James H. Bernard, Attorney - The Law Firm of Slagle, Bernard & Gorman

Attorney James H. Bernard, Slagle, Bernard & Gorman

Mr. Bernard has been a member of the firm for his entire legal career of over 50 years. He presently practices law full time in trust and estate work, primarily planning, drafting and administering of complex estate plans, estates, and serving as trustee or co-trustee of numerous trusts. During the last two decades he has served as counsel and Board member for numerous not-for-profit organizations including both small and large private foundations and residential condominiums. During his career he has also engaged in the areas of income taxation, real property and corporation law, and he continues to act as a consultant in those areas.

Mr. Bernard has been involved extensively in civic, religious and philanthropic work and received the 2002 Chisholm Award from the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation for his philanthropic leadership and guidance of clients' charitable planning. He was a long time member of the Board of the College of the Ozarks. He has lectured on estate planning and has served as a mentor to a number of the attorneys in the firm in that and other areas of his expertise.

Mr. Bernard received his L.L.B. from the University of Kansas School of Law (Order of the COIF) and his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Kansas (Phi Beta Kappa) and was admitted to practice in Missouri in 1948. He also attended the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard Law School. He is currently a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, and a member of the American Bar Association, the Kansas City Bar Association, and the Missouri Bar. Formerly he was President of the Estate Planning Council of Kansas City. He served as a Chief Warrant Officer in the U.S. Army during World War II.

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