Robert Ramsdell Email & Phone Number

Over the years, I greatly enjoyed working with hundreds of clients on their estate planning. And the quality of my work was recognized by my selection as a Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyer (top 5%) in the Estate Planning & Probate practice area for my last three years in practice.But all good things must end – In June 2023, I retired from the practice of law and folded the tent of the Ramsdell Law Office.I am, however, continuing to present educational seminars on estate planning at the Senior Resource Center for Douglas County located at 745 Vermont Street in Lawrence. There are two more seminars scheduled in 2023 - on July 27 and October 26, both at 2:00pm – 3:30pm.Relevant to adults of all ages, these seminars are free and open to the public. They cover topics such as: • How will your property be distributed at your death? And who will be in charge of the distribution? • How can you name the person who will become the guardian of any minor children for whom you are responsible? • How can you use a trust to ensure assets are safeguarded and used for the benefit of a beneficiary? • How can you specify who will handle your finances and make medical decisions if you are alive but incapacitated?• How can you avoid probate? And will you be subject to estate taxes?Seating is limited. Call the Senior Resource Center at 785-842-0543 or go online at https://YourSRCDouglasCo.as.me/FundamentalsEstatePlanning to reserve a space.

Lawrence, Kansas

Each spring semester, for four years, I taught Estate Planning: Practice, the capstone course in the sequence of tax and estate planning courses offered at KU Law. The course addressed traditional Wills and the probate process; Revocable Living Trusts; incapacity planning via durable General and Healthcare Powers of Attorney, as well as the creation of Supplemental Needs Trusts; planning for retirement assets, closely held business interests, and charitable transfers; life insurance; and asset protection. The students put this substantive material into practice by developing alternative planning approaches for hypothetical families with substantial estates, then drafting the relevant documents incorporating the recommended solutions.

333 West 9Th Street, Lawrence, Kansas 66044

I joined what was then Thompson & Associates a week after graduating from law school and continuously practiced there for 18 years. My initial focus was civil litigation, and I successfully tried jury trials in Douglas, Franklin, Jefferson, and Leavenworth counties. On each occasion when the losing party appealed, I briefed, argued, and won before the Kansas Court of Appeals. But for the last 10+ years my primary interest was in estate planning and trust / probate administration.

Progressive positions of responsibility from Second Lieutenant to Lieutenant Colonel while serving in a variety of command and staff positions. One notable assignment was duty as an Assistant Professor of Economics at West Point after earning an MBA at Dartmouth. Following service in the Gulf War as the operations officer of a MLRS rocket artillery battalion, my final assignment was as a Tactics Instructor at the Command & General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

Jd, Law

Activities and Societies: Order of the Coif, James P. Mize Trial Advocacy Award, National Moot Court Team, Jessup International Law Moot.

Mba With High Distinction, Business Administration

Activities and Societies: Edward Tuck Scholar, Walter A. Jacobs Memorial Prize

Ba Cum Laude, Economics

Activities and Societies: Who's Who, Omicron Delta Kappa, Omicron Delta Epsilon, Pi Gamma Mu, James B. Moore Award, SGA Senate, All.