Tom Nations Email & Phone Number

Greater St. Louis Area

The Nations Law Firm is a general, civil practice law firm, providing legal services for individuals, families, business owners, and small businesses.► Serve as Lead Attorney/Partner, directing internal/external attorneys and staff to address client needs and deepen client relationships. Manage the firm's strategic growth and execute team objectives to drive team performance► Direct management, operation and compliance concerning business and legal functions of the firm► Represent entrepreneurs, small and medium-sized businesses in the areas of choice of entity, entity creation, entity operations, and ownership succession planning; real estate acquisition, ownership, improvement, leasing, and disposition; estate planning (tax, probate, asset protection, and risk assessment, management, and mitigation). Handle extensive trust and estate administration, including multi-generational tax/trust issues► Personally handle the litigation practice, including entity governance, entity operations, entity ownership relations, trust, estate, probate, real estate, and domestic relations disputes to help clients manage risks/liabilities► Engage with wealth management advisors to determine financial solutions for high net worth clients, analyzing clients’ complex financial and legal concerns to help them arrive at preferred outcomes. ► Oversee transaction practice, leading legal research and writing in entity creation, ownership, governance and operations; real estate ownership and development transactions contracts; estate and gift tax, income tax, asset protection, public assistance, and probate-avoidance instruments► Professional handle trusts, wills, POAs, agreements, codicils, amendments, attorney letters, IRA agreements, etc.

Greater St. Louis Area

Nations, Hettenbach & Diehl, LLC was a general, civil, transaction and litigation firm.► Served as a founding partner, leading management, building development and risk management of the firm. ► Managed and operated the daily functions of the firm and represented clients in all aspects of business/family law.► Led the firm’s transaction practice, collaborating across functions, including legal research/writing in estate planning and administration, asset avoidance, public assistance, probate-avoidance, entity creation, ownership, governance, and operations instruments and documents; and real estate ownership and development transactions contracts.► Used market opportunities to identify and develop client-focused business building ideas that achieved clients’ goals.► Employed advanced knowledge of fiduciary principles, estate and income taxation and use trust accounting principles.

Greater St. Louis Area

Nations & Nations, LLC is a general, civil, transaction and litigation firm.► Employed exceptional legal knowledge, judgment and work ethic to handle all aspects of business law, as well as tax and trust matters for businesses, startups and individuals. ► Analyzed and resolved many complex legal matters.

Greater St. Louis Area

Danna McKittrick, PC, is a general, civil, transaction and litigation firm. ► Represented businesses, startups, and high net worth individuals in all aspects of business and trust matters.► Lead the transaction practice, including legal research and writing in entity governance; entity operations; transaction contracts; income tax, estate and gift tax, asset protection, public assistance; and probate-avoidance instruments.

Greater St. Louis Area

Kramer & Frank, P.C., is a general, civil, transaction and litigation firm. ► Provided expert legal advice and support to entrepreneurs, business owners, and high wealth individuals in areas of choice of entity, entity creation, entity operations, and ownership succession planning; real estate acquisition, ownership, improvement, leasing, and disposition; estate planning (including tax, probate, asset protection, and risk assessment, management, and mitigation). ► Handled extensive trust and estate administration.

Greater St. Louis Area

Nations & Mueller was a general, civil, transaction and litigation firm.► Promoted to Attorney upon graduation from Washington University School of Law. ► Represented businesses in entity-related law, ownership succession planning; real estate acquisition, leasing, and disposition; estate planning (tax, probate, asset protection, and risk assessment, management, and mitigation), plus led trust/estate administration. ► Utilized strong familiarity with financial and insurance products and risk avoidance.

Greater St. Louis Area

► Served as Legal Tax Specialist (while attending Washington University School of Law (1980 – 1983) ► Handled income tax work, estate tax work, inheritance tax work, probate (decedent estate and guardianship/ conservatorship estate) administration work, and legal research and writing. ► Employed a deep knowledge of fiduciary principles, estate and income taxation and investment principles. Employed ability to use trust accounting systems.

J.D., Law

Being a St. Louis native, I lived "at home" through my first year of law school, working at Nations & Mueller, my Dad's firm, and Straub's.

B.S., Business Administration