PRACTICE AREAS

Probate and Fiduciary Litigation

Wealth Planning/Administration

Christine Graham has more than 13 years experience in the areas of probate and trust litigation and estate planning. Her practice has included complex trust and estate disputes, guardianships and conservatorships, and fiduciary litigation matters. She has also worked extensively with her clients to develop comprehensive estate and business succession plans.

Ms. Graham's expertise can benefit banks; trust companies; individuals serving as a trustee, executor, guardian or conservator; hospitals and care homes with guardianship/power of attorney issues; beneficiaries of trusts and estate; and individuals and business owners in need of estate and business planning.

COMMUNITY AND BAR INVOLVEMENT

The Johnson County Bar Association

Member and President-Elect

2008 Herbert W. Walton Bench/Bar Conference Co-Chair

Active in Bench/Bar Probate and Estate Planning Committee

The Missouri Bar

Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association

Member and former Chair of the Probate and Estate Planning Committee

Eastern Kansas Estate Planning Council

Member and President

Children’s Mercy Planned Giving Council

Cure of Ars Catholic Church and School

SafeHome

Board of Directors and Executive Committee

NOTABLE EXPERIENCE

Ms. Graham’s practice also includes the qualification and representation of tax-exempt organizations, corporate mergers and acquisitions, and other corporate transactions. Ms. Graham has represented a number of non-profit entities such as Heathwood Community Center, Inc., Family Restoration Ministries, Inc. and Heart of America Search and Rescue.

Ms. Graham is currently serving as Vice President for the Johnson County Bar Association and is active in the Johnson County Bar Association Bench/Bar Probate Committee. She is also serving as Vice President for the Eastern Kansas Estate Planning Council. Ms. Graham is a member of the Children’s Mercy Planned Giving Council. Ms. Graham is also on the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee for SafeHome. Ms. Graham is also a member of the 2008 Leadership Overland Park Class.

Ms. Graham has done extensive work in the area of guardianships and conservatorships, and was invited to serve on a committee of lawyers which assisted in the review of new legislation in Kansas designed to revamp the guardian and conservator laws in that state. She is a frequent continuing legal education presenter on the subjects of probate, estate planning and guardianships.

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

March 2007

Planning Methods to Control Medical Treatment.

National Business Institute

August 2007

Webinar - IRS Audits Non-Profits

Hosted by Shughart Thomson & Kilroy

June 2006

What You Don’t Know About Living Wills and Beyond

Ingram’s magazine

April 2006

Estate Planning Practices

KCMBA Spring Into Success Paralegal Education Program

November 2005

Assisting Our Aging Parents: The Legal Implications We Face

American Business Women Association

September 2005

Successful Wealth Transfer Techniques in Kansas

Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association

June 2005

Ethics in Probate and Estate Planning Practices

Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association

EDUCATION

J.D., with honors, Washburn University School of Law, 1994

LL.M., Tax, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 1995

B.S., Journalism, University of Kansas, 1991

BAR ADMISSIONS

Kansas, 1993

Missouri, 1994