John Readey has participated in several significant succession planning projects involving closely held corporations. He also advises tax-exempt organizations on operational issues. He has experience in techniques involving lifetime gifts, generally at a discount, recapitalizations, retention of control and the use of charitable trusts and foundations, all in the context of achieving clients’ succession goals at minimal tax cost and maximum fulfillment of clients’ overall estate planning and charitable goals. Mr. Readey lectures frequently on estate and charitable planning topics for both legal and lay organizations and is very active in the community.

Publications

• Co-author – Probate Procedures Manual for Jackson County probate practitioners

Professional Affiliations

• American College of Trust and Estate Counsel – Fellow

• Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association – Past Chair, Estate Planning, Probate and Trust Committee

• Missouri Bar – Probate and Trust Committee

• Estate Planning Society

• Mid-America Planned Giving Council

• Lawyers Association of Kansas City – Past President

Civic Involvement and Distinctions

• Kansas City Business Journal – "Best of the Bar"

• UMKC Trustees – Member, Chairman-Elect

• Kansas City Trolley Corporation – Founder and Past President

• Kansas City Spirit Festival – Past Co-chair

• Niles Home for Children – Former Board Member

• Folly Theater – Past President

• The Pembroke Hill School – Past President, Board of Trustees; Distinguished Alumnus

• YouthNet of Greater Kansas City – Past Co-chair

• The River Club – Past Director and Secretary

• American Jazz Museum – Director