John M. Carnahan III
Phone: (417) 447-4403
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Biography
John M. Carnahan III is a shareholder in the Transactional and Estate Planning Practice Groups of Carnahan, Evans, Cantwell & Brown, P.C. He concentrates his practice in the areas of tax planning, corporate transactions, estate planning, and business succession planning for family-owned businesses. Mr. Carnahan has been awarded an AV Rating by Martindale-Hubbell.
Mr. Carnahan's practice has included advice and assistance in real estate acquisitions and development, financial institution organization and compliance, business and estate planning, and acquisition and sale of businesses.
Mr. Carnahan has served as author and editor for the Missouri Law Review, the Current Case Development ABA Section of S Corporations, and The Tax Lawyer.
Mr. Carnahan received his bachelor's degree from Southwest Missouri State University in 1971 and his law degree, cum laude, in 1974 from the University of Missouri where he was a Law Review Editor, member of the National Moot Court Team and Order of Coif. In 1975, Mr. Carnahan received his LL.M. in Taxation from the University of Miami.
In 2005, the Missouri Senate confirmed Mr. Carnahan's appointment by Governor Matt Blunt to serve on the University of Missouri Board of Curators, representing the Seventh Congressional District. The Board of Curators is a nine-person governing body of a four-campus system including the University of Missouri-Columbia, the University of Missouri-Kansas City, the University of Missouri-Rolla, and the University of Missouri-St. Louis.
Mr. Carnahan is also a member of the Springfield Metropolitan and American (Member, Sections on: Taxation, Business Law, and Real Property, Probate and Trust Law) Bar Associations, as well as The Missouri Bar (Chairman, Taxation Committee, 1984-1985). He is a Fellow of the American College of Tax Counsel, the American Bar Foundation, the Missouri Bar Foundation, and has been active in Bar Association activities involving continuing legal education. He was selected as a "Super Lawyer" in 2006 and 2007.
Education
University of Miami, LL.M. Taxation, 1975
University of Missouri, J.D., cum laude, 1974
Southwest Missouri State University, B.S., 1971
Practice Areas
Tax and Estate Planning
Corporate
Real Estate
Financial Institutions
Business Succession Planning
Carnahan, Evans, Cantwell & Brown, P.C. Attorneys at Law
2805 S. Ingram Mill Road
Springfield, MO 65804
Telephone: 417.447.4400
Fax: 417.447.4401
500 W. Main St.
Suite 401
Branson, MO 65616
Telephone: 417.332.3425
Fax: 417.332.3475
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