Carl M. Markus

Carl M. Markus holds the CPA designation and previously practiced in the public accounting industry for more than eight years. He advises individuals and closely held business owners in all aspects of estate and asset-protection planning. This includes everything from drafting simple wills and trusts with little or no transfer or income tax consequences, to complicated multi-million dollar business succession and asset protection planning involving multiple generations with significant transfer and income tax consequences.

Mr. Markus also advises business owners and businesses on the creation and structuring of business entities and ongoing legal matters including the purchase and sale of real estate, lease and other contract negotiations and business sales, and mergers and acquisitions. He has successfully represented clients before the Internal Revenue Service and the Missouri Department of Revenue at both the audit and appeals levels.