The Kansas City Business Journal Reviews Van Osdol & Magruder, The Biggest Little Law Firm ® In Kansas City

Thank you Steve Vockrodt, staff writer at the Kansas City Business Journal for featuring Van Osdol & Magruder in the Kansas City Business Journal. Van Osdol was recognized for being a small business with a large impact. Van Osol & Magruder’s trademark, The Biggest Little Law Firm®, proves to be true with 15 lawyers, 10 of whom are partners and clients who have been with the firm for decades. According to the article, “Robert Beachy, managing partner of the firm, said one of its primary characteristics is having a small stable of lawyers who can touch many areas. That allows the firm to completely represent a small company’s legal needs, particularly for businesses that can’t afford to hire in-house counsel. That’s a departure from some firms of similar size, which can be loose confederations of lawyers in a common office area but serving distinct client lists.” Partner Shawn Stogsdill advises clients on formation and choice of entity issues, as well as representing them in business acquisitions, sales and dissolutions. In real estate matters, he will negotiate and supervise real property transactions, along with drafting the necessary documents. Partner and Lawyer Paul Himmelstein practices in the areas of business, taxation and estate planning, business succession planning, and post-death estate and trust administration. Paul assists clients with business formation, choice of entity decisions, contract review, and employment issues while further structuring estate plans for clients, including drafting Wills, Revocable Trusts, Family Limited Partnerships, Limited Liability Companies, Irrevocable Insurance Trusts, Grantor Retained Annuity Trusts, Qualified Personal Residence Trusts and various Charitable Trusts. He also assists clients with other sophisticated estate and tax planning strategies as well as the administration of decedents’ trusts and probate estates, including individual, gift, estate, generation-skipping tax and income tax returns as well as fiduciary income tax returns. Read More