KEVIN B. SPAETH
Kevin Spaeth, Attorney
Education
1978 | Southeast Missouri State University; B.S.
1981 | Washburn University of Topeka; J.D.
Sharon Schuessler,
Legal Assistant
Bar Admissions
Missouri Bar, 1981
Kansas Bar, 1982
United States District Court, Eastern District of Missouri, 1981
United States Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, 1985
United States Supreme Court, 1992
Member
32nd Judicial Circuit Bar Association
President 2010-2011
President of Young Lawyer Section 1984-1985
The Missouri Bar
American Bar Association
National Health Lawyers Association
Areas of Emphasis
Advanced Estate Planning (wills, trust & non-probate transfers)
Business Law; Succession Planning; Contracting; Business Creation & Dissolution
Health Care Law
Probate & Estates
Lecturer
The Missouri Bar, " Annual Update of the Law" Yearly
The Missouri Bar- Advanced Business Law Topics: "How-To" and "Next Steps" Series
Wisconsin Hospital Association on Healthcare Purchasing/ Materials Management
Missouri Hospital Association on Healthcare Purchasing/ Materials Management; HIPAA
National Group Purchasing Group on Building Federally Compliant Purchasing Groups
Lorman Education Services on HIPAA & Missouri Records Laws
Local Hospital, Medical and Dental Associations on Estate Planning; Charitable Gifts; HIPAA compliance & Purchasing laws
The Missouri Bar Mini Law School—Faculty: business law and real property
Kevin limits his practice to estate planning, business law, healthcare law and probate/estate work.
Kevin has extensive experience in the formation and dissolution of all manner of business entities, including limited partnerships, corporations, limited liability companies and partnerships. He has been involved in the formation of family limited partnerships to effectuate estate freezes and insure succession planning to the next generation for closely held family businesses and farms. Kevin has been involved in numerous business dissolutions and reformations to accommodate family splits; spin-offs for the next generation, as well as owner disputes that require a division of assets and business opportunities.
Kevin has handled all manner of contract negotiations and complex drafting of business agreements on behalf of the employer and the employee. This drafting experience includes employment agreements, covenants not to compete and disputes involving competitive issues. Kevin has an emphasis in health care matters from the perspective of the practitioner/healthcare professional dealing with healthcare delivery systems ranging from multi-hospital systems to smaller community hospitals. Kevin has extensive experience with physician owned ambulatory surgery centers and other physician controlled entities.
Kevin’s estate planning experience covers the full range of generational planning from the small estate to include very large multi-million dollar estates. The combination of business and estate planning practice allows Kevin to integrate both business and estate planning concepts to achieve transfers of assets and wealth to the next generation while striving to minimize tax exposure.
Kevin will be happy to sit down and discuss your business/estate planning needs. There is never a charge for the initial consultation. Kevin will explain fees and expenses prior to the legal engagement.
