Michael C. Doering

Michael C. Doering has built a legal career centered on helping individuals, families, and business owners navigate complex estate, tax, and business planning matters with confidence. Known for a practical and detail-oriented approach, he provides guidance designed to protect assets, preserve family wealth, and support long-term financial and business objectives. His work reflects a strong commitment to careful planning, personalized service, and solutions tailored to the unique needs of each client.

Michael C. Doering is a Certified Public Accountant, a graduate of Kansas State University (1975), and earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Kansas School of Law (1978). His combined knowledge of law, taxation, and business planning enables him to provide thoughtful counsel across a broad range of estate, tax, and transactional matters, helping clients address both current needs and future goals.

Michael focuses a significant portion of his practice on estate and tax planning. He assists clients with the preparation of comprehensive estate planning documents, including wills, revocable living trusts, irrevocable trusts, powers of attorney, and advance directives. His experience allows individuals and families to establish effective strategies for wealth preservation, asset management, and the orderly transfer of property across generations. He also advises personal representatives, executors, and administrators in the administration of estates and trusts, helping them address legal and tax-related responsibilities throughout the process.

Michael regularly handles matters involving estate, inheritance, gift, and generation-skipping transfer tax returns. His combined legal and accounting background provides valuable insight into the financial and tax considerations that often accompany estate planning and estate administration. This multidisciplinary perspective enables him to address complex issues with precision and efficiency.

In addition to estate planning, Michael C. Doering devotes a substantial part of his practice to business transactions and business succession planning. He advises closely held corporations, limited liability companies, and partnerships on formation, governance, and operational matters. His experience includes preparing stock purchase agreements, buy-sell agreements, family business succession plans, real estate contracts, mineral interest transfers, business sales, and oil and gas lease negotiations. Many of his clients are family-owned enterprises, including family farms, cattle ranches, and feed yards, where long-term planning and continuity are essential.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Doering, Grisell & Cunningham
• Member, Kansas Bar Association

Licensed State

• Kansas

Education

• University of Kansas School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Kansas State University
  Bachelor of Science (BS)

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