Charles J. Andres

Charles J. Andres is an attorney and member of Andres Law Firm in Olathe, Kansas. His practice includes estate planning, wills, trusts, probate, and tax-related legal matters. His work addresses the planning and administration questions that arise when individuals arrange for the disposition of property or manage an estate. He also provides services involving related elder law issues and legal questions concerning trusts and estates.

Charles earned a J.D. from the University of Baltimore School of Law and later completed an LL.M. at the same institution. He received a B.S. from the University of Maryland, College Park. This combination of undergraduate and graduate legal education is part of his background in estate planning, probate administration, and tax-related questions. His professional profile records these qualifications along with bar admissions in several states.

Andres has contributed to the legal publication Kansas Probate & Trust Administration After Death, Seventh Edition, as a co-editor and contributing author. He previously taught accounting as an adjunct professor at Brown Mackie College in Lenexa. His professional activities include work with probate and trust issues through bar organizations. These experiences connect legal writing and accounting-related knowledge with the practical administration of estates.

Charles J. Andres is admitted to practice in Maryland, Kansas, and Missouri. He is a fellow and past president of the Johnson County Bar Foundation and previously chaired the Johnson County Probate Law Bench-Bar Committee. His service includes participation in the Kansas Bar Association’s Real Property, Probate and Trust Section Executive Committee. These professional activities complement his work with estate documents, probate administration, and tax matters.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Andres Law Firm
• Member, Maryland State Bar Association
• Member, Kansas Bar Association
• Member, The Missouri Bar
• Fellow and Past President, Johnson County Bar Foundation
• Co-Editor and Contributing Author, Kansas Probate & Trust Administration After Death, 7th Edition, Kansas Bar Association
• Past Chairman, Probate Law Bench Bar Committee, Johnson County
• Executive Committee, Real Property, Probate & Trust Section, Kansas

Licensed State

• Maryland
• Kansas
• Missouri

Education

• University of Baltimore School of Law
  Master of Laws (LLM)
• University of Baltimore School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• University of Maryland, College Park
  Bachelor of Science (BS)

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