Steven Laiderman
Adjunct Professor
Steven M. Laiderman is an attorney who limits his practice to estate planning and business planning. His practice includes trust, estate and tax planning, general business and corporate planning, real estate transactions, Medicaid and VA benefits qualification planning, and estate, trust and probate administration. His business practice focuses in the areas of entity creation, business tax planning, succession planning and negotiation of business sales and acquisitions. He also represents clients in the negotiation of leases, and sales and acquisitions of real estate.
Steve is a frequent speaker. He presents 30 educational seminars or more each year to accounting, insurance, financial planning professionals as well as the general public. He has presented a monthly course to insurance professionals for over ten years, which has been approved for continuing education credit for insurance and Certified Financial Planners.
- Education
- University of Missouri BSBA Degree in General Business
- Juris Doctor Degree in 1981 from Washburn University
- Masters in tax law from Washington University in 1988
- Courses
- Practical Skills Training in Estate & Wealth Planning
- Publications
- Protecting Your Estate
- Strictly Business
- How to Protect Your Family’s Assets from Devestating Nursing Home Costs: Medicaid Secrets (2011 Missouri edition)
- Co-Author: Being in Business is a Funny Thing – Getting Out is Not! A Business Owner’s Guide to Growing & Transitioning the Business
- Activity and Affiliations
- National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys
- National Network of Estate Planning Attorneys – Founding Member
- Missouri Bar
- Florida Bar
- Illinois Bar
- Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
- Estate Planning Council of St. Louis