Bradford L. Stevens

Bradford L. Stevens is a Partner at Shands, Elbert, Gianoulakis & Giljum, LLP in St. Louis. He serves individuals and businesses through estate and business planning designed around their goals and long-term priorities. His practice includes Business and Individual Tax Planning, Corporate and Real Estate matters, Estate Planning, and Probate and Trust Law. He works with clients on legal structures intended to protect assets, organize succession, and support personal or business continuity.

Brad earned a B.A. magna cum laude from the University of Missouri-St. Louis in 1973 and a J.D. from Washington University School of Law in 1976. His legal education and decades of practice support work involving estate planning, taxation, probate, real estate, and business law. This combination of disciplines is especially relevant when a client’s plan must coordinate personal assets, business ownership, tax concerns, fiduciary responsibilities, and future transfers.

Brad implements estate and business plans for individuals and companies and advises on related tax, probate, trust, corporate, and real estate issues. His work can involve organizing ownership, planning for succession, addressing estate administration, and structuring arrangements that reflect a client’s priorities. He is also a frequent lecturer who has presented seminars to accounting professionals, financial planners, insurance professionals, and members of the public on estate-planning subjects.

Bradford L. Stevens was a founding member and former President of e.Planners Educational Alliance, a nonprofit organization devoted to expanding estate-planning knowledge. He belongs to probate and trust groups within the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, The Missouri Bar, and the American Bar Association. His practice brings together estate, tax, business, and real estate planning to help clients create coordinated legal arrangements for present needs and future transitions.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, Shands, Elbert, Gianoulakis & Giljum, LLP
• Member, The Missouri Bar
• Member, Probate and Trust Section of the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
• Member, Probate and Trust Committee of the Missouri Bar
• Member, Real Property, Probate and Trust Section of the American Bar Association
• Founding Member and Former President, e.Planners Educational Alliance

Licensed State

• Missouri

Education

• Washington University School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• University of Missouri-St. Louis
  Bachelor of Arts (BA)

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