Practice Areas
Trust Administration & Probate Estates
Contested Matters, including Trust &
Probate Litigation
Estate Planning, Wills & Trusts
Estate, Gift & Generation-Skipping
Tax Planning
Business Succession Planning
Guardianships & Conservatorships
Prenuptial & Postnuptial Agreements
Tax Exempt Organizations
Experience
The Counts Law Firm, LLC
Of Counsel, 2013 – Present
Stinson Morrison Hecker, LLP
Senior Staff Attorney, 2002 – 2013
Morrison & Hecker, LLP
Staff Attorney, 2000 – 2002
Bar Admissions
Missouri
Kansas
United States Tax Court
Education
University of Kansas School of Law
Juris Doctor, 2000
University of Kansas
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, 1997
Professional Associations & Activities
Missouri Bar Association – Member
Kansas Bar Association – Member
Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association – Member
Estate Planning Society of Kansas City – Member
Community Involvement
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society – Planned Giving Counsel (2013 – Present)
Probate and Estate Planning section of the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar
Association – Vice Chair (2013 – Present)
Children's Mercy Hospital Donald H. Chisholm Planned Giving Council
– Member (2010 – Present)
Trinity Lutheran Church
• Youth Counselor (2011 – 2014)
• Preschool Board Member (2008 – 2014)
Distinctions
Recipient of the Walter Hiersteiner Outstanding Service Award at the University of Kansas School of Law
Personal
Erin is a native of Topeka, Kansas, and has been a resident of the Kansas City area for fifteen years. She currently lives in Shawnee, Kansas with her three children.
Neither the Supreme Courts nor the Bars of Missouri or Kansas review or approve certifying organizations or specialist designations.
