Ruth J. Brackney

Ms. Brackney prepares analysis and recommendations on sophisticated estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer tax issues, including development of complex estate plans, preparation of estate planning documents, estate and gift tax returns, and administration of estates, trusts, and family limited partnerships. She provides lifetime financial planning involving special needs of children and spouses, and financial planning related to divorce and premarital agreements. Ms. Brackney assists clients with charitable planning and the administration of private foundations and charitable trusts. Ms. Brackney represents estate and trust clients in federal estate tax audits. She forms and administers charitable entities including private foundations, charitable lead trusts and charitable remainder trusts. Ms. Brackney provides life insurance planning and planning with retirement assets.

Ms. Brackney’s prior experience includes working in the Tax & Estate Planning Practice Group at Husch & Eppenberger. She was also an auditor with the Resolution Trust Corporation - Office of Inspector General in Kansas City, Missouri.

Ms. Brackney has also passed the CPA exam.

Court Memberships

• Kansas
• Missouri

Honors

• Order of the Bench and Robe
• University of Missouri-Kansas City Law Review, Spring 1997 Edition
• The Urban Lawyer, Articles Editor
• Emissaries, Secretary
• Phi Alpha Delta, Treasurer
• Phi Kappa Phi

Professional Affiliations

• Association of Women Lawyers (Member)
• Graduate of Kansas City Tomorrow, 32nd Class
• The Missouri Bar (Member)
• Estate Planning Society of Kansas City (Member)
• Kansas Elder Hotline (Volunteer)
• University of Missouri-Kansas City Graduate Tax Law Foundation (Board of Directors)
• TruFriends, Truman Medical Center (Member)
• KCMBA (Member)
• Operation Breakthrough (Encompass Volunteer/Mentor)

Presentations

• Co-taught, Estate Planning and Drafting, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, 2001-2002