Departments

Business

Practice Areas

Education

J.D., Vanderbilt University, 1981, Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, Associate Editor
A.B., magna cum laude, Duke University, 1978

Admissions

Missouri, 1981

Court Admissions

U.S. Tax Court, 2008

St. Louis (Clayton)

Phone: 314.889.7019

Fax: 314.727.7166

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Lisa D. McLaughlin

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Lisa D. McLaughlin has over 30 years of experience and a breadth of knowledge in the estate planning field, employing the full range of sophisticated planning techniques to customize estate plans for clients. Ms. McLaughlin also advises clients and tax-exempt entities with respect to creation, administration and governance of charitable trusts, private foundations and other nonprofit entities as well as individual gifting to such entities and establishment of planned giving programs. Her practice also includes fiduciary litigation matters.

Memberships and Affiliations

The Missouri Bar
- Probate and Trust Section
Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
- Past Chair, Probate & Trust Section
- Past Chair, Nonprofit Law Committee
American Bar Association
- Real Property, Trust and Estate Law and Tax Sections
United Methodist Church
- Missouri Annual Conference, Chancellor
Missouri United Methodist Foundation, Director
Barnes-Jewish Hospital Foundation
- Planned Giving Cabinet, Chair
St. Louis Estate Planning Council, Past President
Missouri Botanical Garden
- Planned Giving Advisory Committee
Central Institute for the Deaf, Board Member
Kappa Alpha Theta Foundation, Trustee and Secretary
Mary Institute & Saint Louis Country Day School
- Board Member and Executive Committee Member
Noonday Club, Past President
American Red Cross
- Missouri Area Chapter, Past Treasurer
Epworth Children’s & Family Services, Past Board Member
Boys & Girls Town of Missouri, Past Board Member
Gifted Resource Council, Past Board Member
Saint Louis University Library Associates, Past Treasurer
St. Louis Planned Giving Council, Past Board Member
Saint Louis University
- Gift and Bequest Council, Past Chair
St. Louis Children’s Hospital
- Planned Giving Advisory Committee, Past Chair
Saint Louis Art Museum
- Planned Giving Advisory Committee, Past Member
Campbell House Museum
- Past President of the Board
- Past Capital Campaign Chairman

Distinctions

American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, Fellow
Chosen Top-Scoring Wealth Managers by St. Louis Magazine, 2010
Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America^® 1995-2012, Trusts and Estates
Selected for inclusion in Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers 2009, 2011; Top 50 Women Attorneys, 2008
Five Star Wealth Manager 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012 (St. Louis Magazine)
AV Rated Martindale Hubbell
Bank of America Private Bank
- Senior Vice President
Partner, Lewis Rice & Fingersh
Partner, Bryan Cave

Publications & Presentations

March 2010	Religious Organizations and Social Change: Judicial and Political Access Issues Access to Equal Justice Conference; Washington University
October 1-2, 2009	The Law of Tax-Exempt Organizations Presented to PESI 11th Annual National Seminar On October 1-2, 2009, the Polsinelli Shughart PC nonprofit organizations group addressed Form 990 and other recent developments as they presented the 11th Annual National Seminar titled “The Law of Tax-Exempt Organizations.” The seminar is a comprehensive review of a wide variety of issues facing tax-exempt organizations and provided value to everyone in attendance.
May 2008	Tax and Legal Issues Impacting Private Foundations Presented at Association of Small Foundations
April 2008	When Bad Things Happen to Good Estate Plans Presented at the St. Louis Zoo
2003	Traps for the Unwary: Tax-Exempt Organizations’ Compliance with the Intermediate Sanctions Rules and Lobbying and Political Campaigning Prohibitions St. Louis Bar Journal
	Estate Planning, Estate and Trust Administration, Nonprofit Law and Fiduciary Liability Frequent lecturer for Missouri Bar, Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, St. Louis Estate Planning Council, bank and trust departments and community groups.