Bill Dakan

Bill Dakan is a Kansas attorney with Depew Gillen Rathbun & McInteer, LC in Wichita. His practice emphasizes business organizations and transactions, real estate law, trusts and estates administration, tax matters, and aviation law. He works with clients on legal issues that can involve business structure, property interests, estate administration, taxation, and aviation-related concerns. His combination of legal and accounting experience gives him a practical perspective when advising clients on matters where financial, tax, and legal considerations overlap. He has also spoken on business transactions, tax, estate planning, and aviation law topics.

Bill earned a B.S. in Accounting from Kansas State University and a J.D. from the University of Kansas. Before attending law school, he worked with KPMG Peat, Marwick, CPAs in Kansas City, Missouri, and earned his CPA certificate in Kansas. His accounting background provides additional experience relevant to business transactions, tax planning, estate administration, and other matters involving financial records and complex economic considerations. His legal education and earlier accounting work have supported a practice that bridges transactional law, taxation, property matters, and estate-related concerns.

Bill has a business and transactional practice that includes advising on legal matters involving business organizations and commercial transactions. His real estate work adds another dimension to a practice that frequently intersects with ownership, development, financing, and property-related planning. He also assists with trusts and estate administration, where tax considerations and financial information can play an important role in decision-making. His aviation law practice reflects another specialized area of experience, and he has addressed professional audiences on aviation-related legal issues along with tax, estate planning, and business transaction topics.

Bill Dakan is a member of the Kansas Bar Association and Wichita Bar Association, where he previously chaired the Real Estate, Probate, and Law Day Committees. He is also a life member of the Kansas Society of Certified Public Accountants. His professional background combines decades of legal practice with accounting knowledge and experience addressing business, estate, real estate, tax, and aviation matters. At his law practice, he continues to advise clients on transactions and planning issues that benefit from careful legal analysis, financial understanding, and practical attention to the long-term consequences of important business and personal decisions.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Depew Gillen Rathbun & McInteer, LC
• Member, Kansas Bar Association
• Past Chair, Wichita Bar Association, Real Estate, Probate and Law Day Committees
• Member, Wichita Bar Foundation

Licensed State

• Kansas

Education

• University of Kansas
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Kansas State University
  BS in Accounting

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