Garrett Griffin, J.D. | LL.M

Wealth Strategies Attorney

Garrett L. Griffin, J.D., LL.M. (Taxation) is a Deferred Sales Trust™ Attorney and Trustee , as well as the founder and principal of Legacy Legal, LLC and Legacy Tax Strategies, LLC. He believes private capital remaining under family control does more to serve the needs, goals, values, and objectives of their family, their causes and society as a whole, rather than passing up to 50% in taxes to the government.

Garrett earned his B.S. in Business Administration from William Jewell College in 1998, graduated from the University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Law with his J.D. in 2001, and received hisLL.M. (Masters of Law in Taxation) in 2005. He was admitted to the Missouri Bar in 2001 and the Kansas Bar in 2006.

His over twenty years of law experience has included representing closely-held businesses in business and succession planning, choice of entity analysis, entity formation, tax planning and consulting, financing, mergers & acquisitions, and real estate matters. Garrett has successfully implemented complex plans that have resulted in: significantly reduced estate taxes; removing highly appreciating assets from the client’s gross estate; leveraging taxable assets into tax-free wealth; proactively establishing legal barriers between client’s personal assets and potential lawsuits; and deferring capital gains taxes on the sale of appreciated and complex assets utilizing the Deferred Sales Trust™.