Lewis Rice LLC
James Burst is an accomplished Estate Planning Attorney at Lewis Rice LLC since September 2021, with prior experience as a Summer Associate at the same firm in 2019 and 2020. Before joining Lewis Rice, James worked at KPMG US, where roles included Associate in Business Tax Services from 2016 to 2018 and Federal Tax Intern in 2015. During the tenure at KPMG, responsibilities included the preparation of corporate and partnership income tax returns, as well as assistance with tax credit studies. Academic achievements include a Doctor of Law, magna cum laude, from Washington University in St. Louis and a BSAcc/Master of Accountancy, summa cum laude, from the University of Missouri-Columbia.
Lewis Rice LLC
With more than 150 lawyers practicing in all of the major legal practice areas, Lewis Rice is a leading regional law firm in the Midwest, serving clients coast-to-coast.Founded in 1909, Lewis Rice is proud to have served its communities for more than a century. They enjoy a strong historical foundation and a reputation for excellence, as wellas the size and resources to serve the demanding and dynamic legal needs of today’s business community.Their attorneys come from diverse educational, social, economic, and cultural backgrounds. Their lawyers are graduates of more than 30 law schools and more than 70 colleges and universities. They believe that this diversity is one of their core strengths, bringing a broad variety of perspectives and approaches to their clients’ diverse and dynamic legal needs.Their fiscal success is not dependent upon any individual client or industry concentration. They serve as counsel to a broad range of local, regional, and national businesses as well as individuals. Their clients include financial institutions, manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers, real estate developers, insurance companies, health care providers, publishers and broadcasters, municipalities, and service and professional firms, among others. They maintain a complementary set of practice groups to serve the diverse needs of their clients.