, MetLife presentation to Quest Diagnostics, April 2010
• Speaker, Medicaid Planning in an Economic Downturn, Kansas Tax Accountant’s Conference, October 2009
• Speaker, University of Kansas Cancer Center Caregiver Seminar, September 2009
• Speaker, MetLife presentation to American Airlines Retirees, May 2009
• Speaker, Issues in Real Estate Taxation, Kansas Tax Accountant’s Conference, October 2008